On our way to Chicago, my girlfriend Jill and I stopped by Indiana Badlands Offroad Park for a few hours of offroad fun. I think Jill had a better time than she thought she would, especially when I let her drive.

I did get to try out my new winch bumper, and it worked great. That is, at least until the coat I was using as a cable arrestor was sucked into the winch. I knew the coat was getting close, but decided to try just a few more feet because I didn't want to walk in the water. I pushed my luck a little too far, and ended up having to manually winch with my Hi-Lift Jack, not to mention that it's going to take a few hours to get the coat out and remount the cable (I had to cut because it wouldn't go back in).