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Old 04-04-11 | 07:40 PM
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Lindaosm
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From: Ocala, FL

Bikes: Trek 7100 WSD & Trek Skye SE

Hubby had another fall last week at Santos. This time he'd already been out and back and was crossing the bridge on his way back to the truck. He started to stop, hit a rock and went head first over the bike (again). He's still pretty sore and thinks he might have cracked a rib but after a few days of taking it easy, was ready to ride this weekend.

On Saturday I wanted to go back down to Half Moom Wildlife Preserve east of Inverness but just as we were leaving I decided to check the Hunt Calendar. It was spring turkey season so that was out. So, we headed out to Pruitt Trailhead which is just west of us. It's usually pretty sandy but with the rain earlier in the week it wasn't bad. Rode about 8 miles out and back in a little over an hour. Only had to stop one time for the sand and one time for some folks on horses.

On Sunday we decided to try a new Preserve north of Ocala and east of Citra. We rode the White, Red and Yellow trails at the Orange Creek Restoration area. I took a few pictures. It was a beautiful day and we started early so it wasn't really hot. Great breeze too. We got in about 8 miles. Here's a few pictures. This is the observation tower that looks out over Orange Lake.



This is hubby coming up one of the hills out near the end of the yellow trail.

It was pretty dry in most areas except this one.


We found this old well out in the middle of one of the trails. Hubby says it had 2 dates on it. One date was 1920 somthing. It had a grate over it and was about 3 foot high. I think at one time there had been a house in the same vicinity because we found some old pieces of wood that looked like they came from a building.


map at trailhead

loading up the bikes. After he took off his helmet he realized that it was cracked from the last fall. So, looks like he'll be looking for a new one.
Overall, great weekend of mountain biking.
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