I love my JK and in exchange for enjoying the wonderful southern California weather, I accept the minor drawbacks to going topless...

Rain - Sure
Dust - Definitely
Sunburns - All part of the fun

Being stopped at a train crossing when suddenly a SWARM OF BEES descends onto the street - More than I bargained for!

With nowhere to go except forward into the train or backwards into a garbage truck, I did the only thing I could and froze like a mime in a box while hundreds (probably thousands) of bees buzzed around the open-air cab.

I'm pretty sure I left some molten tread on the pavement when the crossing arms finally lifted. Luckily, no stings! Although, I found two bees buzzing around in the garage later in the evening and one blasted out of my A/C vent when I turned the heater on a bit ago.


Anyone else have some good stories of their top-down close encounters with nature?

 

that would have freaked me out. Im allergic to bee stings and that would have beena bad situation for me.

 

That sucks. Could have been worse though.

Never had problems with the top down yet but I did have my visor up and sunglasses on once while riding my motorcycle and a wasp flew in my helmet and began stinging me repeatedly in the temple.

Wasps don't pollinate flowers, they just F things up.

 

Ha! Sorry I found it commical in my head...glad you got away though! thanks for the chuckle

 

when i was a kid i was stung by over 400 bees ever since the doctors said i could die from a sting I've been stung over 100 times that i can count so being it is painful but it is part of life out here in cal. but if that is all mothernature has to throw at us out here i'm game

 

that's a pretty funny story...thanks for the laugh!

 

When I first rode top down with my now wife a wasp flew in, stung her a few times, and went on its way. I couldn't stop laughing, it was almost as if he made a visit just for her.

Sounds like you didn't get stung though, so that is good. All of our other encounters with nature have been the weather kind. But I am hoping for a squirrel to jump in sometime when my wife is in, or something like that.

 

crazy story...lucky no jabs...
got stung maybe 20 times once when i was digging out a tree stump...
made me feel really sick for a few hours...

got stung centre chest once while riding my motorcycle...
caused a stir as i slid to a halt and threw off all my upper body clothes...
much to the amazement of peeps driving by...
must have looked like a loon ...

 

Ive driven off to find a bird under my backseat that refused to fly away. Also, I live out in the country and we have cats that just roam around from farm to farm and Ive had random cats sleeping in my back seat but no damage. Im always afraid that a raccoon will get in and tear crap up over night but nothing yet.

Ive also learned my lesson about doors on when driving on gravel roads, went out for an hour drive on gravel roads once and litterally covered not only the inside of the jeep but also myself. I looked like a coal miner.

 

First day I had the top down and the front doors off I took my wife for a ride. I didn't see them but she saw some deer about ready to bolt out of the woods. I slammed on my brakes as they went bounding across the road about 2 feet in front of the Jeep. She looks at me and says you realize if you had not have stopped they would have jumped in here with us. I laughed and said yea they probably would have.