I'm glad you guys had fun, but prepare for the flaming to begin.
Most folks consider it extremely poor form to go out and blaze across vegetation off trail. This is viewed by the general public as being selfish, unsafe and evironmentally unsound. This is one of the issues that closes areas to 4 wheeling even for the responsible wheelers.
To blaze new trails, you need to have an area where it's ok to go offroad, you need to have NATURAL lines such as dry creek beds and rockfalls, and you need to have a vehicle capable enough that when you get out there and start to get in over your head, you're not going to get into serious breakage and bleed gear oil all over the pristine rocks.
I'm not going to jump on you too much, because I just don't think this entered into your thinking... it's not because you're inherently an unthinking person.
Please refrain from this in the future.
Tread lightly.
... or take up knitting instead of wheeling.
