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Re: [RC] Found in Woods? - Truman Prevatt

There is a bombing range in the Ocala NF. The first time I rode there the trail went past this tower that stuck out above the trees. This was right in the middle of the woods. It had a large sign on the top facing about at an angle upwards. The sign was about 16x20 feet. I wondered what this thing was far but didn't pay it much thought. Then the next year we were doing the 100 and road past this same tower about dusk and I found out what it was. It was a marker for the pilots guiding them to the range. About the time I got there 2 F-16's flew over about 20 feet above the sign and about 50 feet over my head. Talk about loud! After the first one went over I heard the second one approaching and expected my horse would go nuts. She just stood there and looked up and went on down the trail. I guess it was just sensory overload.

Truman

RDCARRIE@xxxxxxx wrote:

too, but I've never come across them, thank goodness. Oh yeah, and then there's the time I forgot that the local army reserve unit would be doing some training in the Forest, and I happened to ride in that area...there were guys in camo and face paint, with bushes on their heads, hiding all over the place and creeping through the woods. Made for an exciting moment whenever my horse spotted one!

Dawn in East Texas and Chivas (mom, I think it's safer to just stay home!)







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