A weekend camping and riding at Santos

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Will organized a wonderful weekend of camping and riding the many trails at Santos in Ocala.
Thanks also to OMBA for maintaining such a wonderful collection of trails.


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Getting ready to ride Saturday morning

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Everybody gets ready

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Nan and George

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Looking over the map to decide where to ride

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Deb waits for riding directions

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Rick took an impressive fall in Vortex

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Relaxing after lunch by the A-frame

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Riding the well named Canopy trail

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George and Nan rode well with no falls

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Getting organized for another ride

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Jessica tolerates the camera well

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The trails are generally smooth, through beautiful terrain

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We made for quite the line of riders

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Overnight parking is allowed here

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Checking the map for the return trip back to the campground. Sunday's ride was 10 miles pretty much southwest, and then a roughly parallel trail back

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On the trail

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Rick recovered from his tumble in time to ride again Saturday afternoon

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Jon was camping for the first time in a couple years

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Sharon is always happy to be camping

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Will found time to relax

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Scott in a contemplative moment

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Vicki was the dancing queen

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A silly picture of the great campfire, with the blue satellite dish in the background

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Embers kept everyone alert

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Pine needles

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A trail unridden

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Fungus on a dead tree

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Fungus on a live tree

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The Ocklawaha on the drive home

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A blue heron hunts in the shallows



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