Click Here To Visit with Bill Johnston ZookiMelt 2007 – A Family Reunion First of all, thanks to all of you that made it out to the Badlands for ZookiMelt 2007. Without you, there would be no event. You came expecting a few days of fun, friends and even a bit of excitement. I […]

  Click Here To Visit with Brent May WHY I ZOOKAnd other stories about ZookiMelt     In what seems like an eon ago, I purchased my first Suzuki Samurai.  A few of my close friends and I were wanting to start a 4×4 club, and big mud trucks just wasnt something we were interested […]

  Click Here To Visit Steam Corner Campground offered a breakfast on Saturday morning. This year it was without the early morning loudspeaker invitation, so folks were in a much better mood.   The Campground was a busy place for food, fun and socializing. Billy-Bob renewed his reputation as iZooks Master Chef, complete with a new […]

  Click Here To Visit Everyone that I met had a blast. There were a few that didn’t get to the event until late, but they made it up on the second day on the trails. The weather had added a bit more water to the trails and creeks, but that made for a few […]

  Click Here To Visit There were some participants that needed to upgrade and strengthen a few things before hitting the trails. Here you can see some new spring perches being installed.    When one sees signs like this one at the entrance of the Purgatory trail, it would lead one to believe that the […]

  Click Here To Visit At 9:00 AM on Friday morning, the gates to the Badlands Off Road Park opened for the throngs of Zooks, tow rigs and trailers that had patiently waited. Once they made it to the registration area, the line stretched back half a mile before disappearing around the corner and out […]

  Click Here To Visit ZookiMelt 2003with Bill Johnston Photos by Bill Johnston, Steve Schilling and Mike Kirn The ZookiMelt is unquestionably one of the largest (if not THE largest) Suzuki vehicle oriented event in all of North America. It is a time when Suzuki enthusiasts get together from all over the continent to share […]

  Click Here To Visit ZookiMelt 2001… A Photo Review Photos and story by: Bob “Killer Bee” Norman Now ,finally just some random trail pics to end with… Jeff Pollock doing his best “Where’s Waldo” gig. “Panel Pivoting” around a tree on orange. Dig the groovy tractor tires!! Who says Trackers can’t wheel? They’re cutting […]

  Click Here To Visit ZookiMelt 2001… A Photo Review Photos and story by: Bob “Killer Bee” Norman One of the fellow Zookers, Micah Wills, decided show us how to drop a Zook on it’s side. It actually was a fairly hard go over on the rock face near the river on Pink. Micah approaching […]

  Click Here To Visit ZookiMelt 2001… A Photo Review Photos and story by: Bob “Killer Bee” Norman The ZookiMelt Rock Crawl quickly turned into “Rock Rage” as cooler minds fell by the wayside and the Loonies prevailed.   It started innocent enough. Groups of folks gather to participate and watch…. Even the Track/Kick crowd […]