St Joes State Park Missouri

[veddersbetter]

I guess theres suppose to be 2000 acres available to ride on. Anyone been here? Theres a few of us goin on May 11th and 12th to check it out...anyone else wanna go?
http://www.mostateparks.com/stjoe.htm

[veddersbetter]

anyone know what the "special rules and regulations" are?

[RIKR4X]

I'll go just pm me and remind me. The rules are-have to have a flag,helmetand cant ride 2 people. Its fun there but the woods are very rocky bring plugs. see ya

[veddersbetter]

sounds good RIKR....Ill get ahold of ya be4 we go. See ya there

[Stock98EX]

I go out there about 2-3 times a month. YOu have to have a flag, helmet and no riders. Thats the only rules I know of. There are a lot of trails, good sand flats. You can easily spend a full day out there and not come across the same spot twice. Any other questions, you can PM me and ask. Remind me and i will make it out there on those days. I am going this Sunday if anybody else is going to be out there.

[RIKR4X]

Im going saturday!! Let me know if any one else is or wants to go?see ya!!!!

[KJS]

I have rode there 2 years in a row, week long trip drove from VA. Campground is great. If me and my buddies can ride for 5 days straight and not get bored you will love it . Spent one whole day on rutted hill climb, rolled a warrior down it plus a few bikes. All you need-- Flag, helmet ;)

[Sandragggen]

KJS is standing on the drag racing area. I'm there just about everyweekend. It's a good place to ride. Trails are trecherous....lots of rocks. 3 bucks to get in. Watch out for the young black haired park ranger....she likes to bit©h. There is a clean pond or lake if you will in the staging area that will cool off the days heat.

[veddersbetter]

Would paddles be a good idea? Or is most of the sand area "flat" as the name implies?

[Sandragggen]

Paddles are not needed unless you like to drag. I normally take a set of paddles and stockers depending on what I want to do.

[Stock98EX]

I'll be ther Sunday. My group will have a DS, Banshee, Red 400EX, Yellow 400EX, Raptor and maybe a few Polaris. Look for a 2002 Silver Chevy HD pulling a red 18' trailer. I'll be the one on the DS BAJA.

i go ther, great place

[veddersbetter]

anyone else gonna be up there May 11th or 12th?
Were taking a car trailer to haul only 3 quads...room for one more!

[veddersbetter]

Is there anywhere in that area to buy race fuel???

[frogburner]

Careful on the hills out there, They are Steep..... You'll have fun though, I think its better at St. Joe than at Turkey Bay OHV. There is different terrain, at Turkey bay it was 99% Rocks, at ST. Joe, at least there is sand...

[veddersbetter]

I do believe the ride at St Joes is pretty much cancelled for the time being due too lots of rain. I think were goin to the Badlands this weekend instead...does anyone have any idea on the condition of St Joes with all the rain?

[veddersbetter]

well....it was supposed to rain in Indiana too so we took a chance on St Joes. Good thing we did... it was sunshine and 75 all day Saturday. St Joes is awesome! We rode from 1-6 until my friend ran headlong into a washout and tore some tendons in his shoulder. Our plans for Sunday were cancelled.
Ive never been to St Joes when its dry out but Ill tell ya the sitting water in the sand flats made for some fun......Ill post some pics after I get them developed

[RIKR4X]

hey Veddersbetter, had fun riding with you guys.Sorry about your buddy. Its usually alot better witout all the rain. let me know when you get the pics! see ya

the condition of f r is flooded out, those water spots are annoyin when they are on the sand flat drag place

[veddersbetter]

That was a sweet jump RIKR! Ill get that pic posted as soon as I get it developed...hopefully it turned out.
LT(pro circuit guy) is doin pretty good I think. It wasnt as bad as he thought....just some torn tendons(which Im sure doesnt feel good)
We may be goin back in late June....I gotta get a little more ride time out there
:macho

[tprender]

If you are going to St Joe this sunday May 19th the riding area will be closed in the morning because of the National enduro being heald there. I don't know what time it will open. You should call ahead and ask them about time they might be opening on sunday after the race.
Make sure that you plan on coming June 15th for the Flat River Grand Prix. for more info go to
www.racers4research.com

[veddersbetter]

HEY!...i actually got somethin to work for once......heres RIKR off a berm at St Joes.....sorry it took so long

[veddersbetter]

The guy gettin on the 400(which you can barely see thanks to disposable camera) dislocated his shoulder an hour later......everyone was extremely helpful out there...

[veddersbetter]

sand flats....fun to hydroplane ......until ya get sideways

[BANSHEEadam]

Awesome..I can't wait to finally get to go down there. If anyone has more pics of the place please post them! If you have some of Finger Lakes, I'd like to see those too.

man, we all hav to go down ther sometime, its a nice place, the abulance service is top notch too

st joes is great, il tell u guys when im goin down ther again, group thin mabe

[Stock98EX]

I go there about every other weekend. Usually on a Sunday. Its hard to get tired of, when there are so many trails to ride on. I'd be up for a group ride if one gets put together.

[veddersbetter]

We were plannin on headin down again the 22nd and 23rd of June......hows that sound?

[RIKR4X]

Count me in!!

man, il check my schedule for them dates, i go mostly on sat, but u nevea knwo

[Warrioreater400ex]

where is St. Joes anyways? around what city? north or south of St. louis? cuz im bout 6 hrs away from St. louis...

[Stock98EX]

Originally posted by Warrioreater400ex
where is St. Joes anyways? around what city? north or south of St. louis? cuz im bout 6 hrs away from St. louis...

It is around Farmington/Bonne Terre area. Its probably an hour South of St. Louis. Take 55 South to Highway 67 South.

yea, somewhere in what he said, jus follow all the other 4wheelrs in trucks

[Warrioreater400ex]

St joes sounds like an awesome place to ride! tell me more! opinions, types of riding, the type of people there etc. its about 5 hours away from me which isnt very bad, i mean go up on a friday after work come home sunday night... we were gonna go to CCM in east tennesee, but thats 9 hours away..... but 5 hrs is much more reasonable! anybody got any more pics!? before i go ill check and see if anyone else is gonna be up there.

[KJS]

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mine are all to big, but il try and resise em later, its a good place, go sometime'

[Warrioreater400ex]

cmon 440..... im dying for more man...... :D

im tryin brotha