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Get it right people, we are a constitutional republic, not a democracy.  In a democracy - mob rules.  In our system, the electorate votes choose the president.  This is not a beauty pageant.  We are leaning ever so close to socialism.  As far as the pledge of allegiance, I have a real big problem with my children attending the government run cesspool that we refer to as "public school".  They start the day off with their hand over their heart reciting the same thing every day.  They have no clue what it means.  Think of the young Nazis with their hands high in the air looking at the swastika.  This is just what the politicians want, good little government subjects.  Throw in some ritalin for the trouble makers and they can keep everyone the same.  This country is great because of the people that fought hard to defend it.  Our flag has 3 colors, stars and stripes for a reason.  We have a constitution and live by the rule of law. Please be good Demicans and Republicrats and don't exercise self responsibility (that's how your government wants it).  Please vote responsibly for your local officials or don't vote at all.  If you value your freedom vote Libertarian.

Yeah, you may think it's  lame but don't knock it till you tried it. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB6DF159y_E

Just got a 2& up machine and would like to take the family for an outing on the way back from PGH.  Been to Rockhouse thinking about Indian ridge because it is close to I77.  Would be nice to have someone to ride with.

There is no Six Flags (they don't have any money), it's going to be housing developments.  It won't be for a while with the housing market the way it is.

Has anyone been on the new Lake Mary BLVD ext. around the Sanford Airport?  Looks like some opportuntities there just off the road.  Nothings fenced or posted.

Hatfield Mccoy trails - it's far but it's worth it. 

Gotta love the Volusia County Sherriff's dept. and their new helicopter.  They finally scraped up enough revenue from speeding tickets and other methods of strong armed extortion to replace the helicopter that they wrecked 5 years ago.  Now they can chase more people riding through the woods in Osteen @ 12:30 am. 

Restricted? restricted to what? If there's a sign on a fence and you're on the other side and can't see it - how do you know you are tresspassing? Why must I spend $2800 a year in property taxes for the Volusia county sheriff to fly around @ night in a helicopter w/ a spotlight looking for people riding thru the woods? Elections are coming up harass your local politicians & let them know how you feel & don't let up! Vote Libertarian and be responsible for yourself.

Where in NC and who is building it?

Hatfield Mccoy Trails in southern West Virginia is 12 to 14 hours away from Orlando and well worth the trip.  Most of the drive is interstate, the last 1-2 hours is mountain roads but not too bad just slow.  Plenty of cabins, campgrounds, hotels & lodges.  You can park your truck from the time you get there til the time you leave because you can ride your atv from wherever your staying through the towns to the trail, gas stations or restaruants.  There's over 500 miles of trails and the people welcome atv riders.  We take a 3 or 4 day weekend and still get 2 good days of riding in.  Check out the website https://www.trailsheaven.com/trailstatus.cfm.  There's plenty of info and links to places to stay.

The Garmin Etrex legend is pretty decent, I think it's the least expensive one you can get that is WAAS enabled (accurate to 9 feet).  I bought a kit that let's me mount it to a handle bar.

The lawyer problem can easily be solved - it's called "loser pays" if you file a ridiculous law suit, you pay all of the court cost for both parties if you lose.  You would see an end to people suing McDonalds because their too fat!  As far as your freedom - vote and support the Libertarian party.

The best place east of the Mississippi would have to be Hatfield Mccoy trails in southern West Virginia.  You can make it to the closest trailhead from Orlando in just over 12 hrs. Other trails are a little further.  There are plenty of places to stay and you can usually ride from your hotel or house through town to the gas station - gas up ride the trail to the next town and eat, gas up and come back.  The trails average anywhere from 6-10 or 12' wide with some steep hillclimbs and switchbacks.  Almost everywhere you ride there are awesome views of mountains, valleys some waterfalls and even some old coal mines to look at.  Rockhouse is the most popular trail.  The people up there are very freindly and the prices very reasonable. You won't be disappointed it's worth the ride - it's mostly interstate the whole way.  There's also white water rafting but I haven't tried that yet. Check it out https://www.trailsheaven.com/trailstatus.cfm . There's plenty of linkson the website to places to stay and other info.

Alot of the land that the trails are on up there are owned by mining and timber corporations.  Maybe if some of the larger land owners like Miami corporation could issue permits (for a fee ofcourse) to responsible riders, it may work somewhere around here.  One problem is property is so valuable down here, that it would be hard to set aside a place to ride.  I still plan to head up to WV a couple times a year though, maybe even try white water rafting.

Just got back from Hatfield McCoy trails in West Virginia, if you haven't been you need to go!  ATV freindly towns, freindly people and hundreds of miles of trails.  The state of West Virginia got one this right.