I've finished a makeover and move of the main Florida Hikes site, with the big deal being a cleaner, more readable look (especially for the forum) and a lot of new behind-the-scenes functionality for … [Read more...]
The Sunshine Expedition
Now here's an ambitious project to see Florida by land and sea. The expedition team plans to follow the route of the new Florida Circumnavigational Trail under development, kayaking along the Florida … [Read more...]
Hiking the FT along the Miami Canal
I did so with friends when I completed the Seminole section of the Florida Trail some years ago. This is a remote spot south of Clewiston as you head from the sugar cane fields into Lake Harbor. Now … [Read more...]
Grab-and-Go Florida Trail Hikes
A new free resource for hikers: head on over to the Florida Trail website to download yourself a set of Grab-and-Go Hikes. I just finished them up today as one of my wrapup projects as I close out my … [Read more...]
Hiking? Try kayaking instead…
With Tropical Storm Fay hanging around the Florida peninsula all week (and as my good friend eArThworm pointed out, "thru-raining" the Florida Trail), chances are most all but the highest elevation … [Read more...]
Horseshoe Lake Park now thrives
After starting a vocal pushback in the media some five years ago against Marion County commissoner Randy Harris wanting to sell a county park to a developer ... which led to the formation of a Friends … [Read more...]
Florida Hikes podcast: A Day in Bradwell Bay
Episode 003: A Day in Bradwell Bay (11:31) Walk with me on a squishy, splashy day hike on the Florida Trail through a dense hardwood swamp in the Bradwell Bay Wilderness Area, south of … [Read more...]
Florida Footpaths: Celebrating the Ocala
Here's a new one for the blogroll: Florida Footpaths, a website celebrating the stories along the trails of the Ocala National Forest by actress Kim Crow. She and her husband have a home in Hog … [Read more...]
Almost time for a Swamp Walk!
It's that time again! Labor Day Weekend is coming up fast and it's time to sign up for the ever-popular swamp walks at Clyde Butcher's Muck-A-Bout in the Big Cypress Swamp. This is where I met the … [Read more...]
