Anyone ever ride the Three Rivers WMA or Ouchita Forest area near Broken Bow, Ok? Wanting to make a trip there this weekend and looking for some good info on areas to pitch a tent and ride. Got some decent info off the net but still not real sure where to go direction wise to camp. I know you can camp anywhere in the forest was just looking for some more precise directions to a good camping spot and trails to ride (like road names to get there). Thanks for any help.

 

Newrider,
There are several members on here who have ridden that area and can give you some sound advice. However, I'm not one of them. But be patient, they'll chime in soon and give you all the info you need. Welcome to the board. You'll find a bunch of great people here, 2 screwballs and one pyromaniac. It's up to you to figure out who is who. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

SUNDAY RIDE
We are planning a ride on Sunday for "somewhere" - not sure yet but should know later today. Looks like it'll either be Big Reds or the South Canadian "NEAR" Rivermist (private access). There's an outside possibility we could ride below the Eufaula Dam again.
Anyway, anyone who wants to join in is welcome to come. Time TBA soon.

James "I'm not sure where I'm going yet or what time I'll be there, but that's where I'll be if you need me" Hale

 

James,
Hope you guys have fun. My riding will have to wait a little longer now. Tyler's show steer decided I was his personal dummy target and now I have 6 broke ribs. I didn't slow down and rest like the doctor told me to a couple weeks ago and now some of the ribs have seperated at the breaks. I ended up in the hospital Tuesday night for about 5 hours.

Sure glad Matt works in the ER, cause I got to go to the front of the line. I had to promise to stay home and rest or they were going to put me upstairs in a hospital room for 7-10 days. I'm missing the last half of the State Livestock show. I haven't missed a livestock show in 30 years. Sure glad I have some super good students and parents, they are picking up the slack and still showing. They call me every day to tell me how they placed that day.

Might be a long summer if I can't ride much.

I'm riding the recliner and sofa with the best of them, but I sure am getting tired of the interior of this house.

Have fun and enjoy it enough for the both of us.

Ronnie

 

Ronnie,
Dude, when did this happen? Did it happen before I called you or since? Broken ribs take alot of time to heal. At least 6 weeks for a young guy - for you it may take all summer [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] oops - just kidding.

But seriously, broken ribs is one of the most painful bones you can break and they have to heal COMPLETELY before you can return to your normal activities. Any idea how long you'll be out of service???

James "dang I know that hurts" Hale

 

Oh yea, we had a barrell of fun today. Rode from the Eufaula Dam all the way down to Whitefield, Ok (Hwy 2). First time we had ridden that far down river from the Dam. I'll tell ya the whole story over a cold one sometime. We sure had a blast. I wish some of you guys would join us on some of these rides. We're sure havin' alot of fun.

 

Did you have a fairly large group of Utility riders? Me and a couple of buddies were at Eufaula Saturday and saw a large group of riders take off down the river...Just curious...I had my paddles on my Z400(which worked really well in most areas of Eufaula) so we didn't get too adventurous past the first
mile or so....Could a sport bike make it how you went? Just wondering cause we loaded the bikes up and drove to Whitefield and rode there
for a little while before heading home....

 

4wheel,
Our crew consisted of 4 utility quads, but we didn't go anywhere a sport quad couldn't go. Well, on second thought, we did hit a little deep water. I guess some sport quads would have made it, but I believe some others wouldn't have. Just depends on where their air intake was located. Plus, I've seen guys who ride sport quads stand them up on their rear wheels and "gun" it through deep water. So, I guess it would depend on the rider too.

We rode all the way to the Whitefield bridge but couldn't cross the river because it hadn't receded enough from the corps opening the gates at the dam earlier in the day. We could see sport quads drag racing on the northeast side of the bridge, and we saw a few utility quads on the northwest side of the bridge, but we were on the south side of the river. It sucked to ride all that way and not be able to cross over and meet some of the guys who were riding there, but now we're planning on unloading at Whitefield and riding further down river to see how far we can go. Also, there is a (deep) creek that joins the south canadian on the east side of the bridge, which prevented us from riding over the bridge to the north side of the river. I guess it just wasn't meant to be on that day.

Have you ever ridden further down river from Whitefield? If so, how far can you go?

James

 

No...I have never ridden further down the river than Whitefield....
Like I said I ride a sport quad and don't really like having it in the
water for extended periods of time...Creek crossings and stuff like
that I don't mind too much, but riding in river beds for extended periods
of time has always added up to bad bearings and other various malfunctions...
That was the farthest I have ever seen the water up on either end(Dam or Whitefield)....
I didn't realize they had open the gates that morning...We just assumed it was from the rain earlier in
the week....

 

Hey everybody,

I read this forum every week but rarely chime in. I don't know if anyone's interested but the 2007 atv mud nationals are going to be in Jacksonville, tx 28th thru 1st of this month. The wife and I are going thursday and coming back sunday if anyone's interested in convoying. I'm cleaning the atv's today and getting ready.

 

Get with Bruteforcebob, i think that he was wanting to go along with a few others.