New Years weekend mini ride - our first real Bronco run

My wife, my youngest daughter and I went for a mini trail ride today. First real run for us. We went to the Yucca Pens in North Cape Coral/South Charlotte County, FL Today. I haven’t been out there since 1999. Decent sand runs, some small water holes and flag ponds. Only crossed water when we had to, nothing deep. A lot of trails were tight so I didn’t attempt for the sake of no new pin stripes. Others were still Hurricane Ian damaged and I don’t really know the trails. Pretty much flat where we were at which was a bummer. Pretty fun none the less.

We stopped, after about two hours of exploring, set up our little area to chill. We grilled burgers and dogs, had a couple cold ones. Didn’t see but one UTV, and one truck who stopped to chat and check out the Bronco. He mentioned he hadn’t been out there since 2000 ironically.

My wife had a blast, my daughter who had been bugging us for the last few days was laughing and having a blast the first hour. The Bronco is fun. Went thru some sticky mud and semi deep water holes and crept thru all of it. Never had a slip or anything. Use 4L once with the front locked. Sand setting is fun, very peppy compared to Baja and Mud/Ruts.

I wish the front camera was active in all off road settings. We didn’t get too many pics because we hardly stopped. Only to break a few branches here and there. After we packed up we rode around for about another hour. I have to locate some other areas To expand our experiences further. Lazy Springs a little further south will be our next stop in FL. Hopefully we can find a few winter trails near Banner Elk, NC in a few weeks when we go for our winter vacation. Suggestions welcomed.

Bronco New Years Eve SWFL sunset
Ponce De Leon park, Punta Gorda





Spotted a Black Diamond ‘Squatch at Punta Gorda Walmart this morning

Short vid, small hole this trail had a few of. Probably went a little fast. Vid cut out at end because car play connected

If you are in Florida at the end of January, then make plans to attend the Ol' Florida New Years event. You can attend the weekend while camping or just go for a single day. There is plenty of YT content on Ol' Florida.

@mtap Randy should be on your side so you can introduce him to FL6G group and have him out for some rides/meets.

Beach_Bum said:

If you are in Florida at the end of January, then make plans to attend the Ol' Florida New Years event. You can attend the weekend while camping or just go for a single day. There is plenty of YT content on Ol' Florida.

@mtap Randy should be on your side so you can introduce him to FL6G group and have him out for some rides/meets.

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Where can I find this info?
And I’m confused by your second paragraph, my name is also Randy. Who are you asking to introduce to people? I don’t know anyone yet. Lol.

Rjacks258 said:

Where can I find this info?
And I’m confused by your second paragraph, my name is also Randy. Who are you asking to introduce to people? I don’t know anyone yet. Lol.

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Mervin is @mtap . Randy is you. My second part of my response above was addressed to Mervin (hence tagging him) so that he can introduce you to the FL6G group. Mervin is in Cape Coral.

The Ol' Florida is a private facility only open for events. You must buy tickets when they have an event. Tickets are based on the number of days and whether camping is involved. You can search in the Florida sub-forum here for past threads that I posted on events held there.

Beach_Bum said:

Mervin is @mtap . Randy is you. My second part of my response above was addressed to Mervin (hence tagging him) so that he can introduce you to the FL6G group. Mervin is in Cape Coral.

The Ol' Florida is a private facility only open for events. You must buy tickets when they have an event. Tickets are based on the number of days and whether camping is involved. You can search in the Florida sub-forum here for past threads that I posted on events held there.

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Gotcha.
I was unaware my name was known. Unless I’m forgetting something, maybe it’s the beers now that I’m Home grilling.
Thanks for that info.

Rjacks258 said:

Gotcha.
I was unaware my name was known. Unless I’m forgetting something, maybe it’s the beers now that I’m Home grilling.
Thanks for that info.

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You must be on a phone..........






on a PC postings look like this .... ......... below your pic is your info, name first.

BAUS67 said:

You must be on a phone..........

on a PC postings look like this .... ......... below your pic is your info, name first.

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Lol. Haha yes. On a phone. Never in front of a PC. That explains it.

Rjacks258 said:

Lol. Haha yes. On a phone. Never in front of a PC. That explains it.

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You can see on a phone too.

22OBX said:

You can see on a phone too.

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I guess if you tap on your own profile there on the side. But I do not so I never saw it.

Glad we got that straightened out! Would a Randy from New England confuse things?
Nice shots! I envy you your access to beach and water, and say a hearty Amen! to your "Salt Water Heals" sticker. Of course, no mountains or fall foliage in Florida, we got that in New England. But you're outside grilling, and I'm not. But I can go play in the snow, which you can't...

BostonSasquatch said:

Glad we got that straightened out! Would a Randy from New England confuse things?
Nice shots! I envy you your access to beach and water, and say a hearty Amen! to your "Salt Water Heals" sticker. Of course, no mountains or fall foliage in Florida, we got that in New England. But you're outside grilling, and I'm not. But I can go play in the snow, which you can't...

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On the contrary, I will be playing in the snow in two weeks time. Every January we head to the mountains in NC for a vacation. A week or two is all we need, Since we live in a year round vacation. Was 83 yesterday, shorts, tank tops, flip flops, grilled twice. That’s the wife's sticker, since it’s her ride.
Snow and fall foliage are great to visit, but there’s a reason (or two) everyone wants to move here.

Edit: Haha, got the Randy joke. Now that I will be inclined to tap profiles…..

Check out Patriot Mountain off road park when in Banner Elk. Only open weekends, it’s in Valle Cruces

Copperhorse73 said:

Check out Patriot Mountain off road park when in Banner Elk. Only open weekends, it’s in Valle Cruces

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Thank you for that, Valle Crucis is where we will be staying. Do you know if they are open during the winter months?

Rjacks258 said:

Thank you for that, Valle Crucis is where we will be staying. Do you know if they are open during the winter months?

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Yup they are open all year as long as the trails aren’t too sloppy, as there are a lot of hills

Copperhorse73 said:

Check out Patriot Mountain off road park when in Banner Elk. Only open weekends, it’s in Valle Cruces

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I’ve been to Banner Elk. So there is off road park to play in?