I use this access road regularly with my truck, and I imagine a lot of
other people do too. It saves a lot of time.
If there's a need to mark this as "not the entrance", what if we put up a
sign that says "ROC Launch Entrance ↑" to strongly encourage people to use
the "Cambria Rd" entry? That way, if your vehicle has clearance for the
first road, you can still use it, but less-experienced folks (i.e., the
ones who will probably get stuck) will go on down to the main road.
The worst cross-road rut is the one right next to 247, BTW. If you can
clear that one you can make it all the way to the site :-)
--david
On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 9:20 AM, R Dierking <applerocketry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
OK, then maybe this one should be ‘closed’ with cones or a warning at
the turnoff.
If you have never been to a launch before and coming from the south on the
highway, it does look like it’s the turnoff, and now more tracks are making
this exit more visible. Just don’t want someone damaging their RV by
taking ‘the road less traveled.’ Cones could be spaced adequately for
people that really want to use the south access.
If the Board would like to do this, I would be happy to donate about 5
cones and place them, but I will not be arriving until Saturday morning.
*From:* David Erbas-White <derbas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Tuesday, June 9, 2015 9:19 AM
*To:* roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 6/9/2015 9:11 AM, R Dierking wrote:
I still would not recommend using the 'new' (southern) road. Yes, more
people are using it, but I've seen a number of people have 'bottoming out'
damage when I was out there in March/April.
David Erbas-White
I think you can use Google Earth to locate the coordinates. Also, more
people have been using the turnoff that’s south of the usual one. In the
past, the ruts were bad on this access but maybe they are better currently.
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*From:* Jim - TFJ <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Tuesday, June 9, 2015 8:53 AM
*To:* roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Does anyone have the GPS coordinates for the turn off of Hwy 247?
Yes, I know the ones for the rangehead.
Jim G.
