I’m just back from nearly a week up in the mountains of North Carolina, and returned home to find the Sunshine State under a thick blanket of smoke. Looks like hiking plans for the weekend ought to be scratched. It’s especially bad around Lake City and Gainesville, with visibility extremely poor and ashes falling from the sky even down here in Ocala. See the Florida Trail website for links to various agencies with fire maps, advisories, etc. … meanwhile, I would stay off the trail. I have a book to write, after all, but you have a better excuse!

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