Since the rest of the crowd gave rather crappy info, here ya go:
The city of Gilmer is a small town about 2 hours east of the DFW metroplex. It's a bump in the road in the middle of nowhere that most people would never know existed. However, it's also home to the Barnwell Mountain Recreation Area, which is the first official offroad park sponsored by the Texas Motorized Trails Coalition. Barnwell Mountain is a red-dirt off-road park with trails for bikes, ATV's and FSV's. As the Red River Chapter covers a vast area, we have chosen Barnwell Mountain as our semi-official home for the Annual Rides of March. This was done in a effort to centralize the event and bring in as many members as possible.
The First Annual Rides of March was actually held in Hot Springs, AR at the Superlift ORV park, and included some guided trail rides, a pork tenderloin BBQ and a fairly large raffle giveaway.
The Second Annual Rides of March was moved to Barnwell Mountain and was a smaller affair, mostly due to economic conditions. However, our leadership managed to snag some fairly nice giveaway items anyway. We also had great fun with a chili cookoff, though there were some bruised feelings over the crushing defeat of certain chilis.
The Third Annual Rides of March is shaping up to be a MUCH bigger affair with concessions, a huge chili cookoff, the Chia-Speed event, and more. Their will be a cover charge (that includes lots of goodies) but it's going to be WELL worth it and I hope we see some big numbers next year.
Oh, and in case it wasn't clear, the event is held every March and the name is a Shakespeare reference. I'm personally fond of the irony of an offroad club composed of semi-literate rednecks referencing Shakespeare, myself.
Hope that covered all the questions.
Official City Website
Barnwell Mountain Website
TMTC Website
