flynbryan,
The Francis Marion Natl Forest riding area is called The Wambaw Cycle Trail, named after the Wambaw Swamp Wilderness area. It is a narrow figure 8 shape with two connecting loops of 20 miles each, for a total of 40 miles of offroad trail. If you have a tag or a Vermont license or something like that you have miles and miles of sandy roads to check out too. The rides the 18 and 19 Jan will use some of the trails, some powerline cut-throughs and lots of other stuff. Definately worth it if you ride trails. The DS ride the 18th is supposed to be 105 miles. WEEEHAAA! Wambaw Ranger District can be reached at (843) 887-3257 or if you are in Columbia the Francis Marion and Sumter Natl Forest Main office is at 4931 Broad River Rd, Columbia, SC, 29210, (803) 561-4000. You can get maps of this area and all the others there. The good thing about F.M. Natl Forest is that it is open all year round. Most of the others close from Dec. to April. Maybe HL Gomer can pick you up a map or something if he goes by there. Hope to see some DRN riders there in Jan.