Well Back to work after the long week at Gordons Well. I have to say that the new areas that the BLM has marked off as restricted accsess are both confusing and dumb. One thing, they closed off the road to Patton Valley. This 40yd by 1/2 mile long stretch of sand as been open since the original closure. Why close this now? The way they have the stakes place randomly throughout the dunes themselve....OMG!!!!!! You cannot safely ride there. Especially if you have a large group of vehicles duning. We would get a great flow going through the dunes and then "BAM" there are a pile of stakes!!! Some places there were two and three stakes in the same hole pointing in different directions so you couldn't tell what side of the area was actually closed. Some of them were in areas that if you stopped at the stake, you would either get stuck or roll. WTF
All the BLM did was take and totally screw up a great area to ride, and now the areas that are open in Gordon's are either too sketchy to ride in a UTV or Buggy, or are just packed with people that you constantly have to stop to wait for other vehicles to pass.
When I asked the rangers why this area was closed like this, all they could say is " Well it's open from Patton all the way to Glamis now"
I was told that the BLM knows that they have an issue now and are working to resolve it. Have to wait and see.
All the BLM did was take and totally screw up a great area to ride, and now the areas that are open in Gordon's are either too sketchy to ride in a UTV or Buggy, or are just packed with people that you constantly have to stop to wait for other vehicles to pass.
When I asked the rangers why this area was closed like this, all they could say is " Well it's open from Patton all the way to Glamis now"
I was told that the BLM knows that they have an issue now and are working to resolve it. Have to wait and see.