Just to clarify, because I have talked with the guy and we own one of his maps. The DD is 100% on public roads. However, Hickman County has a lot of unimproved roads which are in that area. Due to folks getting off the public right of ways and damaging private property, the county has made several sections of road private to protect those land owners. And the main road that was closed is not nor was it ever part of the original DD. And a lot of the gaia tracks labeled as DD are not. They are an amalgamation of some DD roads combined with other streets people have explored while in the area.
It is a nice drive and for a stock truck, the dirt roads and numerous creek crossings are great, but stay on the roads and ONLY cross the creeks at designated locations. I saw a guy this week who claimed to be on the DD, but had clearly driven up or down the creek and had stalled out and was stranded... that guy is why public areas get turned private and residents dispise seeing a group of trucks coming. And while I do not care for the guy who sells the DD maps, mostly because it has not been changed in over 20 years and he has created the subculture that passes around tracks under the table, i also know why he does it. Because the locals associate all the unwanted visitors to him. And when folks run the creeks and damage private property and its all done under the DD name, it hurts his reputation. I honestly have thought about running and mapping the whole route exactly per the map and sharing, but I get why he doesn't.
And Joel, sorry I am in no way implying you or any of our guys are at issue, just really needed to make sure it was understood what was going on out there. That creek run became a real issue and it was primarily the heep clubs that ruined it for everyone, but again, they weren't on the DD anyway.
