Awesome Nature Ride Yesterday!

[Aggie_Ama]

Great photos! Last year I finally saw some Florida other than Disneyworld by exploring the Ponce Inlet area. Still touristy but definitely not the theme park. Next time we want to get even further off the beaten path.

Nice truck, Dodge? We are on our second (wrecked the first) and are big fans of ours even if the gas pump hurts.

[wildhawk]

Thanks for the nice comments everyone! We had so much fun on that ride! I will get my film developed tomorrow and will post some wildlife pics on this thread.

Pardes: Glad you like our panniers - there are so many different ones out there right now - they sure come in handy!! And we actually ran into rain on the way back to the truck and my hubby was worried about the panniers getting soaked, but everything inside was nice and dry - good thing too - our extra shirts were in there!

Aggie: Let us know when you will be visiting Florida again - we are learning lots about bike trails and off the beaten path areas - that is also our favorite areas too. Now I have to rethink as a biker - I already knew most of the best hiking trails!

And yea, that is a 2006 Dodge Ram - my DH always wanted a truck and he loves it! We usually do most of our errands via bike or my car, but the truck is coming in real handy for hauling - especially our bikes!! Glad you like trucks too! If you haul your bike in your truck, check out the Topline Uni-grip bike system. We can load up to four bikes now. And they are rock solid - we drove through a thunderstorm across the Sunshine Skyway Bridge (huge bridge - known for high winds) and our babies were nice and comfy beneath their tarp. Best part is that we do not have to remove any wheels - they stay locked and upright in the bed of the truck.

[Aggie_Ama]

Aggie: Let us know when you will be visiting Florida again - we are learning lots about bike trails and off the beaten path areas - that is also our favorite areas too. Now I have to rethink as a biker - I already knew most of the best hiking trails!

And yea, that is a 2006 Dodge Ram - my DH always wanted a truck and he loves it! We usually do most of our errands via bike or my car, but the truck is coming in real handy for hauling - especially our bikes!! Glad you like trucks too! If you haul your bike in your truck, check out the Topline Uni-grip bike system. We can load up to four bikes now. And they are rock solid - we drove through a thunderstorm across the Sunshine Skyway Bridge (huge bridge - known for high winds) and our babies were nice and comfy beneath their tarp. Best part is that we do not have to remove any wheels - they stay locked and upright in the bed of the truck.

Yup, my car gets most of the miles too. Many weeks the truck only goes out 1-2 days. Would never get rid of it though, too practical to have one. We couldn't go camping for an extended time with my car but the truck is up to the challenge. We have Yakima BedHeads on ours because they were the ones we found back on the old truck that locked, now we have 4 of them it looks a little silly but functional. Although your system sounds pretty great, I hate taking off the wheels. We already invested money in all those Yakimas. Not very green but everyone needs a truck IMO.