Sunday, May 25, 2008

Sneaky Route

To those of us who are bored with the regular route! Bicho and I will try this a day or so ahead of everyone else.

Standard Route = 208 Miles + winnebego laden traffic
Sneaky Route = 110 Miles + winding, twisty desert mining roads, one lane highways and pseudo impassable routes.

"The Bureau of Land Management has declared an off-road closure throughout a two-mile area around our city. It will be patrolled by law enforcement agencies. Anyone attempting to enter the playa off-road will be subject to substantial fines. Furthermore, the margins of the lakebed are saturated with water flow. You will get stuck. Mired vehicles may remain stranded for days or weeks."

"The other route, Jungo Road, visible on a map, is a very rough dirt road with easy-to-miss turns, mining vehicles, a couple of treacherous dips and is guaranteed to cause one flat if not more. Please do not attempt this route." - 2007 survival guide. Pussies.

Fourm contends: "Jungo is downplayed officially as it is maintained mostly by the Mining companies that use it 95% of the time. It is a public road, I have used it more than a hundred times and never had a flat."

The actual sneaky part is this here.

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