Family Vacation at Durhamtown

[H2Ocaver]

We just got back!

OK so as tired as I am and as BEAT UP as I feel, I wanted to post up the pics.

Here is the link to all the pics I have so far----

http://www.tampabikers.com/durhamtown_11_9_07.htm



Going Home---

[psd]

Looks like fun, thanks for the pictures.

[koh0001]

Cool pics. Was it just wet in certin places? we're going Thanksgiving weekend... I can't wait.

[jayman]

A group of 30 of us will also be up on Thanksgiving.  I read the forum on Durhamtowns site this morning and they say that it is EXTREMELY dry there.  Hope for some rain SOON!!!!

[H2Ocaver]

I guess they have been going thru a severe drought, I has not rained there is months. The nice thing they do is spray pond water down on the entrance and parking area, but once you go to the trails it is dusty.  The cabins get rented out most of the time -so get a reservation. They have  ALOT of staff and you are almost always visible to a staff member when u are in the campsites and parking and entrance area. These are super nice people.
You do not need any registration like at croom.
You Must wear a helmet ANY time you are on a bike or quad or UTV-even when loading/unloading.
All of the trails are ONE WAY, but they do have many loops and return paths. The trails are marked with arrows and you can NOT get lost.
You must wear helmet,  chest protector, boots, gloves, and long pants if you are going on the MX tracks.
Kids under 8 are free.
They do offer multiple day pricing for a discount.
No motors running before 8 am, riding opens at 9 am.
You must be off the trails by 5pm.
You can make campfires in the camp sites.
They do have a chow hall and lodge area, and it stays open after the trails close.
They do have a proshop and tire guys. Prices are very fair and they have alot of parts.
they have air for tires in the parking lot.


---Bring LOTS of quaters for the pressure washers, you will use them.
---Bring an extra air filter or be prepared to clean yours out at the end of the day.
---it is FEAKIN COLD up there now, so bring jackets that u can get dirty-very dirty.
---Bring lots of socks. and anything else that will make it nicer to start the day, but you can just use the same pants and stuff every day because they will be dirty in 5 minutes.
---I am glad I brought my floor drying fan, it was used to dry boots at night.($40 at walmart)
---bring an extra key for everything, There isn't any place close to get one made.
---I chained everything up the first night, but after that we left everything out-it is nice up there.
---Bring paper towels or shop rags, you will use them on everthing, especially your goggles.

Hope this helps-EZ

[jayman]

Wow, thanks for taking the time for the write up, now tell use about the riding......

[H2Ocaver]

A group of 30 of us will also be up on Thanksgiving.  I read the forum on Durhamtowns site this morning and they say that it is EXTREMELY dry there.  Hope for some rain SOON!!!!

Jay, in my pics, on the night ride, we were with two guys from Riverview and they had Just purchased the atv's. They might be somebody you know or live near-EZ

[jayman]

Well it seems that all the guys I ride with will be there for Thanksgiving.  I am not aware of anyone that headed up there this weekend. How bad was the dust?  What about your tires did you wear them out on that hard clay?  We were there for the 4th of July and it was the same way, I have to say I was not impressed but I also know what it is like when they are not in a drought.  It is not their fault.

[H2Ocaver]

The riding is what ever you want---REALLY!

-Mud pit(s)
-FAST Trails with blue grove hard pack (like concrete almost) and banked curves
-Slow dirty/rocky (small rocks in the ground)
-LOTS of rolling hills on the trails
-MX tracks for bikes only
-MX tracks for both bikes and ATVS
-Tight Tree trails everywhere, but also 12ft wide trails
-Big man made dirt hills
-Pee Wee track
-Flat Circle Track
-hill side trails-like 2 feet  to the left and it drops off 40 ft down.

What ever you want as long as you stay on the marked trails and stay going the correct direction.-EZ

[H2Ocaver]

yep, I melted the outside lugs on the mudlite XL's. I like running 4 pounds in them with the beadlockers on there.
But it is not that bad.
The Dust was not Terrible, but is was as bad as croom is on any day.
I now know that I have one of the defective K&N airfilters that does not fit properly. I ordered a Twin air today and have sent the required emai and picture to K&N to get the new filter.

[stacktester]

We were up there too. It wasn't like last year (Dec. 27th-29th). The clay was soft and the trails were loose. Hopefully they get some rain because we're gonna go back in December. We were in site 31. It was right next to the woods and very quiet at night except when this guy came in, in an old class a with his genny going.

[stacktester]

I remember seeing you guy's now. When I saw the little Baja 50 I remembered ya'll. We had friends in the Motel 8 and were over there a lot. I won't be dragging my camper back again after figuring out that it's cheaper to rent a cabin. I paid $50 for 2 nights in a site and it took 3.5 tanks of fuel to get up there. I can go in 2 empty. It's $55 a night for a cabin and the saved fuel will even it out.