Gary, once again we get tripped up in definitions. I do not have the forest codes but the the ones I saw said motor vehicles. If it said vehicles it would be to vague to be inforced. As that back pack you wear is a vehicle. Definition of vehicle: n 1: a medium by which a thing is applied or administered 2:a medium through or by means of which something is conveyed or expressed 3: a means of transporting persons or goods. The Merriam-webster dictionary: So Gary by the 1st meaning the forest code itself is a vehicle. Inforcing the no vehicles rule by the vehicle of the code which it self is a vehicle. By #2 meaning it would be illeagle to talk on the trail. By #3 meaning it could be illeagle to walk. So do not allow the rangers bully you with nazi propaganda. Isn't this why they sent us to school. It is not illeagle to walk and talk in the forest. By all means be diplomatic and polite when confronted with illiterate goverment goons. Otherwise you may have to educate them in government goon court. And never argue with a fool. The digital desert address is -
http://digital-desert.com/index.html- Perhaps this is the Gary I confussed you w/earlier. He said he was raised in Apple Valley, and now lives in Idaho. If your homesick, he has pictures of the area and the springs. With the weather conditions also. Perhaps the DCV group can get a clearification on the bikes at the springs rule. How about it Ron? Is this one in the brochure? ENJOY