I was troubled to see the Land Bridge Trailhead on the Cross Florida Greenway featured on tonight’s news in a sting operation that caught five men looking for sex with men hanging out at the trailhead and along the trail. All were senior citizens. All exposed themselves, or proposed to. And this isn’t the first [...]

When I recently revisited the Land Bridge to Santos section of the Florida Trail on the Cross Florida Greenway, what a delight to discover the rugged terrain underfoot from Santos west on the trail! It had been long enough I’d forgotten about how many sinkholes, voids, and surface chunks of limestone karst were along the [...]

Central Florida is up for some great weather this weekend, so celebrate “Take a Hike, Florida!” with a hike of your own if you can’t meet up with an organized group. I’ve been rambling along the Cross Florida Greenway and I can attest that, although the segment between the Land Bridge and Santos seems like [...]

Christmas is in the air, so why not take a holly hike? Florida has several species of holly you’ll catch with red berries this time of year, and they grow in a variety of habitats. Dahoon holly is found in the floodplain forests and marshes of the Florida peninsula; scrub holly in the high,dry scrub [...]

It’s officially hiking season in Florida with the kickoff of Greenways and Trails Month, a celebration of outdoor recreation throughout the state of Florida.  We’re “America’s Best Trails State,” according to American Trails, so it’s time to get out and enjoy our resources - not just hiking, but biking, paddling, and birding, too, as the [...]