Re: totally jeepless till unlimited rubi
 

Is this you Nathan? I'm guessin it is from the lack of punctuation! hehe

I've been away from the group for awhile. Looks like you made it to Big
Sky? If so, welcome.

Where in the state are you exactly?

Terry
Clancy, MT



"MontanaJeeper" <montanajeeper@aol.com> wrote in message
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> as many of you know i sold my rubicon last week to get ready to purchase
an
> unlimited rubi (when theyre available) instead of loosing my shirt on
trade.
> as our plans changed around we decided that the wifey would get the
unlimited
> rubi instead so that way we could both get the best of both worlds. we
went
> ahead and traded her XJ today on an '04 cummins 3500 crew cab 4x4.
> http://tinyurl.com/5tmlj course this means she'll drive my dodge until
the
> unlimited rubi is available but thats ok so long as she lets me drive her
rubi
> too. :-)
>
> i was TERRIBLY disappointed in what the XJ brought in trade. by the time
the
> unlimited rubi is released the xj will be beyond its extended warranty
(which
> we have used and used and used) and we felt it would be better to trade it
on a
> more expensive vehicle hoping to get more for it. however, since i bought
the
> cummins using a friends and family discount, they couldnt shuffle the
numbers
> and i got to see what they were really giving me for the XJ. not pretty,
but
> considering the multiple problems and major repairs we've had done under
> warranty i was a bit afraid of what it would end up costing us after the
> warranty expired so it was ultimately worth it to me to make the trade
anyway.
>
> so anyways, now i have a lot to learn about both the powerstroke and the
> cummins since buying one of each about a week apart. ill probably be
scarce
> (at least until theres an unlimited rubi in my yard) while working
overtime to
> try and pay these two beasts off. :-)
>
> ......still a jeeper at heart!

Re: totally jeepless till unlimited rubi
 

>Subject: Re: totally jeepless till unlimited rubi
>From: "Terry Jeffrey" twjeffrey@hotmail.com

>Is this you Nathan?

hi terry! i emailed you several times before the move at whatever hotmail
account you were using before but never heard back from you.

>Where in the state are you exactly?

we narrowed it down to helena and billings (ruled out great falls the first
time around) and ultimately decided on billings because of the extensive
medical opportunities here for the wifey. we rented a place up in the heights
figuring we would rent a place for the first year while we acclimate and learn
the area so we can better determine where we want to be. im pretty sold on red
lodge but that could end up being to much of a commute for the wifey in the
winter. im not ready to buy yet, but currently shopping for rural land. i
want to find about 100 acres and this is much easier to do around billings
anyway. not as mountainous as our your way, but still nothing short of
awesome. on my recent flight back from texas i took a couple pictures of the
rimrocks around billings from 31,000 feet just before we landed. here they
are:

http://www.imageark.net/0001/283jLf.jpg

http://www.imageark.net/0001/rNRF5w.jpg

next time you get down to billings (as everyone does sooner or later) give me a
shout. email me or give me the email address you use these days and ill send
you my contact info.

Re: totally jeepless till unlimited rubi
 

>Subject: Re: totally jeepless till unlimited rubi
>From: "Terry Jeffrey" twjeffrey@hotmail.com

>Is this you Nathan?

hi terry! i emailed you several times before the move at whatever hotmail
account you were using before but never heard back from you.

>Where in the state are you exactly?

we narrowed it down to helena and billings (ruled out great falls the first
time around) and ultimately decided on billings because of the extensive
medical opportunities here for the wifey. we rented a place up in the heights
figuring we would rent a place for the first year while we acclimate and learn
the area so we can better determine where we want to be. im pretty sold on red
lodge but that could end up being to much of a commute for the wifey in the
winter. im not ready to buy yet, but currently shopping for rural land. i
want to find about 100 acres and this is much easier to do around billings
anyway. not as mountainous as our your way, but still nothing short of
awesome. on my recent flight back from texas i took a couple pictures of the
rimrocks around billings from 31,000 feet just before we landed. here they
are:

http://www.imageark.net/0001/283jLf.jpg

http://www.imageark.net/0001/rNRF5w.jpg

next time you get down to billings (as everyone does sooner or later) give me a
shout. email me or give me the email address you use these days and ill send
you my contact info.

Re: totally jeepless till unlimited rubi
 

>Subject: Re: totally jeepless till unlimited rubi
>From: "Terry Jeffrey" twjeffrey@hotmail.com

>Is this you Nathan?

hi terry! i emailed you several times before the move at whatever hotmail
account you were using before but never heard back from you.

>Where in the state are you exactly?

we narrowed it down to helena and billings (ruled out great falls the first
time around) and ultimately decided on billings because of the extensive
medical opportunities here for the wifey. we rented a place up in the heights
figuring we would rent a place for the first year while we acclimate and learn
the area so we can better determine where we want to be. im pretty sold on red
lodge but that could end up being to much of a commute for the wifey in the
winter. im not ready to buy yet, but currently shopping for rural land. i
want to find about 100 acres and this is much easier to do around billings
anyway. not as mountainous as our your way, but still nothing short of
awesome. on my recent flight back from texas i took a couple pictures of the
rimrocks around billings from 31,000 feet just before we landed. here they
are:

http://www.imageark.net/0001/283jLf.jpg

http://www.imageark.net/0001/rNRF5w.jpg

next time you get down to billings (as everyone does sooner or later) give me a
shout. email me or give me the email address you use these days and ill send
you my contact info.

Re: totally jeepless till unlimited rubi
 

>Subject: Re: totally jeepless till unlimited rubi
>From: "Terry Jeffrey" twjeffrey@hotmail.com

>Is this you Nathan?

hi terry! i emailed you several times before the move at whatever hotmail
account you were using before but never heard back from you.

>Where in the state are you exactly?

we narrowed it down to helena and billings (ruled out great falls the first
time around) and ultimately decided on billings because of the extensive
medical opportunities here for the wifey. we rented a place up in the heights
figuring we would rent a place for the first year while we acclimate and learn
the area so we can better determine where we want to be. im pretty sold on red
lodge but that could end up being to much of a commute for the wifey in the
winter. im not ready to buy yet, but currently shopping for rural land. i
want to find about 100 acres and this is much easier to do around billings
anyway. not as mountainous as our your way, but still nothing short of
awesome. on my recent flight back from texas i took a couple pictures of the
rimrocks around billings from 31,000 feet just before we landed. here they
are:

http://www.imageark.net/0001/283jLf.jpg

http://www.imageark.net/0001/rNRF5w.jpg

next time you get down to billings (as everyone does sooner or later) give me a
shout. email me or give me the email address you use these days and ill send
you my contact info.

Re: totally jeepless till unlimited rubi
 

Sorry man, I haven't checked that darn hotmail account in months! Yep, I
pass through Billings every once in a blue moon. We'll hook up one of these
days for a beer. And perhaps for some Jeepin next summer out here in the
Elkhorns whenever you get the new Rubi. My real email
address:mtjeffrey@yahoo.com.

We used to live in Texas for a while too. Once thing I sure miss about the
place is the barbeque & steaks. One of our favorite restaurants was the
Texas Roadhouse. I understand Montana now has one in Billings. That is
worth the 3.5hr trip to Billings in itself! Montana is cattle country too,
but one thing that surprises me about the Helena area is the lack of good
steakhouses. Go figure. ??

Good choice in Billings. Living right in the mountains is cool, but I
always did like it out closer to the plains anyway. I check the job ads
from Billings weekly and would move out that way in a minute if/when the
right job opens up. Cost of living is cheaper out that way. The closer you
get to these mountains the higher it gets. Great hunting out Billings area
too, which is one of my other passions. Upland bird, turkey, and pronghorn
hunting is tops out there. You can also find the largest bull elk in the
state out in the CM Russell area in the Missouri Breaks. Billings is closer
to Wyoming too, were I used to live and where I one day hope to retire
(either there or North Dakota).

Those pics you took are awesome! Appears to be the Bighorn Canyon National
Rec Area just south of you down along the Wyoming border. That place is on
my list of places to explore soon.

A big "welcome" to Big Sky to you & family.

Terry.



"MontanaJeeper" <montanajeeper@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20040725145025.21388.00000474@mb-m18.aol.com...
> >Subject: Re: totally jeepless till unlimited rubi
> >From: "Terry Jeffrey" twjeffrey@hotmail.com
>
> >Is this you Nathan?
>
> hi terry! i emailed you several times before the move at whatever hotmail
> account you were using before but never heard back from you.
>
> >Where in the state are you exactly?
>
> we narrowed it down to helena and billings (ruled out great falls the
first
> time around) and ultimately decided on billings because of the extensive
> medical opportunities here for the wifey. we rented a place up in the
heights
> figuring we would rent a place for the first year while we acclimate and
learn
> the area so we can better determine where we want to be. im pretty sold
on red
> lodge but that could end up being to much of a commute for the wifey in
the
> winter. im not ready to buy yet, but currently shopping for rural land.
i
> want to find about 100 acres and this is much easier to do around billings
> anyway. not as mountainous as our your way, but still nothing short of
> awesome. on my recent flight back from texas i took a couple pictures of
the
> rimrocks around billings from 31,000 feet just before we landed. here
they
> are:
>
> http://www.imageark.net/0001/283jLf.jpg
>
> http://www.imageark.net/0001/rNRF5w.jpg
>
> next time you get down to billings (as everyone does sooner or later) give
me a
> shout. email me or give me the email address you use these days and ill
send
> you my contact info.

Re: totally jeepless till unlimited rubi
 

Sorry man, I haven't checked that darn hotmail account in months! Yep, I
pass through Billings every once in a blue moon. We'll hook up one of these
days for a beer. And perhaps for some Jeepin next summer out here in the
Elkhorns whenever you get the new Rubi. My real email
address:mtjeffrey@yahoo.com.

We used to live in Texas for a while too. Once thing I sure miss about the
place is the barbeque & steaks. One of our favorite restaurants was the
Texas Roadhouse. I understand Montana now has one in Billings. That is
worth the 3.5hr trip to Billings in itself! Montana is cattle country too,
but one thing that surprises me about the Helena area is the lack of good
steakhouses. Go figure. ??

Good choice in Billings. Living right in the mountains is cool, but I
always did like it out closer to the plains anyway. I check the job ads
from Billings weekly and would move out that way in a minute if/when the
right job opens up. Cost of living is cheaper out that way. The closer you
get to these mountains the higher it gets. Great hunting out Billings area
too, which is one of my other passions. Upland bird, turkey, and pronghorn
hunting is tops out there. You can also find the largest bull elk in the
state out in the CM Russell area in the Missouri Breaks. Billings is closer
to Wyoming too, were I used to live and where I one day hope to retire
(either there or North Dakota).

Those pics you took are awesome! Appears to be the Bighorn Canyon National
Rec Area just south of you down along the Wyoming border. That place is on
my list of places to explore soon.

A big "welcome" to Big Sky to you & family.

Terry.



"MontanaJeeper" <montanajeeper@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20040725145025.21388.00000474@mb-m18.aol.com...
> >Subject: Re: totally jeepless till unlimited rubi
> >From: "Terry Jeffrey" twjeffrey@hotmail.com
>
> >Is this you Nathan?
>
> hi terry! i emailed you several times before the move at whatever hotmail
> account you were using before but never heard back from you.
>
> >Where in the state are you exactly?
>
> we narrowed it down to helena and billings (ruled out great falls the
first
> time around) and ultimately decided on billings because of the extensive
> medical opportunities here for the wifey. we rented a place up in the
heights
> figuring we would rent a place for the first year while we acclimate and
learn
> the area so we can better determine where we want to be. im pretty sold
on red
> lodge but that could end up being to much of a commute for the wifey in
the
> winter. im not ready to buy yet, but currently shopping for rural land.
i
> want to find about 100 acres and this is much easier to do around billings
> anyway. not as mountainous as our your way, but still nothing short of
> awesome. on my recent flight back from texas i took a couple pictures of
the
> rimrocks around billings from 31,000 feet just before we landed. here
they
> are:
>
> http://www.imageark.net/0001/283jLf.jpg
>
> http://www.imageark.net/0001/rNRF5w.jpg
>
> next time you get down to billings (as everyone does sooner or later) give
me a
> shout. email me or give me the email address you use these days and ill
send
> you my contact info.

Re: totally jeepless till unlimited rubi
 

Sorry man, I haven't checked that darn hotmail account in months! Yep, I
pass through Billings every once in a blue moon. We'll hook up one of these
days for a beer. And perhaps for some Jeepin next summer out here in the
Elkhorns whenever you get the new Rubi. My real email
address:mtjeffrey@yahoo.com.

We used to live in Texas for a while too. Once thing I sure miss about the
place is the barbeque & steaks. One of our favorite restaurants was the
Texas Roadhouse. I understand Montana now has one in Billings. That is
worth the 3.5hr trip to Billings in itself! Montana is cattle country too,
but one thing that surprises me about the Helena area is the lack of good
steakhouses. Go figure. ??

Good choice in Billings. Living right in the mountains is cool, but I
always did like it out closer to the plains anyway. I check the job ads
from Billings weekly and would move out that way in a minute if/when the
right job opens up. Cost of living is cheaper out that way. The closer you
get to these mountains the higher it gets. Great hunting out Billings area
too, which is one of my other passions. Upland bird, turkey, and pronghorn
hunting is tops out there. You can also find the largest bull elk in the
state out in the CM Russell area in the Missouri Breaks. Billings is closer
to Wyoming too, were I used to live and where I one day hope to retire
(either there or North Dakota).

Those pics you took are awesome! Appears to be the Bighorn Canyon National
Rec Area just south of you down along the Wyoming border. That place is on
my list of places to explore soon.

A big "welcome" to Big Sky to you & family.

Terry.



"MontanaJeeper" <montanajeeper@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20040725145025.21388.00000474@mb-m18.aol.com...
> >Subject: Re: totally jeepless till unlimited rubi
> >From: "Terry Jeffrey" twjeffrey@hotmail.com
>
> >Is this you Nathan?
>
> hi terry! i emailed you several times before the move at whatever hotmail
> account you were using before but never heard back from you.
>
> >Where in the state are you exactly?
>
> we narrowed it down to helena and billings (ruled out great falls the
first
> time around) and ultimately decided on billings because of the extensive
> medical opportunities here for the wifey. we rented a place up in the
heights
> figuring we would rent a place for the first year while we acclimate and
learn
> the area so we can better determine where we want to be. im pretty sold
on red
> lodge but that could end up being to much of a commute for the wifey in
the
> winter. im not ready to buy yet, but currently shopping for rural land.
i
> want to find about 100 acres and this is much easier to do around billings
> anyway. not as mountainous as our your way, but still nothing short of
> awesome. on my recent flight back from texas i took a couple pictures of
the
> rimrocks around billings from 31,000 feet just before we landed. here
they
> are:
>
> http://www.imageark.net/0001/283jLf.jpg
>
> http://www.imageark.net/0001/rNRF5w.jpg
>
> next time you get down to billings (as everyone does sooner or later) give
me a
> shout. email me or give me the email address you use these days and ill
send
> you my contact info.

Re: totally jeepless till unlimited rubi
 

Sorry man, I haven't checked that darn hotmail account in months! Yep, I
pass through Billings every once in a blue moon. We'll hook up one of these
days for a beer. And perhaps for some Jeepin next summer out here in the
Elkhorns whenever you get the new Rubi. My real email
address:mtjeffrey@yahoo.com.

We used to live in Texas for a while too. Once thing I sure miss about the
place is the barbeque & steaks. One of our favorite restaurants was the
Texas Roadhouse. I understand Montana now has one in Billings. That is
worth the 3.5hr trip to Billings in itself! Montana is cattle country too,
but one thing that surprises me about the Helena area is the lack of good
steakhouses. Go figure. ??

Good choice in Billings. Living right in the mountains is cool, but I
always did like it out closer to the plains anyway. I check the job ads
from Billings weekly and would move out that way in a minute if/when the
right job opens up. Cost of living is cheaper out that way. The closer you
get to these mountains the higher it gets. Great hunting out Billings area
too, which is one of my other passions. Upland bird, turkey, and pronghorn
hunting is tops out there. You can also find the largest bull elk in the
state out in the CM Russell area in the Missouri Breaks. Billings is closer
to Wyoming too, were I used to live and where I one day hope to retire
(either there or North Dakota).

Those pics you took are awesome! Appears to be the Bighorn Canyon National
Rec Area just south of you down along the Wyoming border. That place is on
my list of places to explore soon.

A big "welcome" to Big Sky to you & family.

Terry.



"MontanaJeeper" <montanajeeper@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20040725145025.21388.00000474@mb-m18.aol.com...
> >Subject: Re: totally jeepless till unlimited rubi
> >From: "Terry Jeffrey" twjeffrey@hotmail.com
>
> >Is this you Nathan?
>
> hi terry! i emailed you several times before the move at whatever hotmail
> account you were using before but never heard back from you.
>
> >Where in the state are you exactly?
>
> we narrowed it down to helena and billings (ruled out great falls the
first
> time around) and ultimately decided on billings because of the extensive
> medical opportunities here for the wifey. we rented a place up in the
heights
> figuring we would rent a place for the first year while we acclimate and
learn
> the area so we can better determine where we want to be. im pretty sold
on red
> lodge but that could end up being to much of a commute for the wifey in
the
> winter. im not ready to buy yet, but currently shopping for rural land.
i
> want to find about 100 acres and this is much easier to do around billings
> anyway. not as mountainous as our your way, but still nothing short of
> awesome. on my recent flight back from texas i took a couple pictures of
the
> rimrocks around billings from 31,000 feet just before we landed. here
they
> are:
>
> http://www.imageark.net/0001/283jLf.jpg
>
> http://www.imageark.net/0001/rNRF5w.jpg
>
> next time you get down to billings (as everyone does sooner or later) give
me a
> shout. email me or give me the email address you use these days and ill
send
> you my contact info.

Re: totally jeepless till unlimited rubi
 

>Subject: Re: totally jeepless till unlimited rubi
>From: "Terry Jeffrey" twjeffrey@hotmail.com

>Yep, I
>pass through Billings every once in a blue moon. We'll hook up one of these
>days for a beer.

'twould be my pleasure to share a cold one with you terry. if youve the time
we'll go down the lake (1 block away), crack open a couple cold ones, throw a
few lines in the water, and throw a couple elk or buffalo steaks on the grille.


>One of our favorite restaurants was the
>Texas Roadhouse. I understand Montana now has one in Billings. That is
>worth the 3.5hr trip to Billings in itself!

there is and its decent, but i prefer the mom & pop joints where they slaughter
the cow in the back room, and cook/serve it in the front. :-) ive taken a
strong liking to buffalo meat, no wonder they nearly went extinct.....thats
good eatin'!


> I check the job ads
>from Billings weekly and would move out that way in a minute if/when the
>right job opens up.

one thing we're not short on is employment opportunities for qualified workers.
what do you do and ill keep an eye out?


>You can also find the largest bull elk in the
>state out in the CM Russell area in the Missouri Breaks.

.....and thats where ill be this winter with a .30-.30 in hand. :-)


>A big "welcome" to Big Sky to you & family.

many thanks terry. this place is awesome and i love it more daily. its had a
magical effect on my entire family and i wouldnt trade it for anything. i
never thought it would be second nature to slip on my boots and cowboy hat
before leaving for work. :-) ive traded eminem for randy travis, the sweats
for overalls, and im happy. the kids love it here, the wifey considers it
home, and im preparing to help my brother (and best friend) move his family out
here from north carolina as soon as his house sells.