98bonerSTOCKshee Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 heading out of Dallas Thursday the 17... It should take me 18-20hrs straight through...Anyone else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallrat Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 Check out the east coast guys for Glamis thread. A bunch of the east coasters will be out there camping on pad 1 at gecko. Dunedemon and myself will be camped out in the sand about 300 yards away from pad 1. Whatcha gonna be driving? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fixitrod Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 Hell, I'm thinking of driving from Indiana by myself since I can't find anyone to ride or drive with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallrat Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 Rod, try hitting up Mat (formally MrMatt). He's out that way. I dunno what he's up to but me and the wife had a great time with him and his wife at roostfest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTQuad Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 Hey guys, We are camping at PAD 2 not 1. About 60 machines in our group...GLamis here comes the east coast boys lol - JT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fixitrod Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 Rod, try hitting up Mat (formally MrMatt). He's out that way. I dunno what he's up to but me and the wife had a great time with him and his wife at roostfest. 308584[/snapback] LOL, I do about once a week. I know matt. I've ridden with him a few times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98bonerSTOCKshee Posted January 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 Check out the east coast guys for Glamis thread. A bunch of the east coasters will be out there camping on pad 1 at gecko. Dunedemon and myself will be camped out in the sand about 300 yards away from pad 1. Whatcha gonna be driving? 308357[/snapback] Yeah I was trying not to post in the "east coast guys" thread anymore.... My brother and I will prob. be @ the microwave tower down south atleast the 1st night...... Is it possilble to run from highway 8 north to highway 78 and back on one tank?? And just to make sure about sticker issues.. Here in Texas they require no registration or anything as far as I know. So I need an out of statte sticker to ride Glamis right? And then it's $25 for dune fees right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallrat Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 Why are you going to Gordon's when half the HQ will be at Gecko? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTQuad Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 HQ REPPIN BABY!!! P.S. Yeah i know it was a useless post but im jsut pumped for glamis on the 14th lol - JT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98bonerSTOCKshee Posted January 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 Why are you going to Gordon's when half the HQ will be at Gecko? 309048[/snapback] The tower is in the SE corner of Glamis according to the maps I have found... I 'll come pay the HQ gang a visit or two... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallrat Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 Ya that area is known as Gordon's Well. If you keep going on the 8 you can head up the 78 to gecko rd. Here's a LINK to a map of the area. I think Gecko is about another 40 minutes of driving from the area your planning on going to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUNEDEMON Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 Here are some good maps too http://www.sandbros.com/glamis/maps/maps.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98bonerSTOCKshee Posted January 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 Ya that area is known as Gordon's Well. If you keep going on the 8 you can head up the 78 to gecko rd. Here's a LINK to a map of the area. I think Gecko is about another 40 minutes of driving from the area your planning on going to. 309414[/snapback] Ogilby Camp Area is where I think the tower is at, just south of the closeure, can't I just ride around the closed area and heasd north? I thought gorden wells was alittle west of the coachella canal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallrat Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 Ya you could, but you're not gonna be able to make the ride there and back on one tank. Even if you brought 3 gallons along on your back you'd still have to ride pretty tame. What's the point of riding all that way to meet the HQ guys if you can't even get to go riding with them? For reference I can make it from the Pad 1 area to China wall, ride the hill about 15 times and make it back to camp almost on reserve. That's only if I follow gecko rd. down to roadrunner. If I go straight there and back through the dunes I can ride the hill probably 5 times and I MIGHT make it back. Olgilby tends to be less crowded than the Gecko/wash area but I think the crowds are pretty fun on the big weekends. Trust me you really don't want to go out on Prez. weekend and not even go see the gecko sand drags. Not only that but Oldsmobile hill will be going off till about 4am. Olds is 2 miles from Pad 2. Lately at night, the rangers have been chasing out the a'holes at olds as soon as they start getting rowdy. So all the riders just go to the top of the hill and wait an hour for them to clear everyone out, after that you ride down and pick one of the 30 or so fires left behind. If you're worried that its gonna be too crazy on gecko or the washes, camp where we camp out in the sand off the highway. We've got little kids in the camp so we generally keep it pretty mellow. If we wanna get loud we'll go join the HQ'ers at the pads. When we get tired, its back to our semi-quiet camp for some sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fixitrod Posted January 21, 2005 Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 Pad #2 gps :32' 57.24 N / 115' 09.68 W I got it from http://www.off-road.com/dunes/gps/xy.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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