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Mike and i went for an early morning ride on 9.14. Met mike just before 5 AM at his house. (holly crap that's early for a DJ!!) Loaded mikes bike on my trailer, hooked my trailer to mikes truck, and took off. 2 hours later, the beautiful Dumont dunes. The road in was ripped UP BAD... even broke a screw lose on mike overhead console. No water in the river. WHAT!!! really someone was there with a toy hauler when we got there. unloaded and out for first tracks about 7:30am. the access part to comp is almost closed off with dunes... first hill, west end of banshee.... trash everywhere... WTF!!. We headed over to a spot East of Banhsee hill we jumped last year and it was TOTALLY different. The dunes were pushed around a lot over the summer and there were lots of steep hills, soft and hard sand, witch eyes and more. Mike was having a hard time seeing so I led the last part. We ended up over by comp and I barely noticed it looked so different. The first place we stopped out in the dunes was pretty hard packed, with the tires riding right on the top, and walking on it was like walking on asphault almost. There was one area, heading up a hill pulling a wheelie, and the sand just gave out under the tires and i spun out. it was very weird, Since I did the mods to the Raptor a few good runs up comp were called for. Toward the top there were a few ridges, and even a little drop off, before the top. The right side area had all kinds of drops, and dips and crazy ness. Interesting to see how many guys have issues there. It would NOT be good for a car or RZR over there. You can see from the parking lot that the Entire comp hill tip edge was pushed back west-ish back over the top. First trips out for October should be interesting, make sure to be carefull out there as it's so different, steep, and all that good stuff.

Can you believe it? Only another month / month and a half left to go. Is it just me or does anyone else "smell" dune season" approaching? What I mean is those evenings where the temperatures are starting to get a bit cooler. You'll be out in the garage doing something and the cool air has that distinct cool smell of dune season. You can almost hear the sound of RV generators in camp around the fire or quads & buggies out on the dunes. I've been dreading the maintenance and things I still have to do to get ready for the upcoming season, but I can't wait to get back out again and see my dune family and friends. My sandcar has been waiting very patiently. I've sat in it a few times over the summer and I miss driving it real bad! It won't be much longer now!

Glad to hear that, I would miss our runs! Nothing quite replaces running behind or leading great drivers who you can trust and know their traits. i would sincerely miss that. Been through the re-model thing twice. Best thing I can pass onto you is be prepared for DUST everywhere!

video i made from one of our play runs in the evening at winchester bay. also check out my other videos on my vimeo page <iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/49060199" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe>