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Who's coming?

I think I can come out again.  So ya, count me in.

I was out there last Saturday looking for an Eiger and a dented truck.......no luck.

How you gonna ask here without calling me first, oh its on now. Ramming speed captain!!! oh, sorry your rack couldn't take another hit, lol. I gotta give the bike a once over, but Im in. Should we call Chuck, he never goes though.

i was down at teh pumpstation with JD, wilburz and a few others.

Saturday the 9th? morning or evening?

Afternoon for me. We almost made it to the Pump House last Saturday.

Why afternoon, stuff to do in the morning? and start at xover or pump house?

Also, I think I should try the vent tube extensions here http://www.atvflorida.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=technical;action=display;num=1112650638;start=999999999;

Stuff to do in the morning.

I see, about 2pm then?

Hopefully by then

See you then.

Hey, im going to be heading out there alone I think (my riding buddy was struck by a brown recluse spider this past weekend!!!) so i need to make sure I meet up with some of ya'll so I got a buddy that can watch my back out there and pull me out if i need it! :)

I guess we will be there early afternoon

well, once again, my cell phone # is 954 868 3744 and my nextel is 158*89*189 so gimme a call when ya'll know what time you're headin out so i can meet up with someone to buddy up with

If I didnt dail wrong, "your cell phone is on injured reserve" message came on. If I did then Im a Jacka$$. just tried to call you. Sorry if it was too late, will try tommorow. Cant miss us. we are the cute little couple with the white pickup trucks and the red Ranchers in the beds...lol

If y'all wouldn't mind, I'd like to meet up with you out there. I can't make it in the morning, but can be there by like 1 which sounds perfect.  Never been before, but know where to turn off 27. From there...where do I go?

my phone was on silent...it works, just leave a message if I dont' pick up...im stupid like that sometimes.

anyways, jackinthebox, i'll be there around that time I think  If you want to meet up somewhere along the way, we can do that.  On I-75 there is a wafflehouse and a shell gas station at Griffin/I-75 that we could meet at?

you talking about Brett that got bit by the spider? Did it happen down there? Sorry to here about that. I hope he got some medical help with that bite. those ones hurt. I have plans to go to Chuck E. Cheese on Saturday. Anyone wants to go let me know.  

Chuck E Cheese??? OH BOY!!! IM THERE! hehe

ya, it was brett...he got bit while we were running through some sawgrass i think.  He even asked about it the bite but didn't htink much of it till it swelled up the size of a golfball the next day.  I told him not to wear them rubber boots without socks...oh well.  He'll be ok, he caught it in enough time.

We were riding up in Clewiston making a new trail thru the damp forest at night. We saw tons of spiders, all different colors and sizes. The guy on the back was in charge of clearing the webs with a long stick. A couple times I was forced to jump from the bike dancing and jumping around like a lunatic because of some rogue spiders falling on me.

Spiders Suck!  >:(

Cool to look at, but definitely not cool to put in your mouth.

spiders never really bothered me...i don't know why.  i guess probably because i've never been bitten by one i guess

Been bitten many times. Don't bother me, but you never know how you body is going to react to the bite. Something like over 90% of all spider species live in Florida. That's a lot of different types of poisons. Luckily there is only like 2 kinds that can kill an average person. Sucks they both live in Florida.

isn't the brown recluse one of the one's that can kill you?  If not, isn't that the one that can eat huge holes in your skin?  I just remember that one as being one I should stay away from.

Eiger...I have to run to Naples early saturday morning to drop a camper off for repair (screwed it up at MSG last month) then will head over from Naples to Holeylands. so, I'll have to meet you there. But, nextel ID is 159*37*17301... name is Tony.  We can nextel on saturday and meet up.

Yeah got bit by what appeared to be a small brown recluse. My skin swelled up, itched and turned to leather. Eventually it went away.

after that bite, i did some research on my poisonous animals in the glades so im prepared if it happens again.

For starts, recluses aren't known to be deadly but they can leave big scars, and cause a lot of swelling and pain for up to a month or more!!!  Some people don't react too bad to them though.

As for the whole daddy long legs being poisonous but not being able to bite through human skin, I found this (and its interesting!)

There are two types of "Daddy long legs"...Daddy long legs and Daddy long leg SPIDERS.  Daddy long legs are in the arachnid family but not the same one as spiders (ticks, mites, scorpions are also in the arachnid family).  Daddy long legs are not venomous at all.  Daddy long leg spiders are not known to be fatal to humans and whether or not they can bite through the skin is not supported by fact.  They have an uncate fang system like the brown recluse so its possible they can bite through, but its also possible their fangs aren't as strong as the recluse.  So its just a myth as of right now that the daddy long leg spiders are extremely venomous.

I also learned that mocassin bites are rarely fatal.  Pit Vipers VOLUNTARILY inject venom, and most bites on humans don't even result in envenomation and the ones that do are small amounts.  They say that if you're not dead within the first 10 minutes of a mocassin bite, you have at least 12 hours or more to get treatment.  And to die in 10 minutes, you would have to be BITTEN and have that sucker hold on!  If you have immediate swelling around the bite, then you were bitten severely and should seek medical attention right away.  Otherwise, document the swelling as it expands from the bite.  It also says NOT to cut and suck or apply ice but rather just wash with soap and water and get to the hospital!

Kinda scary stuff!!!

anyways, i'll be out there around mid afternoon now i guess?  Maybe I'll go fishin in the morning...we'll see.

I sure didn't get any powers like spiderman did  :o [smiley=drink.gif]

a recluse has a mark on it that is black and shaped like a violin. right? Did you see this marking?

No. I didn't even feel it bite me, but I saw it hauling ass, like a criminal leaving the scene. Then I saw that I was bit. It never hurt persay, it just itched and swelled. It actually still itches a little to this day.

they say the recluse bites can last months and months.

so what time are we meeting at the holey lands on saturday?

To bad you can't run the spiders over like a gator and spit them out the back!

I want to ride on saturday, but have another figgin wedding to go to. I hate weddings! What's up Don & Brian.

Earliest I see myself out there will be 2pm. Have to head up to PSL in the morning. I'll be going out there with my buddy HondaBeaterSoFla and maybe some others. We got the Red Ranchers, mine has the signature yellow bag on the back rack and a cooler on the front. Finding us shouldn't be too hard, usually we're doing something insane in the mud! Thinking of making a video on not what to do when riding. Last week we learned you can't drive a quad upside down in water for long. This week we're trying Stoppies  ;D

I'm not even gonna ask.

Hey matt...all your friends are getting hitched it seems!! they should know better!  Any luck finding a 4x4 yet?? :)

Not yet still thinking on what to buy.

Yes I some pretty foolish friends, no more hummers for them.   :( Why buy the cow when you get the milk for free!

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Where is the Holey Lands / Rottenberger? I'm running out of places to ride up here.
               Jeff

Axo It's at the Palm Beach / Broward line on Hwy 27. You can't miss it. Turn on to the road and just follow it straight out.

Axo I'm assuming you have a raptor so I would suggest you stay by the cross-over. The cross-over is right after you get of the pavement on to the dirt road. It's a lot drier there. If you keep going out you will run into the pumphouse and it's to wet out there. I have a warrior and I put gators on the back of it and I still got stuck a lot. It was a constant foot of water and sawgrass. No fun, but did run over an 6 foot alligator!

Hey Sean was that a cheap shot at me? It never said anywhere in the manual that you cant give it gas and pull out of an upsidedown position. I can see the humor in watching your buddy flip slooowly back with that oh $hit look on his face, and then while under the quad & under water, keep giving it a few jabs on the throttle. I kept saying "It pull outta this, it pulls outta every perdicament I throw at it". Cant say my Honda let me down, just kinda found that performance limit. Ya know? LOL

I think this would have been the funniest thing to see in person man!! Maybe yesterday when i caught a bass and it started pissing on the boat and I aimed it at my friend...maybe that was funnier but i dunno...

Had a great time. Great to meet you guys. Would have stayed, but a long day did me in. Brian the pic of you covered in mud got blurred up. Got the pic of you guys with the Airboat if you need.

it was nice riding with you too shawn! look forward to doin it again!  Ya, send over that picture if you could.  You could post it here and I'll just save it or your can email me at brianlupo@2by2.net

Thanks!