Year: 2010

  Seasoned Rookie with Murph, The Seasoned Rookie. At ZookiMelt 2003 It’s very hard to compare one ZM to the previous. Although the events are similar and the trails are still there, each year leaves different thoughts in your mind as you pull up the last tent stake and idle slowly through the campground, waving […]

  Seasoned Rookie: What are you looking forward to the most at next years melt? Brandy: Friends. I would ask people what they liked most about the event The trails? Mud? Water? Rocks? They all said that it was each other that made it special, and the friendships that brought them back again and again. […]

    Seasoned Rookie with Murph, The Seasoned Rookie. A Series of Firsts In the upcoming months I would like to introduce you all to some friends of mine. Some of you may have already met, others maybe just seen photos or heard stories in passing but each of them has a story to tell. […]

  Seasoned Rookie with Murph, The Seasoned Rookie. Greetings, Rookies. As some ZM06 Participants may have observed, your beloved Seasoned Rookie was unable to attend due to some family issues and financial problems. Always the optimist, I made wise use of my weekend and have for you a list of…Ten Semi-Fun things to do when […]

  Seasoned Rookiewith Murph, The Seasoned Rookie. Hello Rookies!As some of you may remember in our pre-melt edition, Mom Murphy was getting ready to embark on her very first Zookin run. As many of you already know, Danger Dad Murphy has hit the trails with us on several occasions, so we decided it was time […]

  Seasoned Rookie with Murph, The Seasoned Rookie. Think youre ready for the Melt? Read this! In less than two weeks, most of us will be packing our coolers and sleeping bags for what will be the largest Zooki-Melt in its history.  Just as many of us will be catching up with old friends and […]

  Seasoned Rookie with Murph, The Seasoned Rookie. Its a nearly perfect night at the Seasoned Rookies Global Headquarters. My $13 eBay laptop is charged and chugging along nicely as I sit on a blanket in the yard. Miss Brandys garden is blooming nicely and the Swing time Hour is wafting from the old electric […]

  Seasoned Rookie with Murph, The Seasoned Rookie. Photos massaged by Justin Fender Hello Rookies! From time to time I run into fellow Zook owners at various locations. One of us usually spots the other checking out the other’s rig. The routine is fairly standard: We greet, identify our rig to the other party, and […]

  Seasoned Rookie with Murph, The Seasoned Rookie. A few weeks ago, while enjoying an afternoon on the trails with members of the iZook Staff, we encountered another group of vehicles. They weren’t much for conversation — they seemed to be more concerned with their image and equipment than anything else. Some tactless discussion continued, […]

  Seasoned Rookie with Murph, The Seasoned Rookie. Greetings, Rookies. Every so often (more so than usual, it seems,) I like to wander from the trail and toolbox to share a bit of philosophy. In recent months Ive enjoyed the distinct pleasure of meeting some very interesting people, one of whom is Brian Gareau. Brian […]