Can you remember Glamis When...

You could fit everything that you and your buddy needed for the weekend in the back of a Datsun pick up. An extra $20 meant you could go to the Dunes that weekend. AND you could not see the lights of Brawley from the top of any hill?

When you went to Dirty Bob's to see if he had the spare part you needed to fix your 3-wheeler that you crashed earlier in the day. We always ended up sitting with him and chatting for a while.

Being able to actually jump into the canal when it got to hot.

In the evening hurrying to finish up dinner so we could hop on our wheels and get to Competition Hill.

When we went in the late 70's and early 80's it was known as Glamis Beach not just Glamis.

Deb aka SoCalAngel

When we had no green stickers , weekly or yearly parking FEES and we could go anywhere in the dunes? submitted by "oduneatic" 10/29/00

When you could take a ride to Boardmanville, sit around a fire in front of the trailer (store) that is now the bathrooms, eat an ice cream and listen to the mice scurry around inside the chairs and couches that came from who knows where. See the boiler that Chuck made and kept a fire underneath it so anyone could take a quick hot shower and listen to the single cylinder flywheel generator that ran power for the place.. (submitted by: "BONEHEAD 9/15/00")

WHEN YOU COULD GET MOUNTAIN OYSTERS AT THE OLD GLAMIS STORE AND PUMP YOUR FUEL OUT OF THE OLD GLASS GAS PUMPS? I BELIEVE IT WAS AROUND 1973. WHAT A GREAT PARTY TIME! (submitted by Wayne Arrington 5/23/00)

When the old store had a monster generator out front that had a sign stating it came to America on the "Star of India" ship? (early 70's). (submitted by: Rick 1/19/00)

When the sand highway was flat. You could buy more in the Glamis store than T-shirts. When Crazy Craig's was Dirty Bob's, and my husband's built 110 atc was cool!
(submitted by Lgrove 10/17/99)

When there was real drag racing near the store with  a Christmas tree and bleachers near the store. (submitted by: Tim 9/13/99)

When you could actually go up on a holiday weekend and find a spot to camp anywhere near Gecko Road.

When polished billet aluminum, blowers and turbo chargers, chromed exhaust systems, outrageous graphics, candy apple paint jobs and tweed interiors were only found on show cars.

When quads were for sissy's - real men rode three wheelers.

When making it all the way up "The Wall" was a challenge.

(Submitted by John 9/3/99)

When in the early 70's ....
The 90cc ATC was "New",  V-8 homebuilt Rails were as common as the Banshee's today,   Gecko Road wasn't even there, There weren't any Green Stickers,  Competition Hill was a Mountain to climb and the 90cc ATC wouldn't make it 1/4 the way up, Oldsmobile was even Bigger, On Thanksgiving Weekend Glamis Flats was a Ghost Town. There were more Tents than Motor homes or Campers on trucks, Chevy Vans were the RV of the time Oh Yeah... We Didn't have GPS's to find our way around the Dunes (submitted by BansheeBob)

When there was a speed limit sign in front of the old store; 90 mph? (Keith)

When the canal was a big ditch and on hot weekends it looked like a muddy river in India or China with the faithful bathing along the shores? (Keith)

When the old store charged a $3.00 deposit on all glass containers? (Keith)

Beside the old Glamis store you could rent a space for your RV. You paid by the month. There was also a built in swimming pool. This was around the year 1972. (submitted by BADHAM)

Remember when there were only two woop-dee-doos at the bottom of Competition hill, and there were trees growing in the middle of Oldsmobile and hill 5. And when the first ATC250R came out in 1981, and we thought nothing could ever be any tricker than that. (submitted by FiveHoney 12/23/98)

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