Going inside the Harold Store for breakfast, we realized we should have warned then we were coming. This was our rendezvous point for Day Five of the Panhandle Trace Hike, and after yesterday, … [Read more...]
On the 2013 Panhandle Trace Hike
It was a delight this year - Peggy Grantham's last as hike leader - to join the Panhandle Trace and get to know the far northern reaches of the Florida Trail. It's been 11 years since I hiked through … [Read more...]
Flooding plus cold weather a danger for Panhandle hiking
March 1, 2013 - As reported by Florida Trail thru-hikers who are nearing the ends of their journeys west of the Apalachicola River, the Panhandle is experiencing severe flooding along major rivers and … [Read more...]
Trail Angel Peggy
This guest post is from my friend Peggy Grantham, a long-time Florida Trail Association member and founder of the Panhandle Trace Hike. This is Peggy's last season running the 9-day hike, as she's … [Read more...]
Taking on the Panhandle Trace
One of Florida's most beautiful group hikes has its 2012 dates set: the Panhandle Trace Hike will be happening March 30 to April 7. Set up as a series of day hikes with group camping at a campground … [Read more...]
Tarkiln Bayou State Park
In 2003, The Nature Conservancy assisted the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) with the purchase of this critical wetland along Tarkiln Bayou, known as the Perdido Pitcher Plant … [Read more...]
Yellow River Marsh Preserve State Park
Where wet pine flatwoods slope towards Blackwater Bay, a sweeping panorama of wet prairies is host to the largest concentration of pitcher plants in all of Florida. Even from the side of the road - … [Read more...]
Gulf Islands National Seashore – Naval Live Oaks Preserve
Naval Live Oaks Preserve outside Pensacola was our nation’s first tree farm, established in 1828 by President John Quincy Adams to protect a significant coastal stand of live oaks for military use. … [Read more...]
Blackwater River State Park – Chain of Lakes
Many people hike a short distance on this interpretive trail and never do the entire loop. Why? The Chain of Lakes Trail leads to one of the more beautiful sandbar beaches on the entire Blackwater … [Read more...]
Florida Trail, Eglin West
Bordered by the tangled floodplain forests of the Yellow River to the north, this 14.2-mile segment of the Florida Trail traverses high, dry sandhills topped with longleaf pine forest and planted … [Read more...]
