George Washington National Forest (GWNF) Camping/Wheeling

Travis, Tony, Marcelo, and I all went to GWNF to do some camping and jeeping. The women were going to come, but since Kelly's knocked up we figured all the bouncing around wouldn't be good for her or Tyler. So the weekend turned into a guy's trip. Travis and I left around 6:45pm Friday to head out on our 2 1/2 hour trip to the forest. After stopping at McDonald's to eat, Walmart to pick up a camping grill, and getting a little lost from the directions given to us we arrived about 11:00pm to set up camp. Tony and Marcelo made it there about 9:30am Saturday morning and we hit the "trails." One spot we stopped to "pose" for a few group shots on a rock. The trails were alright, but we found one area that was what we were hoping the entire place would be like. The section was only about 20 yards long, but the left side had a pretty decent drop off the trail and plenty of rocks to climb down. Everyone made it. I was the only one to try that side coming back up and it required the use of Tony's new winch. Coming up the other side was challenging, but everyone was able to make it up with the stacking of some rocks. We drove back up the hill and found a clearing to camp for the night. The next morning we chose to hit the spot again on the way out. The cb's made traveling back and forth better, especially when I found out that I can hook up headphones to mine so I can hear everyone with the doors off. I'll post more pictures when I get them (marcelo). Here is an e-mail I sent to someone looking for information on the forest and the trails (incase anyone else wants to know):
"Here is the information for the OHV trails at the Dry River Ranger District..... the site has directions, but they're a little off. I'll give you all the information I know because it's pretty hard to find on the web. When you go 33W off of 81 you drive about 10 miles out of the city of Harrisonburg (the road goes down to 1 lane). Take a right on 612 and drive about 6 miles. 612 will make a hard left which looks like a different road, but you need to take the hard left to stay on 612. A mile or so down the road you'll come to a stop sign where you make a left to stay on 612. Another 1/4 mile or so and you'll see Gospel Hill Church. There will be a sign that says ATV/OHV trails. Make a left directly after the church on FDR 72. You need to drive another 6 miles on FDR72, which is a rocky dirt road. Once you get up to the top of that you'll see a sign on the left for parking. Make that left and follow the road to the trail head. You'll come to a big opening that people park to offload their 4 wheelers. From there you'll see a trail straight ahead and a trail to the right. The trails go in V shape with one ending and the other going to 33. The left trail has some turnoff's that take you over to the power lines and the one to the right has some steep rocks towards the end that make it hard if you're trying to get back up unless you have a decent lift and a good spotter. It does make it quicker to get back out to 33 when you're leaving. You'll see the rock ledge and the steep drop off to the left. You'll know when you see it. There is a bypass to the right that is less drastic. Once you get to the end of that trail you're back on 33 and you can make a left to head back into Harrisonburg. Sorry if this is a bunch of information, but I figure it's better to have more than not enough. "