Night Ride

[Titanium Butterfly]

We just had a totally awesome night ride. Over 70 riders joined the ride and it was so cool to look back and see the 'headlight snake' through the trails. A million thank yous to everyone that worked so hard to make the ride a success and to get the camp house set up for snacks at the end-Colon and Shawna and all the guys and girls in the orange vests-everyone was wonderful. Looking forward to the next two days and hopefuly we can plan more nights like tonight. Loving being a part of the club. Go DFMR!

[greenmachine]

It definitely was a loooong trail of quads for sure.  After the trail ride intermission at the cabin, the kids had one heck of a sugar rush after demolishing all those bags of marshmallows and that sweet tea hit the spot. I was 7th in line, 1st orange vest, and a small hog ran out and clipped the front tire of the lady behind me. We saw him rooting, didnt think he would run between the line. We saw a large group of hogs wallowing in a mud hole yesterday morning on a trail ride as well.
It was a great weekend and the zip line for cooling off between trail rides is on spot. There are now 2 excellent FAMILY riding parks in Florida. I hope this trend continues.
We had genny problems all weekend and honestly had more offers of help than I could expect. Geno thanks for keeping me sane when frustrating things like this happen & offering to remove one of your batteries to put in my hauler, and Frankie, thanks for letting me borrow your jump starter sooo many times.
Colon, thank you very much for having my family at your park. We had a great time and honestly never once felt unsafe. Sorry for all the dirt my son displaced on your mx & circle track but he burned a tank of fuel per day on those tracks. I know people worry that trucks are allowed in there, but they are so far away and kept in their own area it was a non issue.
The trails are endless, one way, technical woods and flat long straits & the creek crossings were fun too. I see some possibilities for a GNCC or FTR race at your park. Let us know if ya want to have a trail cutting day and my boy and I will bring the chainsaw and machetes.
Met a lot of nice people from this forum also, sorry I forget names since I hit 40 I caught this illness called CRS.
We will be back again.

[Ride1Rob]

DAMN! Gotta hurry and get my bike back up 

[greenmachine]

DAMN! Gotta hurry and get my bike back up  

trust me you and Jam will have a great time, just dont forget swim shorts. Colby on the track and the zipline. And yes I hit the zip line too so you all can be assured that cable is stronger than you think....LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWuJ4N60Qys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spXiVKL-5sE

[jayman]

Frankie and Carissa had to "count heads" as everyone was returning from the night ride to be assured everyone made it back.  I think he said there were 102 people doing the ride.

Steve.....I had absolutely no problems helping you with the gen!!!!!Reminded me of you and I at Motoplex when you had the fuel pump problem...lol

What was funny about the night ride is that I was the leader and after we rested just for a few minutes at the powerlines Chad had to tow me to the camphouse......those RZR's are bad on batteries when the lights are on!!

[Titanium Butterfly]

I think the night ride may have been the highlight of the whole weekend. Everyone was talking about how awesome it was. Of course, you know all the girls want to cook (from the store is fine, too) and have a picnic or dinner one night after a ride like that (it would take the burden off of the DFMR staff too if everyone that participate in the ride brought something). Goggles are definitely the FIRST shopping priority before our next trip out. It was rough on the trails with just glasses LOL. With that many quads (and one 6-wheel PUG LOL) there's a lot of dust and quite a bit of grass up in the air!

Geno, thanks for leading us out.    You did a GREAT job!

[GSXR1000]

Tami,Geno and everyone else that helped would like to Thank the people that went on the night ride.104 people was a lot but everyone behaved themselves and that helped it go off with out a hitch.It was fun and enjoyable we will do it again for sure.Also I would like to thank the volunteers for wearing the vests and helping us not to lose anyone.LOL
Again THANK YOU DFMR staff,Participants,Volunteers,and anyone I may have left out.


On a side note let me say how great it was meeting new people.I met some of the greatest people this weekend.
Don and his family,Steve and family,Lin and Bill(trouble maker)LOL I forgot some names sorry!!
 I got to see alot of people I haven't seen in awhile.Joey and Mary ,Pedro and the other Pedro,Matt just to name a few.
A big Thanks to all the members that showed up this weekend.

When we doing it again??

[Titanium Butterfly]

Tami,Geno and everyone else that helped would like to Thank the people that went on the night ride.104 people was a lot but everyone behaved themselves and that helped it go off with out a hitch.It was fun and enjoyable we will do it again for sure.Also I would like to thank the volunteers for wearing the vests and helping us not to lose anyone.LOL
Again THANK YOU DFMR staff,Participants,Volunteers,and anyone I may have left out.


On a side note let me say how great it was meeting new people.I met some of the greatest people this weekend.
Don and his family,Steve and family,Lin and Bill(trouble maker)LOL I forgot some names sorry!!
 I got to see alot of people I haven't seen in awhile.Joey and Mary ,Pedro and the other Pedro,Matt just to name a few.
A big Thanks to all the members that showed up this weekend.

When we doing it again??

ASAP??? Halloween is a holiday, right    LOL

[TAMI RZR]

Tami,Geno and everyone else that helped would like to Thank the people that went on the night ride.104 people was a lot but everyone behaved themselves and that helped it go off with out a hitch.It was fun and enjoyable we will do it again for sure.Also I would like to thank the volunteers for wearing the vests and helping us not to lose anyone.LOL
Again THANK YOU DFMR staff,Participants,Volunteers,and anyone I may have left out.


On a side note let me say how great it was meeting new people.I met some of the greatest people this weekend.
Don and his family,Steve and family,Lin and Bill(trouble maker)LOL I forgot some names sorry!!
 I got to see alot of people I haven't seen in awhile.Joey and Mary ,Pedro and the other Pedro,Matt just to name a few.
A big Thanks to all the members that showed up this weekend.

When we doing it again??

ASAP??? Halloween is a holiday, right    LOL

Ya I was thinking we need to put a bug in DMFR's ear for a spooky night ride Sat the 30th I'm not sure if we should ride our atv's or do a couple of tractors with trailers filed with hay so the quads don't have heating problems and you'd enjoy it more just sitting back with your family enjoying the ride or should I say the scary ride. If you think this might be a good idea or you have something better lets send it to DMFR to see what they might think. I'll dress my RZR up for a contest if we can.lol    Hope to see you in a few weeks if you can make that  weekend. I promise to take you for a ride in my submarine. lol

[Titanium Butterfly]

I mentioned to Colon before we left that it would be cool to have something similar to the poker run but instead of poker chip stations we have candy/trick-or-treat stations and the entry fee for a family to participate would be one bag of candy. That way DFMR wouldn't be footing the bill. I would love to "man" one of the stations and take pictures of the little ones all dressed up (and probably some big ones too, knowing this crowd). I'd be happy to help!

[digginfool]

Ever since I bought my Ranger 2200 Bay, my quads have only been gathering dust.  They give the boat the evil eye everytime I pull it back into the warehouse.     Sounds like a cool riding spot.  Maybe the Fool's crew will have to check it out.  Of course, everybody will just have to guess if I'm there or not.   

[busabill1397]

Count me in for whatever you need. BIG Thanks to Frankie and Jayman you guys are the best.

I think the night ride may have been the highlight of the whole weekend. Everyone was talking about how awesome it was. Of course, you know all the girls want to cook (from the store is fine, too) and have a picnic or dinner one night after a ride like that (it would take the burden off of the DFMR staff too if everyone that participate in the ride brought something). Goggles are definitely the FIRST shopping priority before our next trip out. It was rough on the trails with just glasses LOL. With that many quads (and one 6-wheel PUG LOL) there's a lot of dust and quite a bit of grass up in the air!

Geno, thanks for leading us out.    You did a GREAT job!

[YFZ_450man]

We also had a great time with the night ride, enjoyed the stop where we could have refreshments & deserts. We really met a lot of great people over the weekend and can't wait for the next big event.

[GSXR1000]

We also had a great time with the night ride, enjoyed the stop where we could have refreshments & deserts. We really met a lot of great people over the weekend and can't wait for the next big event.

Gonna count you in for the next one.

[GSXR1000]

Ever since I bought my Ranger 2200 Bay, my quads have only been gathering dust.  They give the boat the evil eye everytime I pull it back into the warehouse.     Sounds like a cool riding spot.  Maybe the Fool's crew will have to check it out.  Of course, everybody will just have to guess if I'm there or not.   

Diggin knock the dust off of them and come out and ride you will really like this place.

[Gato]

how hot was it during the day out there. and where it it located central or north fl?

[Gato]

never mind just saw the directions jayman put up I have ridden near there b4

[jayman]

how hot was it during the day out there. and where it it located central or north fl?

It was not bad....when it did get too hot we enjoyed the zip line and rope swings at the swimming hole....

This is just north of Sebring.....Central FL

Hows that quad doing for you it has been a while still have it?

[jayman]

never mind just saw the directions jayman put up I have ridden near there b4

Are you referring to sand mountain?  If so this is about 10-15 east of there

[Gato]

dont know the name we just end up there it was a nice spot a cop showed us  so we wouldnt be a bother and he was the only 1 on duty in the area at the time, Very nice guy we were with the kids and all and promised him we would leave it as we parked there wth no garbage. We even got a little nite ride in and his replacement came out there told us the officer told him about us and he would not mind as long as we stayed off the streets and didnt litter. Buddy I wish I would have gotten there name cause they were the nicest guys (cops) I have met ever. and we were about 15 or more bikes. Klutchbuster, his dad, Thrumud back in the day as some others I will not mention haha

[jayman]

This is just a third of the quads as everyone started to line up 

[Gato]

how hot was it during the day out there. and where it it located central or north fl?

It was not bad....when it did get too hot we enjoyed the zip line and rope swings at the swimming hole....

This is just north of Sebring.....Central FL

Hows that quad doing for you it has been a while still have it?

yes it was for a buddy of mine I just picked it up for him But yes it is on 30's and is a monster it even served as a towtruck haha on a nite ride I was on my 450R and the case bearing locked up we simply threw it on the back of that thing side to side so the rider can still sort of fit on the thing and it towed it back about 2 1/2 miles from where we were to my truck . that bike is freakn mule I swear

[jayman]

how hot was it during the day out there. and where it it located central or north fl?

It was not bad....when it did get too hot we enjoyed the zip line and rope swings at the swimming hole....

This is just north of Sebring.....Central FL

Hows that quad doing for you it has been a while still have it?

yes it was for a buddy of mine I just picked it up for him But yes it is on 30's and is a monster it even served as a towtruck haha on a nite ride I was on my 450R and the case bearing locked up we simply threw it on the back of that thing side to side so the rider can still sort of fit on the thing and it towed it back about 2 1/2 miles from where we were to my truck . that bike is freakn mule I swear

Glad it is still doing well!!!!  The wife (and I lol) miss that thing

[Gato]

thru some mud too not just a smooth road back

[Gato]

I have sold everything I only have my rhino but that thing is a mule too I have pulled out 2 quads at a time from a little area here the humps like a small train haha it is great I snorkeled it and have only ridden it once since but it rode thru water and did great

[jayman]

I have sold everything I only have my rhino but that thing is a mule too I have pulled out 2 quads at a time from a little area here the humps like a small train haha it is great I snorkeled it and have only ridden it once since but it rode thru water and did great

SO WHEN are you coming up again to try this place out?  I promise you that you will enjoy it

[Gato]

I will have to get wth the wife on this little tight on flow now lost the my old girl 4 mths ago today still little rough but I will let u know for sure I will try to make a w/e of it and camp out I just wanna wait til a little cooler thou. Was it scorching hot in day time

[jayman]

I will have to get wth the wife on this little tight on flow now lost the my old girl 4 mths ago today still little rough but I will let u know for sure I will try to make a w/e of it and camp out I just wanna wait til a little cooler thou. Was it scorching hot in day time

I am sorry for your loss......your family will be in our prayers


No it was not scorching hot.....lost of shade around while riding and hanging out

[Gato]

cool thanks will see u out there hopefully. Diggin u in?

[digginfool]

Yeah, man.  Miss you guys.  What happened to your daughter?!?!  I hadn't heard anything.  PM if you're not comfortable putting it out.

[Gato]

not my daughter my mom pasted 4 mths ago yesterday

[jayman]

[Mark Potter]

More great pics! looks like a total blast!

[digginfool]

not my daughter my mom pasted 4 mths ago yesterday

Sorry to hear that.  My heart skipped a couple of beats when I read that first post.  All I could think of was that sweet daughter of yours when we first met you guys.  But, just like my daughter, probably not so little anymore (or as sweet     ).  They do grow up so fast. 

[Gato]

no she has grown a little but the sweetness is still there from time to time thou haha she will be 13 this december but the boy is still straight forward and is a champ on the call of duty lol want to be a ranger

[digginfool]

My girl turns 14 in December.  She's still a sweetheart but they sure do change once they hit middle school.  The boy turns 12 next week and is also a master at CoD.  The 'baby' is in first grade now and turns 7 in February.  We'll have to catch up at one of the ranches; Dirty Foot or River.

[greenmachine]

man I look like I am on fire in that last pic.....almost to bright to see my good looks

[jayman]

man I look like I am on fire in that last pic.....almost to bright to see my good looks

maybe that was their plan 

[Gato]

My girl turns 14 in December.  She's still a sweetheart but they sure do change once they hit middle school.  The boy turns 12 next week and is also a master at CoD.  The 'baby' is in first grade now and turns 7 in February.  We'll have to catch up at one of the ranches; Dirty Foot or River.

mine turns 13 in december also what day is hers mine is the 22nd. we will I have not been out to the ranch since I bought the dahm deed haha I might just sell it not sure yet

[digginfool]

My girl turns 14 in December.  She's still a sweetheart but they sure do change once they hit middle school.  The boy turns 12 next week and is also a master at CoD.  The 'baby' is in first grade now and turns 7 in February.  We'll have to catch up at one of the ranches; Dirty Foot or River.

mine turns 13 in december also what day is hers mine is the 22nd. we will I have not been out to the ranch since I bought the dahm deed haha I might just sell it not sure yet

She turn's 14 on the 2nd.  We are tentatively planning a trip to RR on the weekend of October 8-10th.  We haven't been to our camp since May and I'm sure we have plenty of work to do but we're always ready for a party!