"We drove. And drove. And drove. And drove. From the Colorado mountains, to the Salt Lake Flats, to the city of Reno, Nevada! And... it only took us 27 hours! But we did it!

We came into Reno and were so warmly welcomed by Barbara Rainey, giving us a home - & can you say, shower and a bed! We also borrowed her porch to go LIVE and recap the Convention, and then flipped over to our trip! (You should go watch it if you missed it.) Thank you, Barbara!

"We started off today in the Palace de Rainey. It was awesome to sleep in fluffy beds and take nice hot showers after our 27 hour drive. Barbara had a beautiful breakfast spread ready to spoil us. She showered us with love and support for our upcoming adventure to with Achieve Tahoe.

We met up with Achieve Tahoe's Ally, and Jason and Andrea Berger. We started out at the local WinCo and then went to Costco. What a sight we were - 5 shopping carts, food, drinks, supplies and of course laughter. I'm not sure everyone else shopping was as amused as we were!

"Today was absolutely nothing short of an adventure! We started our day by leaving the Hard Rock Hotel and heading out to get coffee. Then we hit the road.

Charlene knew there was so much for me to see than just the Rubicon Trail and she was determined to show it all to me! Even looking back on the day, I cannot believe the history and community that we have has Offroaders.

The Ice House looked like a plain red building from the outside, but once we stepped inside - I quickly realized there was much more to it. It has a quaint little store, a cozy restaurant, and kicking bar! I'd never seen so many $1 bills hanging from every which way! Bras, shorts, hats... all signed, dated and hanging everywhere!

I stepped foot on the actual Rubicon Trail! We took pictures like tourists at the spearhead sign and the placard. Hiked our way up the slab and took more pictures! We saw film crews filming a Jeep commercial (and Charlene may have spotted one of the rental camera trucks)! Talk about being on cloud 9!!! And here was the beginning of me meeting so many amazing off-roaders and friends of Charlene's - Jim with Jeep Jamboree spotted her and came to say "hi".

We left the Rubicon and went to Loon Lake. Of course, we had to put our toes in the water! The temperature was awesome and the sound of the water hitting the bridge was soothing. But we had to push on!

Uncle Tom's Cabin was probably one of my favorite stops today. A tiny little bar with huge personality written on the walls. Bob and Paula Roggie greeting us with huge smiles as we walked in! More friends of Charlene's! We signed the visitor's book, and listened to stories about the bar.

Entering Georgetown was like entering a scene from an old western movie! Cute little stores, bars, restaurants. We started at Black Sheep Offroad, crashing their garage. We went to Jeepers Jamboree and hung out with Lacy and her girls! Bob even called and Charlene stole the phone to chat with him. We ate lunch at the Georgetown Hotel, and toured the haunted hotel rooms.

Our next stop was Jeep Jamboree and so many people! Woohoo!! Tyler with Black Forest, Cory with Metalcloak, JT and Stephanie with JW Speakers, and of course Pierce with Jeep Jamboree. We got to chat with Participants, and handed out LON cards to the Ladies we found!

Next, we were off the Sierra Trek! What a drive that was! We met Carol along the way, and she is totally one of us Ladies! I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. When we finally hit the Meadow, I was in compete awe of all of the rigs! We met up with so many people - Amy, Cory, Steve, Oly, Sherie, Donna.

Our last stop of the night was to pick up Shelby's jeep! She was so sweet and even signed an autograph for a friend of mine! It was so great to get to meet her and chat for a few minutes!

Thank you, Barbara for giving us comfy beds and hot showers before we head out!

Today was incredible - Its so hard to fit it all into a single post! And how awesome it was to see so many people welcome Charlene with open arms at each of these locations! And I was blessed to be a part of each of them and to meet so many people who support Ladies Offroading."

- Jaime

"What an amazing weekend. There is so much to say about this weekend - I don't think it will fit in a Facebook post - guess I'll have to write a full story for the Ladies Offroad Network website.

"Not so bright, but certainly early we left Barbara's house in Reno, Nevada and left for Corona, California. We left a bit earlier than we needed to in hopes of getting pedicures at some point along the route! We've been talking about them since last Monday.

The drive down to Corona was fun. We laughed and joked around, talked some shop, even debated some things. It's always cool to sit and chat with Charlene, and we were certainly sitting for a while.

We made a very important pit stop in Bishop, CA. We went through the Starbucks drive thru and then met up with Barbara Rainey for a quick hug and a final goodbye. Thank you again for everything, Barbara!

Along the way we found a camping area with a super cute backdrop of an old western town and decided to do our final videos for our adventure. Charlene explained they are putting together a 30 minute video to really express what we did during this trip. Apparently, I felt the need to give her enough material for an 80 minute video! ?  In all seriousness, I got a taste for what goes on behind the scenes in creating these amazing videos - and it's hard. Don't move. Keep still. Hands down. Talk faster. But even as hard as it was, it was great to tell the story! And I can't wait for you all to see it!

At one point, we decided we were so motivated to get pedicures, we would skip lunch and drove straight through. Our feet could certainly use some pampering!

Hungry, but determined we came into SoCal. We had been slowed down by 2 lane highways and slow going trucks. Then, we came into true California traffic! I knew there was a reason I wasn't driving!!

But man, was it all worth it! We pulled into the Corona Depot at 5pm (an hour early, mind you) and the SoCal Ladies started pulling in! It was so great to meet so many of you, finally putting faces to names. I also got to spend some time with Kristin, who I've missed terribly since our Top 10 weekend together! And Christy totally spoiled us with her Vixen swag! Thank you, girlie! I can't wait to sport it back home in New Mexico! And thank you to everyone who came out tonight. It was so great to see so many amazing woman, and spend time getting to know you. I know that many of you drove quite a ways, too! I appreciate it so much!

So that was our day... and now, here we are, driving all night to Albuquerque... and still haven't gotten a pedicure..."

- Jaime