Toyman01
Adventurer
Sometimes that's all the time you have. Family, work, just life in general. As much as I would love to hit the road for months at a time, it's just not in the cards. But stealing a day, or even two, every month or so, that's possible. Beating around on Google Earth and studying maps I realized there is a lot of my own back yard I haven't seen. The 7 Hour Adventures will cure that. They won't all last 7 hours and most of them won't be impressive off road excursions, but they will be fun explorations of the county and state I live in. Recounting them here will encourage me to take pictures and write about what I've seen. A picture is worth 1000 words, so expect a lot of pictures and few words.
Sunday's trip was another to the Francis Marion National Forest. I left the house about 9 am and headed toward the forest.
Total trip time: 7 Hours.
Vehicle: 1988 Suzuki Samurai
Distance traveled: 150 miles driving and about 2 miles hiking.
These are a few of the notable pictures of this 7 Hour Adventure.
The chapel is located on fenced private property so I couldn't walk around it or wander the grave yard.
The next series of pictures were taken on the Bonneau Ferry Wildlife Management Area. I found the WMA entirely by accident, by turning down a dirt road. What a find it was. Almost 27 miles of dirt roads through managed wildlife areas. Buried back in the woods were these.
There were also a lot of miles of this:
After leaving the Bonneau Ferry WMA, I headed into the Francis Marion and it started raining and turned the forest into a muddy mess.
I saw well over a dozen turkey and sever deer but I was too slow with the camera. I also came across several good camping spots that I marked with the GPS.
I made it back home by 4 and cleaned up the Suzuki. It was a fun trip, even if it was short.
For those who are interested, the GPX file and map are here. http://adventures.garmin.com/en-US/by/toyman0154/march-17-day-trip/#.UycprPldUqs
I'll add to this thread the next time I head out.
Sunday's trip was another to the Francis Marion National Forest. I left the house about 9 am and headed toward the forest.
Total trip time: 7 Hours.
Vehicle: 1988 Suzuki Samurai
Distance traveled: 150 miles driving and about 2 miles hiking.
These are a few of the notable pictures of this 7 Hour Adventure.
The chapel is located on fenced private property so I couldn't walk around it or wander the grave yard.
The next series of pictures were taken on the Bonneau Ferry Wildlife Management Area. I found the WMA entirely by accident, by turning down a dirt road. What a find it was. Almost 27 miles of dirt roads through managed wildlife areas. Buried back in the woods were these.
There were also a lot of miles of this:
After leaving the Bonneau Ferry WMA, I headed into the Francis Marion and it started raining and turned the forest into a muddy mess.
I saw well over a dozen turkey and sever deer but I was too slow with the camera. I also came across several good camping spots that I marked with the GPS.
I made it back home by 4 and cleaned up the Suzuki. It was a fun trip, even if it was short.
For those who are interested, the GPX file and map are here. http://adventures.garmin.com/en-US/by/toyman0154/march-17-day-trip/#.UycprPldUqs
I'll add to this thread the next time I head out.
