Tabie Kelley

About Tabie:

Q: What is your favorite color?
A: "Blue."

Q: What is your favorite food?
A: "Tacos."

Q: Do you have kids? 
A: "No children."

Q: Do you have any pets?
A: "I have 1, an English bulldog named Dixie."

Q: Do you take your pets offroading?
A: "She joins me whenever pets are allowed."

Tabie's Off-Road Facts:

Q: How old were you when you first started wheeling?
A: "I was about 6 years old."

Q: Is your whole family into offroading?
A: "Yes. We are all very active in the Jeep community."

Q: Are you usually the driver or the co-driver?
A: "Driver."

Q: Do you have any offroad traditions or rituals?
A: "Pre-ride checks and drivers' meetings before each time."

Q: How often do you get to go offroading?
A:  "At least once a month if not more often."

Q: How did you get started in the offroad world?
A: "I got started at an early age with my father. His love for Jeeps has carried on with my husband and I."

Q: Where is your favorite place to wheel?
A: "Ocala National Forest in Ocala, FL and the Citrus Wildlife Management Area in Inverness, FL."

Q: Do you belong to an offroad club? Which one? What is their motto/mission?
A: "I belong to Dirty Jeep Girl Offroad East Coast Krawlers (group) our motto is that no one is left behind and that we all wheel together."

Q: What is on your offroading bucket-list?
A: "I have so many! To name a few; Wind Rock, North Georgia Mountains, drive the Blue Ridge Parkway, Rubicon Trail, and Great Salt Flats."

Q: How are you active in the off-road world?
A: "I belong to several Jeep groups, and I ride with others all the time."

Tabie's Off-Road Stories:

Q: What is your most memorable offroad moment?
A: "When playing in the mud in Brevard County, FL, I completely destroyed my transmission...which in turn brought along the motor upgrade."

Q: What was your first wheeling trip?
A: "In the woods of Central Florida with my father and the rest of my family."

Q: What was your longest wheeling trip?
A: "The All Girls Jeep Event 2015: a weekend wheeling adventure."

Q: What was your favorite wheeling trip?
A: "The Dirty Girl Jeep Wheeling & Educational Adventure class at Citrus Wildlife Management Area in Inverness, FL."

All About the Ladies:

Q: Who do you look up to in the industry? Why?
A: "I admire any woman who is conquering the off-road industry."

Q: How do you feel as a woman in the offroad industry?
A: "I feel that we are not given enough credit for our knowledge and our ability to wheel in the off-road industry."

Q: Give us a story, any story, about educating, guiding, empowering ladies in the off-road, past or future:
A: "In the near future, I am hosting a Ladies Wheeling & Learning adventure at one of the local off-road wheeling sites here in Florida."

Q: What changes have you noticed in the offroad industry?
A: "More women are getting involved in the off-road community and learning how to wheel and learning all about their vehicles."

Q: What advice do you have for ladies who want to get started offroading?
A:  "Find a rig that you are comfortable with; learn the components of it, learn how to work on and repair your rig."

Tabie's Vehicle:

About Tabie's vehicle:
"I have a 2003 Jeep Wrangler."

Vehicle Name: Wicked Pearl 

Q: Does your vehicle also serve as a daily driver?
A:  "Yes it does."

Q: What is the best modification you have done to your vehicle?
A: "Upgrade my powertrain from a 2.4 liter to a 5.9 liter."

Q: Do you work on your own vehicle?
A: "Yes, I work alongside my husband, Chris."

Vehicle Information:

Vehicle Type: Jeep Wrangler TJ
Year: 2003
Builder: My husband and myself
Tire Make/Size: BFGoodrich Mud Terrains