Name: Mark

How many years at Pink Jeep? 4 Years.

What was your previous Residence and Occupation? I grew up in Northern Illinois where I spent a good portion of my life in law enforcement. I moved to Florida in 1989 where I started working for a major airline in ground operations. I transferred to Las Vegas in 1998.

What is your Pink Jeep story? After moving to Las Vegas I became very interested in off-road and spent most of my free time in the desert and Death Valley. One day I saw a job posting for Pink Jeep Tours and I decided to put my experience to work.

What is your favorite Pink Jeep Location? Death Valley of course...the lowest, driest, and hottest location in North America!

Favorite Factoid - Badwater Basin in Death Valley is 282 feet below sea level, which is the lowest area in the Western Hemisphere. Less than 20 miles west is the 11,049-foot Telescope Peak the area’s highest point.

Name: Mike

How many years at Pink Jeep? 10 years.

What is your previous residence and occupancy? I have had the pleasure of living several places while working for Caterpillar in operational management.

What is your Pink Jeep story? I have always spent most of my leisure time out in nature, camping, etc. It is such a joy to have a job that let’s me share fabulous Southwest adventures with my guests.

What is your favorite Pink Jeep location? I love Toroweap because it is the most remote and unique Grand Canyon location. It is so remote that you usually have your own private Grand Canyon tour when you are there. This is truly an experience that few people have even been lucky enough to enjoy.

What is your most memorable Pink Jeep experience? I was at the Grand Canyon South Rim at one of our stops called Mather Point, when we had a bull elk and 4 cow elk that were feeding walk among my guests. Wow what pictures!

Name: Suzanne

How many years at Pink Jeep? 2 years.

How would you describe your job? Being a tour guide involves wearing many hats. You are an ambassador for not only Pink Jeep Tours but for Las Vegas and the great state of Nevada. You need to be educated, entertaining, organized and a very positive person.

How does this job differ from previous work you’ve done? This is not a time-clock type of job. No two days are ever the same. The guests that are with you that day, the weather, the wildlife you may see that day all create a very different and memorable experience.

What do you like most about your job? I love being a very real part of a person’s vacation in Las Vegas. It’s wonderful to think that a few years later after taking their Pink Jeep tour, a guest may remember some fact I shared on tour or view a photo that we photographed together.

Tell us a memorable experience while on tour? - I once had a retired geology professor from the U.K. that I took to Death Valley. She had retired early after being diagnosed with a brain aneurysm. She had only looked at pictures in textbooks for 20 years of Death Valley. Each viewpoint that we stopped at she cried. She never thought that she would see these places that she had studied and had taught her students about. It was very moving.

Name: Robert

How long have you been with Pink Jeep? 1 year.

What was your previous residence and occupancy? Southern New Hampshire. I was a small business owner.

What is your Pink Jeep story? My true passion is for the outdoors and I had a curiosity of the Nevada Western territory, in addition I kept wondering where in the heck were all those pink jeeps going?

What is your favorite Pink Jeep tour? My favorite tour is the Grand Canyon West Rim plus Hoover Dam Combo tour. We are the only tour company that offers this unique combination tour that provides so much in one tour to our guests.

What is your favorite factoid? Frank Crowe was the Chief Engineer for the Hoover Dam. He was the superintendent of Six Companies, the construction company that built Hoover Dam. After completing Hoover Dam, Frank Crowe went on to build Parker Dam, Copper Basin, and Glen Wash Dam and his last dam was Shasta Dam. All of these dams were important, but none approached the mystic scale or mystique of Hoover Dam.

Name: Bruce

How many years at Pink Jeep? 5 years.

How would you describe your job? I consider myself part teacher, part brain stimulator, and part entertainer.

How does this job differ from pervious work you’ve done? This job differs from my pervious ones by only emphasizing on the positive and fun. I figured that the people I take on tour really want to be on the tour and because of that it will be a very positive and fun learning experience.

What do you like most about your job? I like working with some of the best people I have ever worked with. The guides at Pink Jeep are some of the most dedicated, hard working, knowledgeable and interesting people I have ever met.

What is your favorite Pink Jeep location? I love history and especially the history of Southern Nevada so I have to say our Eldorado Canyon tour. This tour goes to the oldest and most famous gold and silver mines in Southern Nevada.

What is your favorite factoid? Zion National Park has the tallest Sandstone Cliffs in the world!

Name: Bobby

How long have you been a Pink Jeep Guide? 1 year.

What was your previous Residence and Occupation? I was born and raised in Mesa, AZ. In Mesa, I worked for a company that took guests out in the desert and taught them survival skills and how to live off the land.

What is your Pink Jeep story? My wife was raised in Las Vegas and her family is here. We moved here in 2006 and I saw an ad that Pink Jeep Tours was hiring tour guides. I sent in a resume and the rest is history.
What is your Pink Jeep Location? I love Toroweap because it is so remote. That part of the Grand Canyon makes it so easy to connect with nature.

What is your most memorable Pink Jeep experience? I took a wonderful couple to Grand Canyon West. I really like to take pictures of my guests and I usually ask my guests to kiss in the photos, and they thought it was a great idea. All day long they had so much fun posing for the photos. I was so happy I could be part of their happiness.

Favorite Factoid – There is enough concrete in Hoover Dam to build a four foot sidewalk four inches thick around the equator of the earth.

Name: Jerry

How long have you been a Pink Jeep Guide? 8 years

What was your previous Residence and Occupation? I was born and raised in Southern CA and I moved to Las Vegas 9 years ago. I previously worked in the sales and marketing tourism industry.

What is your Pink Jeep story? I was “in between” jobs and at that time my wife was working. This of course meant I had to do the cooking. I am a much better eater than a cook. I saw an ad for guides placed by Pink Jeep Tours. I thought that sounded like a fun job. Here I am 8 years later having a great time helping guests to experience the natural side of Las Vegas.

What is your favorite Pink Jeep Location? My guests ask me this question often. I always reply ‘what tour were we on today?’ They think I’m joking but I’m serious! I really do enjoy all tours with my guests. All tours are unique: different people, different experience.

What is your most memorable Pink Jeep experience? It was going on a group tour with 20 of our Trekker vehicles to the Grand Canyon with 200 guests. What a fun day!

Favorite Factoid –That there are over 300 named mountain ranges in Nevada, including 51 peaks over 9000 ft. (2743 meters) above sea level.

Name: Tami

How long have you been a Pink Jeep Guide? 8 months.

What was my previous Residence and Occupation? I moved to Las Vegas from Southern Illinois. I owned my own landscape design business.

What is your Pink Jeep story? My daughter and I took a tour of Italy and we went on a guided tour. When I came back to Vegas the next day I saw several Pink Jeeps on the road and the light bulb went off.

What is your favorite Pink Jeep Location? Valley of Fire and my favorite stop is at Rainbow Vista. The colors there are so beautiful and I’m truly amazed each time I see them.

What is your most memorable Pink Jeep experience? Believe it or not in 8 months I have had so many! But what I remember most is the connection I have with people from all over the world. And for a few hours I’m able to show them this beautiful place while learning about their culture.

Favorite Factoid – The “King Clone” Creosote bush ring is thought to be the oldest Creosote bush ring in the Mohave Desert and is estimated to be 11,700 years old!