New Year’s Eve weekend I was with 60 or 70 avid Florida Trail members at Doe Lake Campground in Ocala National Forest. The iced tea froze in my cup just outside my tent Friday night, but hikers are usually pretty …
Historic Ceremony To Honor The First Blaze On The Florida National Scenic Trail
Footprint Magazine, Fall 2016 The Florida Trail Association (FTA) and the US Forest Service held a historic ceremony to dedicate a new Florida Heritage Site Marker, and to honor the creation of the Florida Trail. This public ceremony was held …
Another “Hiker Extraordinaire” Lunch – 1.3.17
Hello! Today I lunched with another “hiker extraordinaire.” Tristan MacDonald (on left) grew up around Cornwall, England, chased many vocations and avocations and tended to know quite a lot about a lot of things, which perhaps explains his wanderlust. In …