by adventuretoward | Jan 5, 2017 | Florida Trail 2017, Trail Journals
I’m going to hike the Florida National Scenic Trail! So my New Year’s resolution, if you want to call it that, is to hike all 11 National Scenic Trails before I die. Ambitious, I know. Probably too much so, as I’m well into middle age and a lot of...
by adventuretoward | Jan 6, 2017 | Florida Trail 2017, Trail Journals
My alligator-filled adventure is about to begin! So, I flew into the Fort Lauderdale airport yesterday and was picked up by my friend, Judy. The next day, we learned about a shooting in that very same airport, not 12 hours after I landed. That was a bit chilling. And...
by adventuretoward | Jan 7, 2017 | Florida Trail 2017, Trail Journals
I got crap sleep last night, the night before heading for 10-Mile Camp. It wasn’t that my hammock wasn’t comfy – it was actually quite nice – but it was about 70 degrees and muggy with absolutely no breeze. Despite my bug net I got bitten all over my legs...
by adventuretoward | Jan 8, 2017 | Florida Trail 2017, Trail Journals
Today our goal was to reach either Oak Hill Camp or Ivy Camp. But to achieve that goal, I needed coffee in the morning. But I wasn’t hiking with a camping stove.However, before arriving in Florida, a bunch of us had been communicating through the Florida Trail...
by adventuretoward | Jan 9, 2017 | Florida Trail 2017, Trail Journals
Today’s goal: Billie Swamp Safari.My friend, Judy, was scheduled to meet me at I-75, where hikers emerge after Big Cypress Swamp. I’d told her to meet me at 10-11 a.m., based on me hiking out of Ivy Camp. But our group had stopped earlier at Oak Hill Camp...
by adventuretoward | Jan 10, 2017 | Florida Trail 2017, Trail Journals
Before heading out this morning toward Deer Fence Canal, we had had to make it through the night.Last night it was cold out, and cold in our little chickee, which isn’t heated and has screens, not windows. I put my sleeping bag on top of the light blanket that...