The Sands of Time
I’m sure Tom over at Two Heel Drive will want to read about this…
I was researching some hiking spots and came across an article titled Five ATV-Free Dunes You Can Play On.
Being both an avid hiker and an ever more avid duner (with ATVs), and considering Tom’s current topic on trail restoration, I got to thinking… how long does it take nature to repair the damage we do by walking, riding and driving?
In the dunes, I can recall many times waking up on Sunday morning at the dunes and riding for miles and miles without a single trace of an ATV trail, even though the day before literally thousands of the noisy, destructive and rude beasts plowed through and destroyed everything in sight.
I imagine with hikers, it would be a matter of hours before any trace of them are gone.
March 25th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
There isn’t any more obvious example of the difference between the impacts of hiking and atvs on dunes than at the hwy 78 separation between the wilderness and open area at Glamis(Algodones Sand Dunes). One side of the road is green, the other is lifeless.
March 26th, 2008 at 10:20 am
Justin, you’re not real bright, are ya? One side of the road is dirt, the other side is sand. Not much grows in sand. Must suck to be so ignorant.