<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by diirk:
Here's a FAQ I compiled for the other site with the help of Friends of Oceano Dunes...
DO'S:
Air down your tires to 20 pounds
Bring a shovel
Bring a tow strap (if you get stuck, it's easier to get towed out if you have your own strap)
Bring extra trash bags
Bring jumper cables
Make reservations for the big weekends (
http://www.reserveamerica.com)
Try to cross the creek at low tide (if you miss low tide, cross at the point closest to the water, the upper part of the creek has some very sharp edges that are tough to maneuver). If you're not sure, watch someone else cross, and then follow in their tracks.
Keeps your dogs on a leash
Bring extra tarps/bungee's to make a "wind block"
Bring firewood
Bring everything you'll need (food, water, etc..)
Bring wood for toy hauler stabilizers
Carry cell phone for emergencies
Put keys on long bright colored lanyard. If you drop them in the sand, they are much easier to find!
Bring extra whips (they seem to break easily when you crash your bike, ha-ha)
Bring cordless drill to drill out what's left of your whip in the connector so you can put a new one in the connector.
Bring a tool kit
Put a glow stick on your pets. If they get away from camp, they are much easier to find with a glow stick on their collar!
Ride Sand Highway to the back of the dunes. This is an easy path for all ages, even the very young and a good way to see the dunes.
Bring spare keys for EVERYTHING. If you lose it in the sand, it's hard to find. A lost key could ruin an entire weekend!
Be careful, the dunes are ALWAYS changing
Be considerate of those camping around you
Bring a pop up garbage can. Costco has em for $20. They're great!
Bring a large magnet on a stick! This will pick up nails that you may find in your campsite.
Offer to help a fellow duner if they need help.
Post an observer at the top of a dune if you are riding the other side for any amount of time (ie, dryshaving the dune)
DONTS:
Deflate your vehicle tires too much; they may pop off the rim!
Ride/camp before Mile Marker 2
Ride with a passenger/double
Ride without a helmet
Bring glass bottles to the beach OR throw them in the fire pit!
Bring pallets for the fire (they are full of nails)
Ride without a whip. They're there for a reason.. so you can be seen!
Ride at night without a headlight or a taillight (it's against the law and you may get stopped by the ranger)
Speed through the camping area (15mph, plus there are unseen "potholes used as tracks" that people have dug that you may not see!)
Spin the tires if you get stuck, rock back and forth and dig the sand away from the tires. Loading ramps work well as traction in front of the tires.
Ride in the closed areas!
Ride outside your capabilities
Drive your atv drunk! A DUI is a DUI and it shows up the same on your record.
Chase or scare the birds
Ride alone or without someone capable of getting help if you need it
Leave your gas cans in the sun
Try to camp illegally (without a permit). If you get caught, the fine is big!
Throw plastic into the fire. The fumes are toxic.
Take the turn to narrow at the check in kiosk. You may run your trailer into the side of the building! (Yes, I've seen it done!)
Leave your trailer awning out if it is really windy. It can become a kite in no time at all! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>very cool check list, never thought of the magnet on a stick deal, in glamis over easter this year I must have picked up 50 nails over the 6 days we were there! and yes there was one tire casualty, my boy's paddles brought a nail home with us, **** irresponsible duners!!!!
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