BILL KOLENDA: A
few years ago, we
were approached by two local
people about a Jeep Invasion.
It was at a campground.
And it just outgrew
the campground.
They said, would you
be willing to help out
with us with the space
of the golf course
and the property
across the street?
Maybe we could do something
with Jeep Invasion
over on your property.
My son kind of fell in love
with this whole program.
He's like, hey dad, we need
to do an off-road course.
WILL KOLENDA: So we got
maps above with drones
and everything.
We started planning out,
like, hey, what could we do?
We got the equipment in.
And we actually went to
work by plowing trees
down, and clearing brush
and dirt, and making hills.
And it was a fun time.
Whole track probably took
about 45 days to build.
It was many and many of
hours cutting in the trail.
BILL KOLENDA: We're pushing dirt
up, and we're piling dirt up.
And then you back
laid it over it.
And you're driving up and
over it, and up and over it.
My son's Jeep Cherokee
is the vehicle
that we use for testing
of this, where he's got
a 4-inch lift, long arm cat.
So if he can go up and
over and not touch,
then we know other
Jeep vehicles either
are going to rub a little
bit, or they're going
to clear it with no problem.
WILL KOLENDA: Every time
we built a new obstacle,
we tested probably seven,
eight times with my vehicle,
other people's
vehicle, just so we
can get a feel for hey,
what's going to work,
what's not going to work?
How is the public going
to like this obstacle?
We changed the course
probably eight times.
We originally started with,
like, just a basic track.
And then I'm like, all
right, it can go bigger.
And then you also have
to think about, you
want to go slow enough
to where you're not
going to be bumping into
people, sliding in the turns.
And then it was perfect
for all we wanted.
I love giving people rides.
And then I love seeing people
take the ride that they just
had, and then they build
an off-road vehicle.
I really like having other
people getting in the sport
that we're in.
It's nothing like
you've ever done before.
