Jerry & Karen B. Wolverine #507
Jerry and Karen have two children; Brandon 29 who has completed a number of certificates in the IT field and is thinking of expanding his education. Kyra 27, who is working as a Veterinary Technician and has been married for two and half years.
They have always enjoyed the outdoors, camping, hiking, traveling and general sightseeing as a family. Now they are enjoying “Jeepin” to get to other places previously out of reach. Their first experience was in June 2019 at the Mounds off road park, where they quickly figured out that there is defiantly safety in numbers after getting really stuck in a deep-water pond. They happened upon a group of Jeeps on the trail and were introduced to the Wolverine’s 4WD club. They became members in October 2019.
Karen has been a stay-at-home Mom while the kids were home schooled since middle school age. She is now enjoying her newfound freedom and taking up her lifelong ambition to become a writer. She currently has her first book (Five Years After) Published on Kindle and has four more books in the works in various stages of editing.
Jerry is an Engineer working for Stellantis for the last 35+ years, currently on the Pacifica, Grand Cherokee, Durango and Compass programs. In the past he has worked on the Prowler and Viper programs. Jerry was able to travel during development trips to Colorado, Utah, the UP and areas around southeast Michigan while working with the members of Jeep Jamboree/Camp Jeep organization including driving the Rubicon trail in PHEV Grand Cherokee’s, a trip for the bucket list for sure.
In the past they have owned an ’07 Liberty, ‘19 Compass Trailhawk (with the skid plate package). Their first trail vehicle was a Gold ‘04 Liberty Limited that they lovingly referred to as Dirty Blonde, no reference to Karen in any way! Jerry then moved all the Offroad items including the hand-built front winch mount to a Gold ’06 Liberty (Dirty Blond 2) with less mileage and traction control to better handle more difficult trails. During this time they decided to lease a ’20 Wrangler Rubicon two door soft top, Bikini color. They used this vehicle on the 2020 WOW event to Colorado during the height of the COVID Pandemic. This trip and owning the Wrangler for a year convinced both of them that a dedicated trail Wrangler was definitely the way to go!
Karen set her Internet searching skills to work and in Oct. 2021 she found a real unicorn, a 2014 Wrangler 2 door stock Rubicon with all the 10th anniversary goodies attached that had never seen as much as a dirt road, with less than 14K miles on it. Jerry decided that wasn’t right and proceeded to add a 3 ½ inch AEV lift kit, two-piece double bead lock wheels with 37-inch M/T tires, heavy duty spare tire carrier with two RotoPax fuel cans and a 10k winch out front and a very expensive and convenient on-board air system for all four tires at once. After a few outings Jerry added high lift fenders, a sun rider soft top for that open air feeling. A complete Magnetic armor kit complete with decorations done by Karen to top it off.
“Little Big Foot” has now taken Jerry and Karen on multiple trail rides across the country including multiple WOW trips. Jerry recently outfitted the Wrangler with a Flat tow hitch system to make those cross country trips a little more comfortable.
Jerry was recognized for his dedication to the club by being awarded the Boldy Pohl award back in 2022. Karen has been Recording Secretary now for three years since they joined the club.
Jerry And Karen are looking forward to many more years in the club and continuing to build the club membership by spreading the good word to prospective new members. They both look forward to continuing their dedication by sharing their knowledge and experiences with club members on the trails and at other events. Jerry enjoys leading the way on many events while his ever-faithful tilt-meter helps to keep him in check.
They have always enjoyed the outdoors, camping, hiking, traveling and general sightseeing as a family. Now they are enjoying “Jeepin” to get to other places previously out of reach. Their first experience was in June 2019 at the Mounds off road park, where they quickly figured out that there is defiantly safety in numbers after getting really stuck in a deep-water pond. They happened upon a group of Jeeps on the trail and were introduced to the Wolverine’s 4WD club. They became members in October 2019.
Karen has been a stay-at-home Mom while the kids were home schooled since middle school age. She is now enjoying her newfound freedom and taking up her lifelong ambition to become a writer. She currently has her first book (Five Years After) Published on Kindle and has four more books in the works in various stages of editing.
Jerry is an Engineer working for Stellantis for the last 35+ years, currently on the Pacifica, Grand Cherokee, Durango and Compass programs. In the past he has worked on the Prowler and Viper programs. Jerry was able to travel during development trips to Colorado, Utah, the UP and areas around southeast Michigan while working with the members of Jeep Jamboree/Camp Jeep organization including driving the Rubicon trail in PHEV Grand Cherokee’s, a trip for the bucket list for sure.
In the past they have owned an ’07 Liberty, ‘19 Compass Trailhawk (with the skid plate package). Their first trail vehicle was a Gold ‘04 Liberty Limited that they lovingly referred to as Dirty Blonde, no reference to Karen in any way! Jerry then moved all the Offroad items including the hand-built front winch mount to a Gold ’06 Liberty (Dirty Blond 2) with less mileage and traction control to better handle more difficult trails. During this time they decided to lease a ’20 Wrangler Rubicon two door soft top, Bikini color. They used this vehicle on the 2020 WOW event to Colorado during the height of the COVID Pandemic. This trip and owning the Wrangler for a year convinced both of them that a dedicated trail Wrangler was definitely the way to go!
Karen set her Internet searching skills to work and in Oct. 2021 she found a real unicorn, a 2014 Wrangler 2 door stock Rubicon with all the 10th anniversary goodies attached that had never seen as much as a dirt road, with less than 14K miles on it. Jerry decided that wasn’t right and proceeded to add a 3 ½ inch AEV lift kit, two-piece double bead lock wheels with 37-inch M/T tires, heavy duty spare tire carrier with two RotoPax fuel cans and a 10k winch out front and a very expensive and convenient on-board air system for all four tires at once. After a few outings Jerry added high lift fenders, a sun rider soft top for that open air feeling. A complete Magnetic armor kit complete with decorations done by Karen to top it off.
“Little Big Foot” has now taken Jerry and Karen on multiple trail rides across the country including multiple WOW trips. Jerry recently outfitted the Wrangler with a Flat tow hitch system to make those cross country trips a little more comfortable.
Jerry was recognized for his dedication to the club by being awarded the Boldy Pohl award back in 2022. Karen has been Recording Secretary now for three years since they joined the club.
Jerry And Karen are looking forward to many more years in the club and continuing to build the club membership by spreading the good word to prospective new members. They both look forward to continuing their dedication by sharing their knowledge and experiences with club members on the trails and at other events. Jerry enjoys leading the way on many events while his ever-faithful tilt-meter helps to keep him in check.
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