Riding at the Alapaha River Now Illegal??

[americanhighlander]

I went download the googleearth to put it on my parents pc and
it was working great.I do like terra sever better but they are older photos maps.At least googleearth gives you the 2005 update and you can see road signs on map.

Well i have posted two pics i got off the googlearth and you should go
check that area out in south ga.



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[americanhighlander]

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And make sure you click on pic to make the image larger.

thanks, 


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[Paul_S]

If someone makes it up there, please let us know.

[americanhighlander]

  I was traveling on I75 today during 5pm this evening
i was heading out to ga to get gas and lottery ticket.
Well alapaha river on I75 i saw on right side
on north lane and it's fill up with water and flooded
I think it's about 10 or 15 feet deep.
I guess it washout  all posted signs along riverbed..

Well lets us know about alapaha river in ga
if it looks good to ride at or not, lets us know.
I send you maps on here
while back about  month ago on here.

[yunt2ride]

Highlander, do you ever ride or do you even have a quad. Your always talking about seeing other people ride but never where you have actually ever rode. Get out and talk to all these people that you see.

[americanhighlander]

I just wanna updated about alapaha river bed
when i was traveling into ga today.I only go by on I75 but i don't go
there alot becuase somtimes i don't have time to go there.
I go there to shop in valdosta once every 6months
or once in great while.But i don't owned quad yet
 i'm saving up one and trying get
one at end of 2006 or starting next year 2007.
I do have some atv riding friends down from street
from me and they only come on three day holiday weekends
each every month.
Sometimes they are here or not.
And they are from tampa.



But I should be on  road trip to
orlando to visting theme parks during may,and in few months
i'm going over by chipely fl area in panahandle to check out
farm land for sale at some good prices to
buy later on down road.I'm looking at 20 acres or 40acres or more,
In about 3years i should be moving over
there during that time.
I know land prices are getting higher here in mcalpin and live oak areas.
And some of land deals are bad prices here....


But I always love coming on this forum site to learn about atv world
and other news topics on here.I always love keep updated
on some of topics i like on here. 

Thanks,
amhighlander 

[NUM1STUNR]

Uh, Peeps the Alapaha is like flooded an probaly for the next 6months at least. The water is raging an moving really quick. If you ever try to go north an ride the river in Ga, don't think about it. Cus, it drys from the south(fl) an floods from the north. It can rans pour the hell down in fl an it will never flood the river, but once it rains a lil in Ga soon there will be about a 1-4 wave of water starts running down the bed. Where is there a place to ride in Lake City or Madison fl?

[yunt2ride]

Uh, Peeps the Alapaha is like flooded an probaly for the next 6months at least. The water is raging an moving really quick. If you ever try to go north an ride the river in Ga, don't think about it. Cus, it drys from the south(fl) an floods from the north. It can rans pour the hell down in fl an it will never flood the river, but once it rains a lil in Ga soon there will be about a 1-4 wave of water starts running down the bed. Where is there a place to ride in Lake City or Madison fl?

We have a group that will be riding at the Osceola Nationl Forest on Sunday. We will meet up at te McDonalds on US Hwy 441 and Baya Ave. at 8am. then head out there if you want to meet up.

[americanhighlander]

Hey guys,

Well my brother  goes on bus van to lake city
for going to work every mon - fridays 
and route is about 3hours long to pick up people
take them drop off  at places in lake city to worked.
But it's like 7$ hr he works at in lake city.But he goes
right on hwy 41 in morning hours and afternoon hours.
But doesn't stop right there..

But my brother told me he'll keep updated when
riverbed is dry and when it's aokay  to go.But
he will tell me if there any cops out when riverbed is  dry.



But me i go to ged class every mondays and fridays
at lake city comm college untilled i get home during late
evening hours.


(Alapaha river updated on us hwy 41)
Yestday my brother told me  it's flooded
and saw one jeep rider riding on side of road.
And didn't see any warning signs below bridge.)


I should be going to islands of adventure on 12march
next month in orlando before my old passes are use
up.And i'm going to disney world around apirl 06' and do some
cool rollcoaster rides.I haven't been to disney world for almost
since 1982.I guess it's about time to see some new stuff around here.




Thanks,
amhighlander 

[americanhighlander]

I went to jasper today  and i as getting some
chicken birds today and i was looking classfields today.

Well I told my mom take me to the riverbed
to see if it's right place where my brother went at.
It's the place on 41 i make sure it's confirm right place it was right place.

I saw riverbed today and it's flooded out pretty bad and pretty deep
and i saw signs say:No parking On Right Way.
But I didn't see any signs of saying no atvs allow Riding  on riverbed.

Well didn't see any cops out there today.

My best bet go on sat or sunday early morning hours
thats very good time to ride.And  when big events happening on sats.
Plus the place i went today and it looks like pics you posted
on here while back when i was looking pics on old topic
back during last year during oct.

Well I think somebody should keep us updated on riverbed when drys out in
jasper and then just go to that place in south ga to see it if it's dry.

I think you guys should check eastern hamilton county
for strip mines  to ride at?

I don't know about that.


But I know why it's so close to town of jasper
and I75 and jasper is alot smaller town than live oak.
But my chances find places way out of in middle nowhere
and stay away from small towns and cityies nearby.So your chances
are better...


I know they are plenty places to ride here at house here,
Plus you have find right places to ride at. 


Thanks,
amhighlander 

[yunt2ride]

IT IS ILLEGAL TO RIDE THE RIVERBED.

[americanhighlander]

IT IS ILLEGAL TO RIDE THE RIVERBED.

I don't know about that yet.

I haven't seen any signs on Bridge on 41 and I75
I haven't seen any post of  signs Saying: No Atvs Allow riding in riverbed .
If they really wanted ban atvs riding there they could put up signs(No Atvs Allow)

We need somebody go there to check it out
if the riding is clear or not.I bet somebody will find out
when  next time they go riding when river bed is dry.We will
find out on news or not...

I think newpaper reports lie over net.And I haven't seen
any local newsreports on about riding atvs Illegal in alapaha riverbed   on tallahadsee news stations and even in gainesville sun and Florida times union for last 4months so far.

[americanhighlander]

I know Small Towns like to cover up stuff
in newspapers history reports.I know how that is.

Maybe they didn't put signs up becuase
Maybe they are setting up trap there or someing.
Or if they really wanna be jerks about banned atvs riding at alapaha river bed they could put it on cnn or national tv to talk about it.Maybe thoses
cops like hanging around at that poker card place on I75
every night.Plus half time they might not be there half time.
I think they are wasting their tax money on bull crap like that.
But maybe  one day they will uban atvs riding there.

I always say:Everything Goes Up Everything goes down.

[yunt2ride]

Did you read this. I also seen it on one of the states websites, Just do not remember which one it was on.

http://www.atvflorida.com/atvnews-121305.shtml

[americanhighlander]

I did saw this web site while back the link you gave me.
I don't know why they should reported on news
stations to warn all riders out there?

Btw my brother went by there today and he
told me he saw one county cop out by on 41 even on route 6
this afternoon.I just wanna alert  you  about that.

Well i understand people need more riding areas
in the near future.But I understand riding areas are getting harder
to find and running out of lack.

Thanks,
amhighlander 

[Bigscrb15]

amhighlander, I personally called the Sheriff's Office and it IS ILLEGAL to ride there.

[americanhighlander]

We might  have  to try go out state
one day find some very good riding places in southern alabama
or southern Ga areas.Let me know if find some good riding areas
there.

Thanks,

[Jasper Local]

The river is now about 2 weeks from being completely dry. It is about 2' deep at the 41 bridge. I have tryed to get as much information about it being illegal to ride there as I can. My brother in law is the UnderSheriff in Hamilton County, so he is the second in charge at the Sheriff's office. He told me that the Swannee River Water Managment took over the river bed. They are the ones that made it illegal to ride there. The local sheriffs department was asked to enforce the rule. No signs have been posted so far. I was also told that the main reason for closing the river bed was becouse of complaints from local land owners concerning tresspassing and also campers leaving fires burning and leaving trash and beer bottles all in the river bed. One of them being a top notch lawyer in Hamilton County. People would not stay in the river bed. They keep going on private land. My father in law owns land on both sides of the river bed for about a mile. We all ride atvs from his land into the river. People would see our tracks and follow them up on his land. He was always afraid of someone getting hurt on his land and sueing him. I hate it that they closed the river bed for all. I really enjoyed meeting people down there. I did hate it during hunting season, when I would be sitting in my tree stand just to have 6 or 7 atvs come riding by on our land. My father in law told my brother in law that he has hunted and road atvs in the river bed all his life and that he dares Hamilton County Sheriff's Office to fine him for being there. I was told that locals will not be cited as long as they access the river bed from private land and not from the 41 bridge.

[yunt2ride]

That was the best place in Florida to ride. We even camped in the riverbed and it was great. There was some trash around the 41 bed that people left. We even had some teenagers steal some gas from a can in our truck then throw the can in the bushes. We happen to get back to our trucks and on the way back we passed the guy with the can so we questioned him and he eventually went back and got our can. The can and gas actually belonged to Moose and Da_Mtg_Man. If people would just hang around and asked we probably would have been more then happy to help but don't steal suff. The thing is that there is a gas station 2 miles away that they could have went and got some themselves.

[Paul_S]

We even had some teenagers steal some gas from a can in our truck

Amount of time people riding with you spend towing you around on that old Polaris, they maybe thought they were helping you by using the gas before it went bad.

[05greengriz]

We even had some teenagers steal some gas from a can in our truck

Amount of time people riding with you spend towing you around on that old Polaris, they maybe thought they were helping you by using the gas before it went bad.

WOOOO WEEEEE Yunt, that that there was pretyy darn funny!!!!!!!

[Mudneck]

YUNT got slammmmeeeeeeeeeddddddddd. Got some old gas for me too?