Nice Nurbs! Congrats! I may swing back tonight after I get back from down here in the Cleveland National Forest. My wife and kids already think I'm crazy anyway!
There's more to the story if you are going tonight.
On the weekends, they apparently do not lock the gate so we were able to go in and out. Not sure what the actual county policy is, so there may be certain weekends where they do lock the gate.
Sign says gate closes from 8pm-6am, all day everyday. Last night, figured theses quercicolas come out super late at night, so I drove in around 10pm. The gate was not closed or locked.
Was there for about 2 hours and left a little bit after 12am. Had my gym clothes in the truck, so took a tshirt and stuck it to a long tree branch to reach the queens high up in the trees. Using this method - and because it was late and also noticed it was quite warm last night - was able to find a lot. I pretty much just circled the parking lot and hit up the same few trees over and over again for two hours. Found a few on the pavement and ground as well.
When I left after 12am, however, the gate was locked. So I slept in the truck at the Chaney parking lot and left around 7am this morning. Just a heads up if you plan on going tonight and your wife and kids are wondering why you're not home til 7am 
Edited by nurbs, March 14 2017 - 12:05 PM.
