Hikers beware! The Suwannee, Econfina, and Aucilla Rivers are rising fast and the Florida Trail is largely under the swift currents of these rivers in many places between Osceola National Forest / Lake City and St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge south of Tallahassee. Plans for the IDIDAHIKE coming up Feb 6 may be canceled due [...]

Hurricanes and fires have kept me off of one of my favorite hikes on the Florida Trail, the Juniper Prairie Wilderness, for many years. I’d get ready to go out there and something would happen that I knew would wreck my memories of my first hikes there, so I wouldn’t go. When my friend Bob [...]