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I have been reading the post, I saw that you could ride in Jasper. Does anyone have information on this area, restrictions, legal or not and where in Jasper?

Its full of water right now have to wait untill summer Jerry :'(

Best place around to ride when its dry. Its called the alapaha riverbed. It is full of water right now but when its dry you can park under the bridge and ride all the way to the swannee river and take a swim.

    Yeah, the alapaha river bed at the intersection of state road 6, and 41. It is a great place to ride. It is full of water right now, but it is dropping... If I remember, I will give you a shout when it is dry.
  They are sort of strict about you going on the banks because of erosion reasons. Other than that, they don't bother you over much of anything. There is plenty of sand to play in, and even on the dryest days, you will usualy come across areas where the river still remains and you can play in the mud. Pack the grill and a cooler, so you can make a day of it.

Thanks, please keep us informed when we can ride there. dang, I miss this place.

Yea deffinately keep us updated on when it get's low enough to ride! I'm itching to get back out there.  ;D

I JUST WANT TO RIDE IT FOR THE FIRST TIME, DIDNT MAKE IT LAST COUPLE OF TIME BUT CHUCK-NORRIS SAID ITS AWSOME TILL HIS INCENDENT :o

i promise you that its the longest 12 mile (1-way) ride you'll find around here. i can ride 80-90 miles in ocala and not be as tired as i am from riding in the alapaha river bed. it has it all, sand (extremely soft) water and hill climbs. it can be dangerous.

jeff

Has anyone got an update on the water level there.

BIGWORM when are we going to go ride the river bed???? This place sounds like a good place to ride. May be we can set something up around the end of Feb. Keep it in mind. [smiley=ThumbsUp.gif]

Anyone checked it lately? It should be getting close to being able to ride.

Looks like I may have to just make a ride up their and see how its going. May try to get my brother to check it out for us. He is only about 30 minutes away but he has no camera to take pics.

Really just need to know if it is dry far as you can see in both directions from the bridge. If it is there should be atleast 10 miles or so rideable.

Come on pimp.... ya know the water SOFTENS your falls... Why does it have to be dry as far as you can see?  ROFL.

I am R E A D Y for some jasper riding again.

I miss it and still look over the pics we have on the other web site from time to time with a small drool in the corner of my mouth.

By far the best place for a trail ride.

jjames...  this year im takin ya up on one of those beef jerkys ya pack!!!  :)

JBBJ When jaspers ready Im ready to ride  ;D

I know it I am ready too! Maybe someone will check it out and let us know soon.

If we have not heard anything in two weeks. I will ride up there and check it out myself after work. I figured that would be the be since we have the Rodman ride this weekend and I will need to work the following Saturday. Maybe it'll be down some more by then also.

Sounds good!

It is still flooded but going down. I will keep you posted.

Thanks, I know we will have a good group ready for the first ride.

Count me in for first ride.  ;D

  Jim,  ;D

Thanks for the update. Yall know I will be there the first time out.  ;)

It will be interesting to see what the river bed looks like, can't wait.

Yea I hadn't thought about that. Should be interesting all frsh and new again.

didn`t even cross my mind to go to the alaphaha river bed.... wow, only live about 30 minutes from there....and just bought my first quad on the 15th....sounds like the place to go when it`s gone down.....anyone needs to know, just ask, ....go by there all the time and it still didn`t dawn on me to go there to ride my quad..lol...duh!  hope to meet you guys when it isn`t FREEZING!.....still breaking it in so don`t know what it`s gonna be like when i can open it up a little......   laterz

welcome,scoobie. We would reallylike it if you would be our Jasper river watcher. Let us know when the river is down. There are a bunch of us from over in the J'ville aera that are ready to go to Jasper to ride now that Rodman IV is over we are ready to get a group together to come your way. [smiley=ThumbsUp.gif]

  Jim, [smiley=BigSmile.gif]

Can we go tomorrow. If so I'll take a day off work HEHE

I would take a day off tomorrow but I think that my boss would get tired of me takeing off so much to go ride. Ijust toke off last friday to get ready for Rodman ride, and what a blast it was. Has it gone down enough to rid yet. I don't like lots of mud to hard on sport bike.

  Jim,

last time i looked, it was starting to get down to where some sand was spotting through in places......trust me, when it`s dry, nothing but a mini-dune for miles( even though it`s only about a 100 yards wide) lol....but anyways, ready to see the flying-V in action........keep `em coming guys, and i will keep you posted.......

Sounds like it could be done with a utility quad. HEHE Man I miss that ride.

going down to ocala on sunday the 30th.....hope i see you guys there....look for brand new green v-force........

Has anyone checked the water out lately  ??? I heard that it has gone down alot.  ::)

I will check this weekend.

Thanks, Ready for a good ride,

    Alapaha Update.....
It is still flooded.

I went by there yesterday, and it is still flowing. There is some sand visible on the banks, so you could probably unload under the bridge and scoot around some of the imediate bank trails (if you are desperate). If you have been there before, you know this will not give you the full effect of riding the river. I live right up the road, and have been checking it religously. I will send an all caps yee haw to all of you when it is dry... I am getting pretty damn anxious myself!!

Thanks keep us updated please.

OK it has been 2 weeks since we heard about the river. Is it still up? ::) Can someone that lives close give us an update. I want to go ride soon.

still quite a bit of water but looks promising in the near future..... probably by this weekend it will be " ridable" but still pretty wet.... will let you know exactly where it stands by friday because i hope to ride either there or at scrub this coming weekend.......laterz

If its dry, I may just ditch that 6 hour ride south to MSG and go ride with scoobie. Sorry Zin and Digitalsniper. Waiting on scoobie to check.

thats fine
we didnt want ya there anyway...
only problem youll have is the prairie wont be in jasper to pull ya to shore.  heheh

shame your not going to flex those new tires your getting.


oh well

jasper will be there in a few weeks...

DS

LOL, that didn't take to long to get a reply.  LOL   I'm gonna regret that 6 hour drive but probably gonna do it.

Wierd, my post didnt go thru...

Anyway yunt, thats cool if you dont make it to MSG.  we really werent wantin ya there anyway.  Your only problem at jasper is the prairie isnst going to be there to pull ya to the hill when you drown out again.  Grin.

Shame you wont be going to MSG to flex those new tires your puttin on the polaris...

Jasper will be there in a couple of weeks (and alot drier), so ill take the jasper ride then.  MSG only comes in Feb once a year. hehe.  Ill def wait a week or two for jasper.

(oh, were going to pull out around 230-3pm if you change your mind)
DS

whos gonna close shop for ya.

Daisy and rob.
its robs Bday so i figured i would give him a treat and make him manager for a couple of hours.  ROFL.

Usually Friday afternoons are slow after the first two weeks of the month, so it wont be a problem.

hack is going to take the kids to the Babysitter and were gonna load everything up but nanner (wont get that trailer till noon) and head out.

Ill worry about my business, you worry about how your gonna get your quad home when you ride jasper without us.   grin

I have to see if Dagwood is gonna go. If so then I won't leave until 2 in the morning. And you know I will have a way to get the polaris to the truck. I have more friends then just one. I think the artic cat may just get it back. HEHE

A guy I work with is going to check out Jasper this weekend. If he gets any pics, I'll post them. I'll let ya'll know asap.

from the looks of things, due to the upcoming forecast for some rain, alaphaha river in jasper is definitely looking slim for this weekend . but if things change for the better, i will make a trip to spec things out......rode one heck of a sand mine sunday near white springs on suwannee valley road....probably 15 acres of just pit with sandy, sandy dunes(15 to 20 feet near verticles) up all sides...bad part about it was it was leased and the dude said he was puttin` the gates up because too many people were starting to come back in and he was afraid of someone getting hurt......but around this pit was nothing but flooded lakes and ponds with trails all thru and around them near where they call the pipelines or gas lines or something like that....also some place back in their they call the devil`s compound where supposedly a bunch of worshippers( probably crackheads..lol) had this little town like village....kinda spooky...kinda hillarious.....anyways, to all who ride in the central to north florida areas, can`t wait to meet ya`s and hope we ride soon. will have the trailer finished by friday (i`m building my own, dernit) and will be taking 10 days off from work starting the 26th......time to get serious and rideeeeeeeeee................

still looks pretty wet in jasper....doesn`t look like this is the weekend for alaphaha.....sorry guys.......probably will go to rodman sunday.......

Anyone seen it lately? I got me a new Eiger I'm ready to try out!!!

Pumba said that he went by there about two weekends ago and said there is still water under the bridge where we park. UUGHHHH

With all of the rain this past weekend I am sure it is really WET. [smiley=Cry.gif] Has anybody checked it out lately? [smiley=Question.gif]

Hey scoobie where is the pit at any where near gainsville area

 ;D ;D Bump  ;D ;D

Does anyone have an update PLEASE

 I drove buy last Sunday and the water is still to high. Ive been looking forward to riding here for the first time. Instead I drove over to Dowling Park and rode the Suwannee River levy and the old railroad bed. It was fun but the Alapaha River bed looks to be alot more my style. Since I just bought Suwannee River property I would hate to see a dry river bed but it only needs to be dry for a weekend so I can go riding. Cant wait. Larry

Thanks Larry

       Yup, still flooded. All this damn rain is not helping. This after noon I am headed to the back yard to do a backwards rain dance. Like I said, I am like 5 or 10 min. away, and beleive me, I am checking all the time. The group ride sounds great! I look forward to puting a face and machine to all the names.
    Some one said that they heard that they are going to try to put a stop to riding there. I hope not. Recently, they started enforcing some rules though. No riding on any of the banks, and parking is now sort of a pregnant dog. You have to actualy pull your truck down into the river bed since they no longer allow parking on the right of way which is pretty much everything outside the river bed. So please, when any of you do go, try to be respectful of these pain in the ass rules. For now, we can at least still go there. The rules they have are because of the certain idiots that end up everywhere that ruin it for everyone. People were going over the banks into peoples farm land, and the parking was stopped because of littering and tearing up the state maintained raod sides. We don't have much left around here, so we need to do some ass kissing to try and keep what we've got.
      I'll keep all of you posted, happy trails!

                                                  Miracleman

You got that right on the parking, They wrote 6 of us tickets the last time we were there. And we were parked all the way to the edge of the trees but still on the front side of the signs. I thought someone had said there was a forestry station somewhere close to there and that you could park there?? If anyone is aware of this please let me know, because  it is impossible to get a 28' trailer in there. I will also keep an eye on water level because we work over there pretty often.

I'm so ready. Someone got a big pump so we can pump the water elsewhere.

      lol... I'll keep my eyes out for a pump. I was told those crack ladies work cheap, we can round some of them up with straws...just a thought.
   As far as parking, I don't know. I haven't seen a ranger station around there. Unless it is at another area on the river...I don't know. I am wondering though, on the north side of the bridge, on the opposite side of the road from where we usualy unload, there is a couple tote road looking things where they have done a little clearing. I don't know who owns it, or how many vehicles could fit there, but it could be an option for some parking. Myself, I've got a pretty stout chevy, and I am going to try to pull trailer and all down to the bed itself. If I am succesful, than I will hook up to anyone elses trailor while I am there and do the same. I will most likely be hauling 5 atv's, so if I make it, than I should be able to get most of the others down. We'll figure it out, I want everyone to be able to ride! Happy trails!
                                                Miracleman

We camped about 2 miles up river last year.  myself, yunt and moose all pulled trailers up the river.   The only problem is make sure you put your trans in low gear, let All but about 5 pounds of air out of your tires (enough to keep the bead seated) and youll do fine.  first time, i over heated my trans with all the wheel spinning going on.  On the way back i let all the air out and didnt spin a wheel.

im ready for a camping weekend up there, and an opportunity to watch some of pimpins wacky tricks hehehe.

Digitalsniper

Another thing that is good is unload your quads before you pull your trailer down in the riverbed.

I appreciate the thought, but I dont remember that much room under the bridge. But the next time i'm up there i'll take a look around.  my employee was up there the other day, and its still full. Are any of you guys going to the rabbit run, would like to meet some of y'all. Personally I can't wait, been going to every event there since 2000 and just cant get enough of that place. 8)

Yea I think that was one of the best rides I have been on yet. I wish it would stop raining! Well hopefully it will dry up eventually. When it does I'll be there every weekend.

 hey guys went that way today when i went to see my dad. water level is droping so i would say mid april if it stay sunny and warm we will be able to get in there. let me know a date when some of yall want to get together and i will bring the madison and panama city boys

Bump, just ready to ride Jasper

Any new updates?  ;D

Well I didn't make it over to the river, but there is water everywhere like I have never seen it before. I'm sure it's flooded, as the Suwannee is over the banks all the way down to US 19. If this rain doesn't stop, we might have to wait till next year to ride it.

I went up the Alapaha river last weekend in a 26 ft cabin cruiser boat and the depth sounder was saying 25'-30' deep. This river is really flooded. Thats the only way we could ever get a boat of this size in there. The Suwannee River is running anywere between 35'-55' deep. Suwannee River management is saying it could be 45 days before river levels drop back to normal if it stops raining today. This water really sucks for me as a river property owner. They have got a no wake rule in effect now for all the north Florida rivers from the Georgia border south to the Gulf.
It might be next year before we get to do any riding out there.

The Santa Fe river where it passes under US129 in Branford is almost up to the bridge. It wasn't this high after the hurricanes last year.
Kurt

has anyone check the area we ride a lot but we are looking for a new spot its six of us let me know we can all meet up their

Noone has checked it out lately but last time someone did they said it was about 25-35 feet deep. Maybe next year.

aight fellas here the deal. the water level has been dropping rapidly lately i rode to day and check around. starting to see alot of improvement we keep getting these sunny hott days and i think we can ride by mid june maybe sooner. will keep in touch

WOOOOHOOOO

well me and the kicking dirt crew looking for a new place to ride anybody know of a good place we like trails hit me back asap we can all ride

WooHooo X2 I sure hope it dries up! Keep us updated. Thanks

I'll definately have to check it out next time I go to Ga.
When I do, I'll take pics for everyone to see. Cain't wait.

Was out that way this weekend at a wedding and went by to check it out. It has gone down since the last pics I saw but there's still probably 15ft of water at the bridge where we unload. They also regraded the roadside there and it has made it pretty steep to get down there under the overpass. I made it in the Jeep but not sure about with a trailer may have to use the powerline road to get in there now.  ;D I'll post the pics I took in a day or 2

well i got some bad news, its about 8:33 p.m. and its pouring down rain. not what we are wanting. maybe it wont last. talk to yall lata