fulsizjeep wrote:My early morning dribble got blown to the winds when that storm rolled in this morning Mikie.
I see what you did there.
For those following along and confused I'll do my best to clarify.
The "Jelly Beans" are the FJ Cruiser people that come to Ouray the same weekend as us for the last 9 years. We schedule our trip in July the year previous, they schedule there trip typically in March, but this year I think it was earlier since Ouray tends to sell out for July in April (over all, not just KOA. After that you're looking at other peoples cancelations) but I digress.
We call them "Jelly Beans" the same way they may call us "Jalopies", all in good fun. For the most part they aren't that different than us as people. Obviously they "tend" to have way more money than us, or at the very least, different values financially, but that doesn't make them bad people. Over all they are out there for the same reason we are: fellowship, community, fresh air, adventure, etc etc.
As with every group, there is a douche bag contingent. It may be the financial demographic or just the amenities of the FJ Cruiser, but the douche baggary with the FJ croud is more pronounced than we tend to expect. It is NOT universal, like will e said, for the most part they're normal dudes and dudettes who like normal people stuff. But there are the "metal mulisha" types en mass, the mountain dew extreme death metal hard core people smoking their brakes on every descent, the tom cruise aviator sunglasses rocking Kenny Loggins "danger zone" with the AC blowing full blast and the windows rolled up tight when you're trying to tell them they are so far left MOTORCYCLES going the other way are PASSING THEM ON THE RIGHT.
The important thing to remember is that everyone is a real person, and an idiot is an idiot, no matter what they drive. Sometimes it's me in my Jeep, I can own that
. At least I don't own a Jelly Bean.