Ocala National Forest
 

So dеiтайожни, lotus4s and I went up to the Ocala National Forest today to try to find some trails. Found plenty of sand and there are trails going everywhere but most are not even Jeep trails. The day was full of pin stripping :mad: but we still had a good time. Never found anything that was challenging beyond just trying to squeeze your way through :eek:

When we were leaving we had stopped in a bank parking lot before hitting the highway to head back. A guy came over to talk to us and said he and a couple of buddies have rock buggies and showed us on the map were the good trails are. He is supposed to email me with more info so hopefully next time we can find some fun trails.

Only took a few pics be here they are.

There was a lot of this

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Lotus leading the way.

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Just a shot of the three 3s stopped for lunch

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Dei leading the way:)

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Dei leading again. Man, that trail is wide :p

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Coming out of one of the trails with Dei and Lotus following. Man it's hot out, got to love AC :D

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Had a nice escort for about a third of the way back, 25-30 bikes :)

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looks like a great time.:D

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x2, just the first trail before we put on our shields was enough to scratch up my truck pretty good. I'm glad I taped mine up like crazy, before you let me lead ;) :D. I just got done putting meqiuars scratch-x on the entire truck, and as far as I can tell all the scratches are gone, except a couple on the hood that need more work tomorrow. How's yours?

I got a few pictures too....

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Fun trail


HummerNewbie on the really bumpy (in a good way) trail


First trail


HummerNewbie running over a tree


Lotus4s taking the high road

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Just missed the big mud splash


More of the bumpy trail


Looks like a tight trail, but not as tight as the one I picked


More of the powerline trail


Highspeed!

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First trail, nice wide open-ness


Yep...lots of this


Another pic of the powerline trail....


And that's not even all the tape I put on it! But good thing I did. ;)

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sweet dudes , nice pix :cool: its cool to see you guys havin fun out there:D :D :D

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Looks like a lot of Fun. Nice pics too! Too bad bout the stripes:(

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You got some good pics DEI. It does suck about the stripes but I guess as they say, if you want to play... :) :(

Mine is still nice and dirty so I have not idea about how bad the stripes are and I know I should have taped up more. I like the trails we found off the power lines best but all in all a good day. That trail you found started off nice but damn it got tight fast :eek: :D

We will be back again and will find the good stuff.

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Nice pics!!!:D ....I can see 99 degrees, man that is hot!! :eek:

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99 degrees, and what was the humidity ? !

S.

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Cool pictures! 3M should sponsor you guys with all that painters tape! :)

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Humidity=98 :D

What, no pics of the deer trail DEI led us down? :D I coerced my son to wash the truck last night and it actually looks pretty good. No major scratches that I could see that won't buff out.

Had a good time guys, let's do it again soon. Next time I'll use the shields....

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I was too busy flooring it to get the painful scratching over with to take any pics. ;) That'll teach you to let the new guy lead! :D So...the last trail was nice, now I know what they are supposed to look like. ;) :D

I managed to get most of the scratches out and the others down to where you can hardly see them, having the detailer come over to finish the job this week.

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Glad you guys got out and about! Great pics. Sorry to hear that the trails weren't all that great.

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WTF. Scratches are good. Don't buff them out:mad: (unless, of course, your friends at the mall will make fun of you:p )

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I was covering my ears with my hands so couldn't hold the camera :D
Hard to believe the trail was getting even tighter where we turned around.
You can lead anytime Dei, if it gets to tight for you I can stop :p ;)

Glad you guys were able to get most of the scratches out. I still have not washed mine yet. Probably do it tomorrow but somewhat afraid to see all the scratches :mad:

I can definitely say I prefer the sound of rock on hard metal as you slide over them over the sound of a couple of hundred little scratches going down the sides and roof of your truck :eek:

It was definitely a good time and I can't wait to go back and find the trails on the north end of the forest.

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Looks like you guys had a great time! Sweet Pics! :D
Did you guys see any gators? ;) :rolleyes: :eek:

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This is the best stuff for getting out scratches

http://products3.3m.com/catalog/us/e...er/output_html


HURF

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Nope, no gators. Never could get close enough to any water :mad:

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Good to know, thanks Hurf. Spent about 5 hours yesterday working on the scratches :mad: and looks like I got almost all of them out :)

Will have to pick up some of the 3M for future use though.