by adventuretoward | May 20, 2017 | Florida Trail 2017, Trail Journals
En route to Royal Trails today, I decided long-distance hiking is trying to teach me a lesson: patience. Every day, something seems to go wrong. But every time something goes awry, I’m less shaken or annoyed by it than I would have been a year or two or three...
by adventuretoward | May 21, 2017 | Florida Trail 2017, Trail Journals
Today’s agenda called for hiking a mere 10 miles (16.1 km) from Royal Trails to Clearwater Recreation Area. My flight left from Orlando at 2:55 p.m., so no problem. Or so I thought. I got to Royal Trails, which is a sprawling subdivision, around 6:30 a.m. It...
