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Posted by CGarbee on Monday, August 25, 2008 at 15:21:33 :
The SERFE (M715Zone Southeast Regional Field Exercise) will be at Uwharrie National Forest, located in central North Carolina near the town of Troy.
Remember, they like Dodge Power Wagons and M37's as well as jeeps and have invited us to join them...
Date
The SERFE regional Field Exercise will be held the weekend of October 10-11-12. Dave plans to arrive either Thursday night or by 9:30 Friday morning, so we can get on the trails Friday also.
Campground
Unfortunately, the group camp is booked for every weekend in October. We will be staying at Badin Lake Campground, which is a USFS campground located right on Badin Lake. They have showers and flushers. All sites are non-electric. Sites are 12.00 per night, plus the on-line reservation fee of $9.00. You can reserve a site at www.recreation.gov Go to www.recreation.gov and select North Carolina, then for facility name put "Badin Lake Campground".)
ORV Area and Trail Information
Here is some info about the Uwharrie ORV area:
http://www.cs.unca.edu/nfsnc/recreation/uwharrie/uwharrie_off.htm
Most of the trails can be run, with care, in just about any Jeep or truck. We will start out on easier/milder stuff for the newbies, trailer queens, and restorations, then give them a chance to go back to camp (or another loop on the mild stuff), while others can go on to the more challenging areas.
Trail permits are required, and are $5 per day, or $30 for a season pass (season ends in December each year, so probably not worth it if you don't already have one by October).
You can get your trail permits at the Eldorado Outpost. This is the nearest store to where we will be camping. They also have hot cooked food, ice, gas, etc. Their website is: http://www.eldoradooutpost.com/
Dave’s (who is organizing the event) can be reached at: dp@REMOVEsanlee.com
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