cool..got any pics?

 

I thought in the South we were supposed to say, "I saved two on Redstone from a horrible painful winter of starvation and emaciation."

 

Haven't seen him yet - wonder how many other forum members are running around that aren't involved in the Huntsville thread. What do those two firefighters drive?

 

A black 2 door and a green 2 door... I think

 

I've actually seen quite a few jk's riding around that I haven't met yet...we need to get all these guys (or gals) flagged down!

 

I guess this is one way to avoid (you hope) hydro-locking your engine - just make sure most of the mud puddle is frozen.

And don't let these pics give you any crazy ideas Red!

 

Rubi, Red, I'll see you guys at 600 in the morning at wal-mart

 

Had a great ride, and it wasn't too wet until the drive back home when the bottom fell out - we were sprinkled on a bit while on the trail, but nothing real bad. Really enjoyed meeting up with the GA folks, and of course riding with bama and RedRecon.

Choccolocco ORV Park is basically a mountain that you can ride around on - up, down, across the top, around the park boundary. Not a Tellico, but not horrible either - there are a few trails we skipped due to the wet conditions that I'd like to try if I go back, but trail topography didn't vary a whole lot, and many looked as though they were recent additions (bulldozed). Overall, not bad for a "young" ORV park.

Starting at the Campsite


On top via Scenic View


Breakfast of Champions


Tombstone Trail


Descending Boundary Line. The trespassing sign is directed to hunters coming from the National Forest adjacent to the park.


DJ in Mud Puddle


x2 except this time RedRecon


TINMAN tangled up on what I thought was a waterbreak, but it was an obstacle "blocking" a dead-end trail. Owner said he'd build it back up so it was more apparent to future trail users.


Lined up along the trail


Spinning a little mud on the edge of The Swamp


Bama and RedRecon

 

I agree with Rubi, it was a decent park for being new. However, once you rode one trail, you had pretty much ridden most of them. A lot like just riding through the woods with not a lot of variety like Mountainside. More trails though.

 

RedRecon snapped these shots. I was in the lead and ended up "exploring" a Level 5 trail called The Wall (yeah, it was exactly like it sounds - a rock wall that buggies rollover attempting to climb). It looked like we could "bail-out" by taking one of two bottom trails that accessed The Wall, but turns out both arteries were intentionally blocked (they led to National Forest land), so we turned around to head back up the top access. The trail however, had basically been a stream several days earlier and was soaked.

I got up a bit, but started digging in - the four of us that dropped down into this gully had to winch ourselves back out. That was an interesting two hours. Got to "break-in" my new Superwinch EPi9.0S even though that was not on my agenda for this trip.

This looks bad, but I wasn't stuck in the sense that I couldn't move - because of the steepness of the incline, I could roll back, but I could not drive forward. If I'd kept digging, I'm sure I would have eventually been truly stuck.


GA guys were great helping with the winching process - something tells me this wasn't their first time dragging themselves out of trouble. Good news is that with a winch, you definitely have more options out on the trails.