ATV Florida Forum

Just realized I have no soccer games this weekend and my son and I would love to meet up and ride with some people..

Where's everyone going??? Any new places??

Tvman and MXMike

me and gotahemi2004 gonna be at croom saturday

Croom is a bit far for the day...

By the way, did the Sand pit dry out yet??

tvman

I'll most likely be in ONF pissing off the hunters once again.

Id@

but I kinda want to go to Croom

my buddy Tom and I are debating on where to ride this weekend...i'm not really in the mood for croom tho...

I'm gonna try to stay away from ONF til hunting season is over,,at least riding my quad, I may camp, but not riding.

the last ranger I spoke with made a good point that makes sense to me.

the hunters have access to their sport for 2 months out of the entire year, and they pay for the priveledge,,,,,us people on OHV's have access year round and don't pay anything.

I'm not a hunter, but I understand the point.

I'm gonna check out croom me thinks.

Id@

Where and what is ONF?

Ocala National Forest.

Id@

no the pit at croom has not dried out, i think it will be close to rainy season til a majority of it will be dried up, but ofcourse then more rain comes, so who knows when it will be empty :(

where are some popular places in onf? i have only had my atv since hurricane charley hit and really have no where to ride.... can anyone help?

of course, but you may want to stay away from the popular places in ONF,,,unless you like whoops.

I'll show you around the north end of the forest one weekend if you want.

Id@

yea man that would be great..... any mudd out there??

some places, but fairly rare,,,,ONF is either raining or dusty.

Id@

im gonna be at big scrub...if anyone wants to meet up.

The last time I was at ONF was when T.S. Irene hit.
I've only stayed to the south at the power lines. How much more am I missing

Hey Ida

How far north do you consider the north end of the forest? We have a camp on the north end it is off of 19 north of salt springs on a road called East National Forest road 75. on the east side of 19. Lake Delancy is on the same rd but on the west side of 19.
Are you familiar with this area? My family and I ride around our little nook and down to Lake George and know a few trails but we are always looking for new places/trails to ride.
Unfortunately we have been unable to make any of the Rodman rides...hopefully we'll catch one soon.

2-3 miles south of there is usually my starting point, we oughtta get together for a ride up there one weekend, I try to ride every other weekend, but I'm staying away during idiot season.

Id@

whoa yeah, there's a ton of forest you are not seeing there.

come to the Rodman ride, you will see a bunch.

Id@

Would love to. We get up there about once a month. We may be up around Christmas/new years week.

1/8/05 is my next weekend after XMas that I'll be there.

PM me and I'll give you a phone number, just call when you are up there, or headed there,,,it's a local call from there.

Id@

Ida_Mann, you are right about the hunter in ONF. I try to stay away from the north part of the forest. keep near big scrub camping area trails, but I like the north end around lake delancy area. You lucky to live so close. where do you like to ride?

there are some nice trails in your area suzieq. when we go on our trail rides from rodman to the 88 store we pass very close to the norwalk area which sounds like the place your cabin is. have you ever poked around in that wilderness area just to the north of you, i thinks its down forest rd 77?

jeff

suzieq,

you also have some cool trails near you. im sure you've been down this trail, it takes you to the river. it was a little wet this day.

jjamesbar

Yes we have ridden both. The trail to the river is the one we take often, we have two ways we go. One is wet (the one in the pic) and one a little more dry.
I think the area off of 77 is called little lake george preserve or something to that effect. It doesn't look much different from the rest of the forest but there is a small "lake" in there and there are same areas that look more cleared of trees so you can see for quite a distance. Its nice.
Unfortunately we have a wedding to attend the weekend of the next Rodman ride so I'm hoping to get in on another one however most of the people that come out to our cabin have commented about the length of the ride...so we'll see.

I like to explore when I ride, so there really isn't a set area I ride, but where I've gotten awful familiar with the trails is in the block between hwy19 and road 97(for the east-west borders) and hwy314 and hwy 40 (for the north-south borders).  That area is pretty much open and there are only a couple of trails in there that have whoops on them,,,,thats the way I like it.

Last ride I did was starting from Salt Springs and I got with a mile or two of Alexander Springs then headed back through the Scrub area and over towards the natural gas pumping station on 97 and 314.

Id@

Jeff, you would call that " a little wet".

Id@

well a lot wet would have been like the 1st water hole on the last ride. remember that one?

jeff

who could forget, I forgot that my quad is a sport,,,,not a ute.

Id@

of course, Mike at ATP would have kicked my arse if he saw that and reminded me that there was no airbox lid any more.

Id@

That looks like a lot of fun.....Right up my alley....Water and mud  ;D

Hey Ida Man I like what I see where are u riding

that was about a mile or less from Rodman Dam pit area.

the only thing you need to find it is ask Jeff where the easy was is to go ;-)

Id@

man we should get a group ride going or something.. hey if anyone gets stuck i can surely pull them out........ So whats up guys?