This is a very good place to offroad. We started out about 9am heading toward Ocala. We arrived at the offroad park about 10:15am and paid our $25 fee. They give you a small sticker to put on your window and your off. The park is not huge, but it's big enough to have a good time. They are still adding trails weekly. We had a great time. It would be a great place for a small groups to ride. I would say a group of 10 vehicle would have a good time. For the really steep hill climbs you need at least a limited slip in the rear, or some type of ETC. Also it would be really scary going down some of the hills if you don't have low gearing. I had one trail that I ended up winching up. The last climb was a rocky trail with about a 6 foot high verticle wall of rock and dirt. This is very good offroading for Florida. My next trip will be around the end of summer. If there is enough interest I'll check into a group rate. I'm attaching a few photos and a couple of videos. This is not for the faint of heart. I laid my jeep over in some ruts on a steep climb. Luckly my rockrail caught it and the mirror folded in. No damage but scary. There are some places that could be very dangerous without experience. I would not encourage someone with out experience to go by themselves. Go with someone that has been rock crawling or has a bunch of offroad experience. On some of the climbs I was sliding with both front and rear lockers locked. This is a true jewel for central Florida. Nothing like it around these parts.
Video's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OigZxUPZTB8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nsTnwmz8nM
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 6353&hl=en
This Video is the best one, My friend was stuck right at the top of a very long hill climb. He doesn't have a ton of offroad experience, but with a little instruction he did a really good job in the scary situation. My Rubicon was locked up front and rear climbing that slope. All he had was a limited slip in the rear.
Wes
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