if we can't get the new hampshire trip together, i am down with the cape cod run. i think that would be fun too. and truro is along the way. as i said, i know truro has campsites along the way with the fire pits and stuff. i will make some phone calls tonight about new hampshire.

 

cool, and any info you can get us about truro would be good too. im going to fax over an app for a beach permit now, and give em a call.

 

Is it a group permit or a single vehicle permit? If we need to reserve a permit individually then I want to make this official so we can get on that.

 

very good idea heath. how many people are def. in so far? just us three? regardless, let me know about the permit as well. if we need individual ones, then i will apply for one as soon as i get back from vegas. and i will try to track down some info on truro, as well as new hampshire. good work lee. oh yeah...and get that diff fluid looked at!!!!!!!

 

its individual. let me get my permit first and make sure its all OK before I ask 20 people to get $30 permits.

 

Yeah thats cool, when you talk to them find out how many they have left, explain that you are the president of a club etc so that they get the idea that we may need more than 3.
Lee, if you get a permit now I will ride along and we can go check it out this weekend, see if it is as cool as it sounds, then come back to report to the group. Like I said, lets figure out some details and make this official.

 

Sure, theyre going to call me back as soon as their guy gets back from lunch or something. ill letcha know.

 

question....isn't the $30 only good for seven days? or did you get the annual one, lee?

 

yes its only for 7 days. I'd just like to do this and test it out..

i can choose what week it goes into effect.

 

gotcha.

 

If you guys want to run the beach the Cape is a great place to do it! While I have never driven the area that you've specified (Race Point/Truro), I know that it's some spectacular scenery out there. And only $30 for a 7-day pass is cheap. I have a resident pass to Nauset(Orleans) and it's quite a nice place to go and chill out, bbq, fish, , etc... It's pretty flat and there are strict rules to follow while driving on the beach, so it's by no means a real 'off-roading' trip. But a hell of a time can be had just cruising the beach and finding a good spot to park. Let me know if I can do anything to help.

 

well i never heard back fromt hat stupid office and the guy left when i called back.. so im gonna try again tomorrow early in the morning.

hey john, where have you been? do you KNOW any good spots for sure? cause id like to have someone who KNOWS at least one good area... that way if our other attempts fail, we have a failsafe.

let us know man.

 

i believe i am going to hit some of those class-6's this afternoon after work. there is the one i went about 100 yards in on that i am going to attempt again, one right down the street from here, and the ones by my boss' house. i have the camera so i can take some shots of the terrain for you guys. i will post up tonight.

oh yeah...1 more day 'til vegas! haha

 

Well, if you want to run the beach I think that Race Point is your best bet. Since they sell weekly permits, it's by far the cheapest spot around and the beach is long enough to find a space to park. By comparison, Nauset Beach only sells yearly stickers for $180 and Sandy Neck sells yearly stickers for $120 + $4/day. A few things to take into consideration are (and you might want to ask about these when you call), the condition of the beach (the last few storms we got did a number on the beaches here erosion-wise), and if the park service is currently planning to close portions of the beach due to piping plover nesting. These two things limit the number of vehicles allowed on the beach at one time. And that's another thing. If you do want to run the beach, get there early, I mean like 9 or 10am or you won't get on until 3pm.

If you want to do some trails or something like that, there's really not a lot of(legal) "off-roading" spots around here short of a few dirt roads. That's why I drove the 2+ hours to Ashburnham to meet up the the TTORA guys. There are a few spots, in the off-season there are lots of dirt roads to explore. But in the summertime with all of the out-of-towners at their summer houses, it might be a bad idea. If it were two or three trucks that's one thing but to have a caravan of trucks driving around, that's trouble. I mean we could do it, but... There's just not alot of space around here.

 

hey guys. i just got home from the trails after work. i didn't go to the boss' house though. too far. anyhow, one that i was hoping was going to be good was nothing but a dirt road. the second however...the one i looked at last week, was awesome! some decent rocks and roots to deal with, some mud pits and rutts, and a few cut-offs that i did not explore. i went in to a mud pit/turn around that brings you back up to the halfway point of the trail, but rocks and mud that i was not willing to attempt alone. i was going to attempt to go through one of the pits to do a circle, but got one tire in it, and sank like 5 inches, so needless to say...i stopped there, and cirlced back around. at the entrance, there was a splite in the path. the wider one that i did, and a narrrow one. the narrow one says it is smoother, but i def. think not. halfway down it said water spots ahead, so i turned back around. where that mud pit i was just talking about meets with the half way point, there is a trail that goes up with the powerlines that are in the trail. looks like fun, and looks like it goes on for a long time. if anyone is up for it, i would be more than happy to bring you up and show you it. it is about an hour from waltham in goffstown, nh. i could meet you after work, or i can bring you up one saturday. i didn't complete either trail to it's fullest, and i didn't stop to play in the mud or explore the offshoots. i was pretty much crawling through in 4-lo, and i was there about an hour. i would say we could def. turn it into a 1.5-2 hour trail, and that is not knowing where the powerlines go. i took one picture on a rock formation, then the camera died. figures..no charge after the stupid wedding. i will take a pic of the runner now, after 66miles of highway driving. haha. nothing big, but considerring how dry it was, and that i didn't do any of the pits/puddles...you will get the idea.

 

a bit of a poser shot, but it was a better angle from the other side when the camera died. and then some shots of the lovely paint job provided my mother nature. once again, didn't play in the puddles, this is just from the trails.

http://community.webshots.com/user/bflooks



lee and intrepid...we should all do a pre-run. perhaps the weekend of the 4th? it should only be a few hours. let me know. i am all about in on that!

 

i can probably do a prerun that weekend... sure. nice job scoping it out.

as for the beach permit, i keep trying to get someone to give me information but they keep passing me around. i'm really annoyed. i finally got someones number who will be "in after 1:30pm" so i'll try them now.

I'll come back with more info.

heath, you free the weekend of the 4th? i'll see if some others wanna come too.

 

short run tomorrow if anyone else in the area wants to join lee and i. it is in goffstown, nh. tomorrow morning at 9:15am, at the shell station on rt.114.

 

Stop acting like a tool and go create a new post for this you silly noob!