Mark, thanks for sharing your trip with us.
It makes me want to take my wife to visit her sister in Camp Verde. The last time we went out we did not have a jeep. Infact that trip is what finally inspired me to get off my hump and finally buy one. Sedona where we stayed is full of them, and each is beautiful. We did cruise some back roads in the Pri....well never mind what car we drove. But we got to see some interesting wild life. We just could not get close to anything.

 

We camped in Camp Verde River State Park this part March. We were headed from Canyon de Chelly to Mojave Trail but a severe winter storm had set in. We were traveling expedition-style, and had planned to wild camp in the national forest south of the Grand Canyon. However, the weather caused us to divert our back road plan to I-40. And looking up from east of Flagstaff we could see a huge storm was settling in over the area--forecast lows were 12 degrees that night. So we turned south and drove through the adjacent forest, hitting part of the blizzard, but making it to Camp Verde, where the temp's were in the low-30s that night. Cut across to Prescott the next day, and back up to our next destination on the east end of the Mojave Trail the next night. There are pic's (FB) and videos (YouTube) of that trip, too. Here's one ...

 

That looks awesome. Does the rig hualing the M100 have limited slip? How did it go towing thorugh that blizard? I cna find those M100's pretty reasonable around her on CL. Some of them are in fairly good shape for $600 ish. Been thinking about one. As the family grows that may become a real need.
My sport has the limited slip rear 3.73 gear set. It does wonderfully in snow and ice even out of 4x4. Havent tried trailering in bad weather though.

 

Those actually aren't M101s. They are custom-made Adventure Trailers (two of them) from a business in Prescott (which we visited briefly as a result of our detour; and they are right next to the offices of "Overland Journal" magazine, so we paid respect to the, too). And both rigs towing are Rubi's, so no LSD. Here's a good picture of the trailers on the K-Trail earlier this year ...

 

I assume those adventure trailers are much lighter than an M101. It also looks like they have a similar suspension to the JK and do not have a conventional trailer axle so clearance is much better than a trailer.

 

Mark you set up is great for what my wife and want to do with our JK Rubicon. Wife loves the attachments on the rear swing gate, Where did you get the fold down shelf. Wife wants one. it wll make cooking so much easier out in the field. Thanks

 

Offroad Evolution offers one not sure if it's the one he is running.

 

Vector has a nicer one since it doubles as a mole pack holder and a table, holds 75lbs

 

I like the pack feature. I tried to find it on line but could not find the web site for Vector, do you have it?

 

I asked the same question a while back: Outback Adventures JK Trailgater