I will be going to Broken Bow for the first time this weekend. TEX, I saw your information on this thread about camping. Do any of the camping sites you know of have public showers? Is it first come, first serve for the campsites? Do you think its safe to leave the tent up all day while we are riding? I am meeting a friend from Arkansas there so I am trying to find a place in advance so we can meet at the campsite.

Also he will be riding my 2wd bayou 220. Will he have any problems with the hills climbs or are they not that bad?

 

jbh,
How long will you be there. I'll be there Monday night or Tuesday morning. Probably stay most of the week.

 

Gosh, you guys are making me sick. All the riding/camping plans. My son is to be born next Friday. Doesn't look like I'll be going for a while.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]

 

A son, that's great. Just think, in a few years you'll be attacking the trails together. A few years after that you'll be in his roost. Congrats!!

 

I will only be there Saturday and part of Sunday. I also may go to Wolf Pen Gap instead but it is farther. If anyone has been to both do you have a preference? I will have a 2WD with me who has not ridden very much but seems to handle the machine quite well.

 

I am going to Broken Bow. I am staying at Carsons creek campsite most likely. I will be there Friday night until Sunday afternoon. I drive a tan 98 z71 x-cab with a black trailer with a side and back ramp. We will drive a green rancher and a blue bayou 220. Drop by if you are in the area.

 

Sorry, I didnt give any info...I was out of town. The camping is first come first serve. There are public showers.

I prefer Broken Bow over Wolf Pen. Wolf Pen would be great on a banshee, but it was boring for general cruising.

 

We had a good time. It rained off an on Saturday so we had no dust and stayed wet, even went through some mud holes (not like ones in Texas).

Most of the riding was on roads, some were maybe fire roads at one time but are just large enough for ATV now. We put 68 miles on the machines Saturday, rode 10am to 8pm. It was a nice area and huge, we only saw a small part. The rivers are very clear with rocky bottoms. We started to drive down the in the glover river for a while. It was fun with the rocky bottom and the water was not too deep. Then I figured it would be frowed upon by the game warden so we went back to dry trails.

I was hoping there would be a few more twisty type trails through trees. We did drive through some dry creek beds which were a little challenging but most of the riding was fairly easy.

We did go up one grassy road straight up a hill, it got progressively steeper and the Bayou 220 could not make it all the way on the wet grass but the rancher did but the road just ended. I noticed that if you took a road that has no tracks on it you will probably run into downed trees that no one has cleared so it was better to stay on more established trails.

 

Not only would it be frowned upon, it would be VERY expensive. You can NOT leave the trails while in the TWMA land. If you do, the fines are very steep.