Thanks go to Jason King for documenting his family’s jeeping adventure from last weekend!

Jason writes, “This past Saturday the King family held our 7th Annual Sweetwater Run Jeep Rally in beautiful Parke County, Indiana (Covered Bridge Capital of the World). Family members came from as far away as Minnesota and Missouri to enjoy this yearly event.

Some of the older jeeps attending this year . . . 

. . . . and some of the newer jeeps.

The morning started off with a timed run on a pre-determined 10-mile route planned out by the hosts of the rally in their 46’ CJ2A some weeks earlier. The plan was for each of the 8 Jeeps to leave 5 minutes apart with at least a driver and navigator. Each navigator had a copy of the mapped route and was responsible for keeping the time clock for their respective vehicle. The the Jeep closest to the official time clocked by the hosts of the rally received a first place prize box full of moon pies. The timed event was enjoyed by all and should continue for years to come.

The timed event was followed by a wonderful cookout on a new Jeep fire pit made by my brother-in-law (he takes orders if anyone is interested). Shortly after the cookout we travelled east through Rockville to Bridgeton passing a few covered bridges along the way, stopped for ice cream and proceeded on to Mansfield Covered Bridge before returning home.

We finished the 40 mile trip in the early evening gathered around the fire pit. This year we had 8 jeeps ranging in years from 1946 to 2014 and 24 attendees, with the 1949 CJ-2a winning an award for the family’s favorite Jeep.

This year’s favorite jeep.

As always we are planning for and looking forward to next year’s run with more Jeeps (and larger hamburgers).”