- Joined
- Apr 18, 2005
- Location
- Greensboro, NC
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Met upnover and Larry Smith at the Harlan County RV park (gravel lot behind the Dairy Hut in Evarts, KY) about noon Thursday. This FREE campground has 25 sites with electricity, water and cable and a full bathhouse with toilets, lavatories and showers less than 2 miles from the trail head! The Dairy Hut has ice cream and burgers/sandwiches, chicken tenders, etc as well as a full breakfast menu. I had biscuits and gravy and coffee for $1.75. There is a BP mini mart across the street as well as a grocery store and Corner Café nearby for supplies and eats. We were all amazed that they would offer these amenities free as well as free use of the trails. We unloaded and hit the trails looking forward to some new adventures. We started up Rail Bed first thing and then on to the Boulder Bed followed by the middle rock garden (trail 24). By the time we had winched to the top of the middle garden it was almost dark and we headed back to camp. Cold (free) showers at the bathhouse and hamburger steak with onions and mushrooms, taters, cole slaw and drink for $5 at the Corner Café followed by a free light show (courtesy of God). The next morning we headed to White Tail Camp/Emergency Helicopter Pad to meet the rest of our group. We had a couple of guys from Kentucky Mountain Crawlers, Ken Crider and Grant show us around Fri and Sat. Unfortunately for me I had a clutch line go out first thing and had to head back to camp to try to get it fixed and wait for some of the others to show up so I could grab a ride. Might have been a lucky thing though as Mason Jar trail took it’s toll with a broken rear axle for Larry Smith, a snapped D300 output shaft for chuckman and a tcase adapter breaking on upnover! After limping back to camp, it was an early dinner and bed for all of us. Sat morning started with our guide, Grant, breaking a rear axle shaft on his early Bronco at the trailhead. We then proceeded to rerun Rail Bed with some body damage and broken glass to Kevin’s orange popsicle Cherokee, up to Crawford’s Cry (a winch fest), by Pony Slide and lower and upper Damnation and on over to Can Opener on the upper rock garden. Luckily Can Opener does have an exit from the rocks just before you get in the pinch so that those who want to avoid body damage can get out. The littlest guy in our group in a Sami on 31s was the gutsiest as he made it almost all the way through, sustaining some rock rash and a broken soft top mount. With daylight fading we hurried over to catch a look at the new Lion’s Den trail. This is an AWESOME rock challenge that I have not seen the likes of anywhere. Unfortunately there was a group already in the entrance when we got there and with darkness and rain coming on we decided to call it a trip. Back to camp for another trip to the Corner Café for dinner and bluegrass and a good nights sleep! All in all this is a great place to go. The people are friendly, prices are cheap and the trails are awesome and another camping area with facilities is in the works. It took me 4:45 from Greensboro driving the speed limit. The only problem is a real lack of intermediate trails and they’re working on this. Things are either real hard or real easy. Almost all the hardest obstacles have bypasses that are close enough to catch the action if you want to watch. The KMC club has done a great job with the trails and they are just getting started. A big thank you to them for their guide services this weekend! If this continues the way it’s going it should be one of the premier destinations in the east for wheelin. PM me if you are making this trip and have any questions.
Met upnover and Larry Smith at the Harlan County RV park (gravel lot behind the Dairy Hut in Evarts, KY) about noon Thursday. This FREE campground has 25 sites with electricity, water and cable and a full bathhouse with toilets, lavatories and showers less than 2 miles from the trail head! The Dairy Hut has ice cream and burgers/sandwiches, chicken tenders, etc as well as a full breakfast menu. I had biscuits and gravy and coffee for $1.75. There is a BP mini mart across the street as well as a grocery store and Corner Café nearby for supplies and eats. We were all amazed that they would offer these amenities free as well as free use of the trails. We unloaded and hit the trails looking forward to some new adventures. We started up Rail Bed first thing and then on to the Boulder Bed followed by the middle rock garden (trail 24). By the time we had winched to the top of the middle garden it was almost dark and we headed back to camp. Cold (free) showers at the bathhouse and hamburger steak with onions and mushrooms, taters, cole slaw and drink for $5 at the Corner Café followed by a free light show (courtesy of God). The next morning we headed to White Tail Camp/Emergency Helicopter Pad to meet the rest of our group. We had a couple of guys from Kentucky Mountain Crawlers, Ken Crider and Grant show us around Fri and Sat. Unfortunately for me I had a clutch line go out first thing and had to head back to camp to try to get it fixed and wait for some of the others to show up so I could grab a ride. Might have been a lucky thing though as Mason Jar trail took it’s toll with a broken rear axle for Larry Smith, a snapped D300 output shaft for chuckman and a tcase adapter breaking on upnover! After limping back to camp, it was an early dinner and bed for all of us. Sat morning started with our guide, Grant, breaking a rear axle shaft on his early Bronco at the trailhead. We then proceeded to rerun Rail Bed with some body damage and broken glass to Kevin’s orange popsicle Cherokee, up to Crawford’s Cry (a winch fest), by Pony Slide and lower and upper Damnation and on over to Can Opener on the upper rock garden. Luckily Can Opener does have an exit from the rocks just before you get in the pinch so that those who want to avoid body damage can get out. The littlest guy in our group in a Sami on 31s was the gutsiest as he made it almost all the way through, sustaining some rock rash and a broken soft top mount. With daylight fading we hurried over to catch a look at the new Lion’s Den trail. This is an AWESOME rock challenge that I have not seen the likes of anywhere. Unfortunately there was a group already in the entrance when we got there and with darkness and rain coming on we decided to call it a trip. Back to camp for another trip to the Corner Café for dinner and bluegrass and a good nights sleep! All in all this is a great place to go. The people are friendly, prices are cheap and the trails are awesome and another camping area with facilities is in the works. It took me 4:45 from Greensboro driving the speed limit. The only problem is a real lack of intermediate trails and they’re working on this. Things are either real hard or real easy. Almost all the hardest obstacles have bypasses that are close enough to catch the action if you want to watch. The KMC club has done a great job with the trails and they are just getting started. A big thank you to them for their guide services this weekend! If this continues the way it’s going it should be one of the premier destinations in the east for wheelin. PM me if you are making this trip and have any questions.
