Im going on a bit of a rant here, also Im a little irritated because I smashed up my truck pretty badly today. There is a gate at the top of Weigles Road in Nanaimo, there is a cutout around the gate that has been there for as long as I can remember, no one has ever blocked or messed with it and I always assumed that there was an unspoken rule between the owners of the property and us offroad people that they dont mess with our access point and we be respectful of their property. This access point is the best one in North Nanaimo, and I know many people's sole access point, and as my truck is not very lifted yet, the next closest one to my house is Nanaimo lakes. However when I went up Weigles today with some friends to film a school project, we found it blocked. Now this is depressing in its own right, but I cant help feel responsible because I think I know exactly why it happened, and I am involved in it. You see I am in highschool, and as many grad classes do, ours occasionally throws parties. We used to have them up at the shotgun pits as many of us have 4x4s that are capable of navigating the area easily and able to cart booze and teenagers up and down. But recently they have become tired of this and dont like parking their cars and walking up or waiting for a truck to drive them, so they have started having them before the gate. Most of the parties are small and have never caused problems, but last night there was a big one, and with the fire ban going on and Fort Mcmurray, I knew cops would show up. Those of us who predicted this made our opinions known, but I guess they went unheeded. They held it at the pit down by the wastelands, Im guessing around 250 cars were parked on the street they had a large fire going which could easily be seen from the road. While I didnt attend this party, I did stop by on my way through at about 9:30 (which is around when it started), I did my wheeling and came back down around 11:30, the cops had already shown up and shut it down, exactly as myself and others said it would. So yeah, I would like to apologize for my grad class' actions (probably all of my coevals for that matter) and how we ruined it for everyone else.
Thank you for tolerating the rant. The gate bypass isnt entirely blocked though, someone with a much more capable 4x4 than mine can get through, no way a fullsize could though. I dont think a stock Jeep could get through, (speaking of which, who owns the black JKU that says "Grumpy" on the hood? He was there and I would be interested to know if he made it). I ran into someone in a jacked red Toyota, he was slowed to a crawl but he squeezed through. He said that some of the trails up past the gate have been dug up as well. After I repair the damage to my truck Ill try to find a creative solution to this, if that is even possible.
I'm also going to rant.
This is only my opinion and mine only.
You're ignorant to many things.
There is not an unsaid rule to accessing private property, gates are put up to keep people out plain and simple. When land owners put up gates they don't build bypasses. When we build bypasses we expect them to be dug up. That bypass that you're speaking of is only about 2 years old and it was only a matter of time before it was dug up again.
When you kids go up and throw your parties, you leave trash, broken bottles, burnt vehicles etc. when you burn your pallets in the middle of the road you leave staples and nails in the middle of the road for me to pop my $1800.00 tires. You're the reason land owners put these gates up to begin with and personally all of you should be kept out of the bush.
Your rant just pisses me off, I'm glad you recognize that you and your friends are the problem, it's just too bad none of you are smart enough to do the right thing and clean up your fucking messes.
This is not a direct attack on you but you have made it known that you are part of the problem.
Rant over
Believe me I know what happens when people leave glass in the middle of the road, gets expensive quickly. Honestly I dont really go to these parties (I cant stand drunk people) and I dont really think that I could do anything useful if I did, no ones got enough respect for the land to actually carry their garbage out so everything just gets thrown in the fire and ignored. If you dont mind Id like to share your rant with my schools Facebook group because Im petty about things like this and maybe if the few of us who actually care about things like this keep talking about someone may actually pay attention at some point.
ok this is the rant forum now?? For years at least 10 i have lived in the cowichan valley and have been dit biking quadding and jeeping in the hillcrest to nitnat area and around holland, silver and holyoak lake. It may just be me but i feel now that these areas are getting more used and more people are posting pictures on social media sites etc things are changing and changing fast. They are on a digging up rampage. which is fine because it mskes it more of a challenge for me a true wheeler, its the people in the slightly modified vechiles that come upon a obsticle that they cant make so they make a way around it, if you cant make the trail turn around and go fucking home. also people that go out and shoot the shit outta stuff and leave all there shells, i mean common people clean them the fuck up. I wish there was a huge deposit required on them at least people like me would get money back when they get picked up, same goes for prople drinking on the trail take your cans back with you..are you scared of getting pulled over and having empties? Well gues the fuck what you probally are over the limit anyways. And people who throw out there cigarette or joint buts really. id shoot anyone on the trail if i saw them do this as long as they were by themselves in the bush, LoL. It sucks because we are getting pushed further and further out. My rule is if you want to see it then you should have fucking been there. Also when people use names and places like old airstrip by lake cowichan, or gate at doumont, Hillcrest, HIll 60 ....etc anyone can google these things. People need to smarten the fuck up ! There is no way to know who is in this group or anyone on facebook that could be a timber company official employee, or just a off road leaf licking fucking tree loving hippie!