OK so the day started out as a wash. Our 7am dive trip was cancelled due to weather so I headed home and realized that a front passed through and the weather was not too hot, around 80 and overcast.
So the Kawasaki KLX230 went on the rack and off I went, headed to my secret urban mud hole in Weston, near Fort Lauderdale. On the way, I heard a report of kids tearing up a golf course near Weston recently, with a $5k reward for turning in the perpetrators. Yikes. No riding anywhere near Weston today for me. I headed west on Alligator Alley (I-75) to Big Cyprus. 75 miles later I was getting the motorcycle off the rack and headed in to the woods.
The trails were perfect – crews had been maintaining the trails because of an upcoming prescribed burn. The entry point is on the edge of the Big Cypress Preserve, so it starts of as scrub and leads to the actual stand of Cyprus trees.
I only fell twice LOL. At one point, I went up and over a berm and came face to face with a rather deep trench with a not-so-friendly rock sticking out of the ground. I was nearly stopped but had to lay it down to avoid that @#$%. I picked up the bike and walked it through. Um the bike wouldn’t start after that. I guessed that because it was down a kill switch was activated? I should read the manual! I turned the ignition off and back on. NO LUCK. I waited and eventually it did start. I guess there is a timer?
The next time I put it down at very slow speed, I made it a point to turn off the ignition and get the bike up quickly. I started right away… woo hoo.
I saw a Swallow-tailed Kite, Alligators, and a Turkey (I think) among other things.
