Yes my home state is a mess and I miss the weather and the so cal lifestyle daily! Now the way I see it the Bureau of Land Management are making it sooooooo difficult now for people to enjoy the dunes that they keep jacking up those fees to have people not come out my opinion. If you really analyze it the die hards will always come out to dunes no matter what we will find a way to pay fees and go. Now the younger kids or new dune enthusiasts just do not want to deal with this mess, or dont have money to buy bike, pay registration, pay dune fees, fuel, truck to haul bike, food and most important have a friends or family that shares his passion to ride dunes so I understand why the young kids don't want to buy a bike or quad and keep a quad in garage.
Before we got older and enquired responsibilities there was 8 of us that quads and were at Glamis frequently, and 2 of them sold bikes because of their obligations starting families but after 1999 when fees started the writing was on the wall. The rest of my buddies one by one stopped coming fees was a main reason and now that they are going up more will stop coming. Some of us did have genius ideas to save money, meet at Vons in Brawley and just load as many bikes and gear and each other in trucks as we can safely, using 4 straps to secure bike in trailer and to please a Ca state law with quads in trailer and us more fortunate would pay all fees, fuel, food leaving their vehicles at Vons Parking lot for the weekend. I sometimes feel we are in our teen driving to drive in and hiding people in trucks to get in when drive in was charging entrance per her!
