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 F (21.1 C) and muggy, with absolutely no breeze. Despite my bug net I got bitten all over my...
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. Problem was, I wasn’t hiking with a camping stove. 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...
by adventuretoward | Jan 11, 2017 | Florida Trail 2017, Trail Journals
Today’s goal: the town of Clewiston, due north of here. This morning we had a whole table full of hikers at the Billie Swamp Cafe. Judy was getting into it! I said I felt I had to change my trail name since almost no one knew the name “Valderi” nor...
