well can't recall having seen you ask
I started out MTBing on the road and took it to the Pine Ridge here in Nebraska and OMG singletrack without an engine is freeking sweet!!!
since we have ultra mild winters here I am seriously looking at a Surly Puglsey... on that I'd have the whole area to myself

without the armies of deer ticks and 100 degree days...
my plans include road and MTB... love em both...