February 1 kicks off Florida's annual celebration of hiking season - it's time to get out and hike! I had the pleasure of revisiting Tillie K Fowler Regional Park (formerly Westside) and the … [Read more...]
Wishing you a Very Merry Christmas
It's Christmas Eve Day, and like other friends and family, I've been taking a break from the daily grind this past week to give thanks for the light and love in our lives. I wish you safe travels … [Read more...]
Take a Hike, Ocala! November 14th at Ocala Public Library
This Sunday, November 14, I'll be giving a talk at the Ocala Public Library main branch at 2 PM on hiking in Florida, hiking around Ocala - especially the Ocala National Forest and Cross Florida … [Read more...]
Hike-A-Week archives up-to-date
Good news, subscribers! I finally figured out how to make clean PDFs of the Hike-A-Week weekly column I send out, so I've now caught up with all of the weeks and months of backlogged files. If you … [Read more...]
Launching the new Florida Hikes!
October kicks off hiking season with Florida Greenways and Trails Month, and in celebration of our bettering weather to get out and enjoy a hike, I unveiled a newly upgraded version of Florida Hikes! … [Read more...]
Catching up with Hike-A-Week uploads
Just a quick note for subscribers that the following Hike-A-Week sheets are now available for download in the Hike-A-Week archives. I've finally caught up to them this week: Florida's … [Read more...]
Running a little late on Hike-A-Week
Thanks to Florida Trail Days plus five straight days of hiking to try and wrap the second edition of 50 Hikes in Central Florida, plus jury duty starting in a few minutes, I'm behind on last week's … [Read more...]
Simplifying GPS downloads for subscribers
I'm in the midst of reorganizing how Florida Hikes subscribers can access GPX and KML file downloads. The first of five pages is now up and ready for use, providing file downloads arranged by city and … [Read more...]
Newly launched: improved Florida Hikes search
Jump in and look for whatever trail or destination you need to on FloridaHikes.com, and now you'll find it! The default search was kind of wonky, so I finally replaced it with a custom Google search … [Read more...]
Hiking across the Ocala National Forest
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 … [Read more...]
