Here are our outings for September. Won't you join us?

• Sept. 12th: Family GPS scavenger hunt at Split Oak Preserve
• Sept. 13th: Bike & Picnic at Withlacoochee Trail
• Sept. 19: Bike Seminole State Forest

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Sept. 12th: Family GPS scavenger hunt at Split Oak Preserve
This is designed for kids (5-15) but adults are welcome.  We’ll do teams of 2-3 people and only 1 will need a GPS.  Clues will be provided and using GPS coordinates, teams have to find hidden treasure.  This will require hiking up to a mile.  Wear long pants and closed toe shoes.  If you have a GPS bring it (some cell phones have a GPS), water and bug repellant. Split Oak Preserve is located in the southeast portion of Orange County off of Clapp-Sims-Duda Road and is managed by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. RSVP: Mary-Slater (407) 481-4398 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Sept. 13th: Bike & Picnic at Withlacoochee Trail
We’ll carpool to the trail near Brooksville.  Meet at the Super WalMart in Ocoee at 8:00 a.m.  We’ll ride about 3 hours up and back on the trail.  This is an old Rails to Trails with nice scenery and some hills.  Bring a picnic lunch for when we’re done riding. RSVP Rodney: (321) 436-2349 (Fla. Trail outing)

Sept. 19: Bike Seminole State Forest
Meet at the parking lot just inside the entrance gate on SR 46 west of Sanford & the Wekiva River. We’ll ride for about 7 miles on dirt roads with restricted car traffic. The distinctive character of Seminole State Forest is its ecological diversity which includes almost all of the naturally occurring vegetative communities found in Central Florida. There are more than 13 different natural communities, each with unique plants, animals and physical characteristics. A few examples are flatwoods, scrub, blackwater streams and bottomland forests. Sometimes we see bears back here! Cost: $2.00 per person  RSVP: Mary-Slater (407) 481-4398 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it