Jeep Adventure Academy Indy (Badlands) (pic/review thread)

[IOS-XR]

We’re attending the Jeep Adventure Academy next month in Attica at the Badlands. Really looking forward to it. Anyone else going? Anything I need? What should I expect as far as difficulty?

My wife and I will be driving our High Altitude Diesel.

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[Glad Newbie]

My wife and I are going. No idea what to expect. Never been to an off road park before. Videos I've seen show everyone with a safety flag. Anyone know if they're provided, or is it something I need to pick up beforehand? No mention of it on the Adventure Academy web page.

 

[IOS-XR]

My wife and I are going. No idea what to expect. Never been to an off road park before. Videos I've seen show everyone with a safety flag. Anyone know if they're provided, or is it something I need to pick up beforehand? No mention of it on the Adventure Academy web page.

I called the Badlands park and asked. They said we’d need one, hence why I mounted one to the hitch skid plate. They said they had them available at their shop. We’ll be there on the 20th (Friday). Look for ”Krystal” pictured above. My lovely wife and myself will be trading off driving.

 

[Glad Newbie]

Saturday for us. Still trying to talk the wife into doing some driving, but it'll be a game time decision.

 

[SnazzGlad]

I’ll be there with my son on Saturday. Don’t remember reading anything about the flags when I signed up.

 

[Robtco99]

I'll be there on Saturday. I'll have a pretty stock gecko Sport S with 35s

 

[BUZZHEAD]

Been to the BADLANDS a couple times and stayed at the camp ground. Yes you will need a flag .When we were there ,they were having a ACADEMY CLASS we kinda snuck into the line and the spotters also spotted us on a couple of the obstacles .Enjoy stay out of the mud holes some are deeper then you think.

 

[IOS-XR]

I’ll be posting pictures from the adventure in this thread. It’s next week and I’m pretty stoked! Looking forward to seeing you guys there.

 

[kevman65]

The Safety Flag is a park rule.

Watch out for ATV's, dirt bikes, and SxS's. Their trails cross the truck/Jeep trails and they don't care if they're in your way.

 

[IOS-XR]

Just checked in to the Attica Inn And ran into some Jeep-ers that had just finished up today. They had a totally stock Sport Wrangler and Had a great time. Looking forward to tomorrow!

 

[Glad Newbie]

We'll be checking into Off the Trail tomorrow. Academy on Saturday.

 

[TJJT]

Have fun out there. I'm jealous, never made it off the waitlist

 

[IOS-XR]

We had so much freaking fun today! Met some great people too! Once I get back on fiber internet I’ll post pictures.

 

[IOS-XR]

In the AM before starting out. We were 2nd in line just past the black Rubi JLU.

In the Rock Garden.

What the Rock Garden did to my hitch skid!

And after a full day of Jeeping!

My wife and I had a great day and truly enjoyed everyone and everything. I was pretty nervous around those big-ass rocks but the guides knew what they were doing. Extremely glad I got the ebay hitch slider! It kept my hitch and bumper from getting roughed up. The Rubicon wheels and KO2’s were awesome but there were a couple Sahara JLU’s running the 20” High Altitude wheels with Bridgestone HL tires With us. They went everywhere we did.

I HIGHLY recommend this to any new Jeep owner. My wife and I had a blast and learned a lot. Also, a good sized percentage of couples traded driving at lunch. I took the morning and my wife drove in the afternoon. She absolutely loved it and didn’t think she would.

One last thing, Sahm’s Smokehouse in Attica has some pretty good barbecue and beer! If you are doing the Adventure on Saturday, check it out afterwards!

PS, the Sunrider is awesome!

 

[SnazzGlad]

More details later but I don’t even want to wash it! I’ll roll with my mud pride til tomorrow.

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