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Old 08-16-12 | 06:36 AM
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I love the concept, but there aren't many good places to camp around here within an easy day's ride from my house. If I stretch the distance to 80-90 miles each way, I have quite a few more options but that would make for a long weekend. However, there are several large reservoirs in our area with campgrounds in the 40-60 mile range, but they don't provide the "wilderness experience" that I enjoy from camping. I rode to one of these lakes for a weekender back in May and had a great ride, but the camping was not so enjoyable. The people camping next to me had a loud radio blaring most of the time, a smoky campfire burning and left a generator running all night. My campsite was rocky and uneven, and a park ranger came by and scolded me for not pitching my tent on the "pad," which was not apparent by any stretch of the imagination.

BTW, where does the abbreviation S24 or S240 come from? It doesn't have any obvious references to me.
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