When did you first go the Glamis?

[RR19]

First trip was for New Years 2000. Was a heck of a trip. Man thinking back to that trip glamis has changed alot since then.

 

[Grease Monkey]

199?
I don't remember the year. Johnny speed 1776 car, VW TFBB car.
Everything from yfz450 dirt bike, Banshee, 70's and a handful of Funcos since.

 

[CAN AM MIKE]

1974 I was 14 and my cousin took me and my ATC 90 to Glamis. Camped in the trees on road to Olds. Wet T-shirt contests at the old store. Been going ever since. Wouldn’t change a thing. No place like it anywhere

 

[wesinls]

Gordons in 1985 or so - 70cc ripping the dry canal on the left before the bridge. I didn't go to Glamis until 2003ish as I always went to Gordon's with my family back in the day.

 

[Phil Brown]

1968 or 1969 with my parents. Dad had just finished a manx style buggy and we went out with a bunch of the guys that he worked with. Almost Pre-threewheeler
Camping on the side of the 78, getting your broken stuff fixed at dirty Bob's in the 70's good times

 

[BONES]

I grew up going to San Felipe, my dad had a Manx and a few 110s and his buddy had a sand rail and that was the normal trip a few times a year. Mexico started to change for the worst and they stopped going as much. 1994, my older brother who was 15 years older took me on our first trip to Gordon’s well. I was 10. My brother had a Honda 125 and a 250r 3 wheeler and we would tent camp out on the the flats. I can probably dig up some pictures soon to share. They are great memories of the best times of my life. I remember going up Test hill sideways on the 3 wheeler holding on to the back of my brother, SCARED TO DEATH. Looking back, those trips were the epitome of my life. I couldn’t barely touch the petals of the 125, my brother would hold the bike, let me ride around and catch me when I came back. So many of my memories growing up were out there in the dunes and I’ll never forget what that place has given me.
My wife grew up out there with similar experiences and that’s what drew me to her. Now we’re raising our 2 kids in the sand with hopefully the same good experiences.

 

[Big_Daddy_Jp]

49 years ago in my dads nut sack. Been going to the dunes since I was born.

 

[John@Outfront]

Early 90’s was invited by a friend and took my IT200. Seized it in 1 hour going full blast everywhere. Saw olds and everyone had CR500’s and fast. Had no money so I bought a CR480. Thought I would kick everybody’s butt. I was still the slowest. That bike was a monster. Arm pump in 10 mins. Realized I was hooked and did everything so I could afford a CR500. Then came methanol, huge ports, huge carb, extended swingarm. Then I was the fastest bike at the hill. The rest is history

 

[Sand Shark]

December 1999 was my first trip to Glamis. My brother in law took us out there and have not stopped going since then.

When I was a kid we used to go to Pismo but stopped going in the early 80s. Had a long break from the dunes until I went to Glamis.

 

[South Bay]

First trip was TG 98. No toys at the time, but Comp was still Comp and a good time was had. Realized it would be a lot more fun if I had my own ride, so I bought a clean 91 CR250 and made it back out there for TG 99. Lots of fun times out there with several bike upgrades since then and I’m still kicking . . .

 

[Kraut_n_Rice]

Thanksgiving week 2007, our honeymoon. We haven’t missed a thanksgiving since. My boys are 16&14 and know no other thanksgiving but a Glamis Thanksgiving.

I did Thanksgiving for almost 20 years. My parents/family didn't understand and hated it.

One year I was all loaded up and the last of my crew bailed out on going. F it. Left PHX about 4am, duned all day solo, hit the hill for a bit after dark, packed it up around 1am, and headed back home.

 

[C_landd]

Thanksgiving 1996. I was 5 years old in kindergarten. My dad flat towed the CJ5 out behind his OJ Bronco.

I remember wall to wall people. People Camping along hwy 78.

I haven’t missed a season since. I wish my dad would come back out, but he has no interest.

 

[In Excess]

1985/1986 season was my first year, bought a Suzuki lt250r quad. First trip out with it ran over my leg scarred my boot for life. Young rookie moves. I don’t remember how I got out there, I had no truck, no trailer. My family wasn’t into the desert, they had an Rv that I used until it blew up in about 1996, then I borrowed a new Rv for a few years still no trailer though, then I stepped up and bought a dually and a Santek box trailer from 1999-2004, then a 5th wheel warrior from 2004-2020, since then we’ve had two renegade toters.

 

[Crusty]

My Dads buddy Willy (they worked together at CalTrans) took his sons (early 20s) to Glamis, invited us and we borrowed a couple ATC110s...it was about 1983 and I was in about 5th grade.

Within a year we had 2 ATC110s, ATC70 and an ATC200S. We also bought an old ass 70s Overlander Class A motorhome that could barely get there most times hahaha.
Grandparents, Aunt's, Uncles, Cousins, Cousins and even the workers that liked drinking with my dad would all join. Not uncommon to have over a dozen people in camp, only 4 ATCs and a MH that slept 5...
We hit all the major holidays and 3 day weekends, we always camp on Gecko, hell who even knew wash road and the washes existed? The GBS was the end of glamis to us.

Epic memories, I would never get over this new thing that was introduced to us.

In 1990 as a HS Senior I started taking my buddies to Glamis solo, just us guys.....it started all over again...a dozen guys and maybe 4 bikes at best....best of times.

 

[MRKNNEE]

1983. I was 21 yrs old and had a 1982 Honda ATC 250R. Had only been riding in the dirt. My now father-in-law invited me to Glamis with their club. Fell in love with the sand and had my first sand car built for the following season.