Now that it’s hiking season again, I’m getting a flurry of inquiries about logistics for backpacking the Ocala National Forest. It’s the top destination for backpackers in Florida due to 70 unbroken miles of the Florida Trail leading from Clearwater Lake to Buckman Lock, well-marked, well-maintained, and dating back to the late 1960s, so the [...]

Yesterday I met up with old friends Bob (LWOP) and Bonnie Coveney to jump in on one of Rachael and Lou Augspurg’s famed Wednesday Walks on the Florida Trail. It’s been a tradition for them to lead these outings each winter, attracting friends who don’t have a 9-5 job to head into the woods for [...]