Hiking Trails

Florida Trail: Day 32 Feb 7, 2022 Mile: 235.9 to 256.1 (+.7mi side trail for 20.9 total miles) Start: Field camping next to horses, Westgate River Ranch Resort Finish: Cowboy camping 3 stories high at Lake Jackson Tower River Ranch Resort’s campground had emptied out pretty drastically yesterday so it had been a quiet night. […]

Florida Trail: Day 31 Feb 6, 2022 Mile: 226.2 to 235.9 (9.7 miles) Start: Ghost town of KICCO Campground Finish: Field camping next to horses, Westgate River Ranch Resort Waking up at 3 AM listening to the wild pigs in the woods nearby and shining a light and yelling at them to scare them off

Florida Trail: Day 30 Feb 5, 2022 Mile: 207.0 to 226.2 (19.2 miles) Start: Cowboy Crossing, Kissimmee Prairie Preserve Finish: Ghost town of KICCO Campground The morning was overcast gray when we woke and still thick and sticky with humidity. It hadn’t rained during the night like it had been forecasted and we decided to

Florida Trail: Day 29 Feb 4, 2022 Mile: 189.8 to 207.0 (17.2 miles) Start: Oak Creek South Campsite, Kissimmee River Finish: Cowboy Crossing, Kissimmee Prairie Preserve During the night we only had to get up once to yell at a wild pig who got a little too close to our tent and was snuffling around

Florida Trail: Day 28 Feb 3, 2022 Mile: 167.0 to 189.8 (22.8 miles) Start: Yates Marsh South Campsite, Kissimmee River, FL Finish: Oak Creek South Campsite, Kissimmee River, FL All night the stupid raccoons and wild pigs and armadillos ran around our campsite, tearing up the ground, messing with the water bottles that a Trail

Florida Trail: Day 24 – 27 January 30 – Feb 2, 2022 Mile: 145.0 to 167.0 (22.0 miles) Start: Best Western, Okeechobee, FL Finish: Yates Marsh South, Kissimmee River, FL After a few days of rest, relaxation and work, Shannon and I woke up not very early and first thing we did was grab some

Florida Trail: Day 23 January 28, 2022 Mile: 126.8 to 145.0 (18.2 miles) Start: Wild camping on the shores of Lake Okeechobee Finish: Best Western, Okeechobee, FL The wind picked up all night and by 3am the gusts were so strong that the tent stakes were being ripped out of the ground one by one.

Florida Trail: Day 22 January 27, 2022 Mile: 99.8 to 126.8 (27.0 miles) Start: South Bay RV Resort, South Bay, FL Finish: Wild camping on the shores of Lake Okeechobee  The morning was slow and we took our sweet time to leave the camping resort. On the breakfast menu today was a cup of tea

Florida Trail: Day 20 January 26, 2022 Mile: 57.7 to 81.7 (24.0 miles) Start: Canal camping with the fireflies and alligators outside Seminole Res Finish: Two Palms dumpy campsite next to gator ditch and sugarcane field  Last night just before bed around 9pm we saw a headlamp flash around our tent. I thought it was

Florida Trail: Day 18 January 24, 2022 Mile: 26.3 to 35.7 (9.4 miles) Start: Thank God Island, Big Cypress National Preserve Finish: Nobles Camp, Alligator Alley on the old Miccosukee trading route  It was so difficult to get out of bed this morning deep in the middle of Big Cypress Swamp not only because we

Florida Trail: Day 17 January 23, 2022 Mile: 9.5 to 26.3 (16.8 miles) Start: Pine savannah tenting at 10 Mile Camp, Big Cypress Swamp National Preserve Finish: Thank God Island, Big Cypress Swamp I woke up in the morning at 5:30am and couldn’t go back to sleep because I was so excited for the big

Florida Trail: Eastern Continental Trail (ECT) & *Official* Florida Trail (FT) Day 16 January 22, 2022 Mile: 83.5 to 86.3 (ECT) & 0.0 to 9.5 (12.3 total miles) Start: Tenting behind camp host’s RV at Midway Campground, Big Cypress National Preserve Finish: Pine savannah tenting at 10 Mile Camp, Big Cypress Preserve It was overcast

Florida Trail: Eastern Continental Trail Southern Glades Trail Day 15 January 21, 2022 Mile: 61.2 to 83.5 (22.3 miles) Start: TownePlace Suites Kendall, FL (via Buffalo Tiger’s Airboat Tours) Finish: Tenting behind camp host’s RV at Midway Campground, Big Cypress National Preserve I woke at 6am and read a bit before heading downstairs to grab

Florida Trail: Eastern Continental Trail Day 13-14 January 19 – 20, 2022 Mile:  41.1 to 61.2 (20.1 miles) Start: Buffalo Tiger’s Airboat Tour, Miccosukee Reservation Finish: TownePlace Suites Marriott, Kendall, FL via 136th Street This morning we were going to wake up early and join up with Cookie, Tick Tock and their friend Cashmere to

Florida Trail: Eastern Continental Trail Day 12 January 18, 2022 Mile: 21.7 to 41.1 (+1.7mi for 21.1 total miles) Start: C-111 Canal Bend stealth camping Finish: TownePlace Suites Marriott, Kendall, FL Animals seen: Gator, swimming iguana, deer, horses, fish,  snails, anole lizard, millipede, bee At 6:50 AM we were woken up in the early twilight

Florida Trail: Eastern Continental Trail Day 10-11 January 16-17, 2022 Mile: 10.2 to 21.1 (10.9 miles) Start: Quality Inn, Florida City, FL via S-197 lock bridge  Finish: C-111 Canal Bend stealth camping We were on our way out of Florida City all ready to start trekking through the Everglades National Park when one of us

Florida Trail: Overseas Heritage Trail (OHT) & Eastern Continental Trail (ECT) Day 7-9 January 13-15, 2022 Mile: 103.0 to 108.4 (OHT) & 0.0 to 10.2(ECT) (15.6 total miles) Start: Pelican Key Cottages (via Key Largo Campground, Key Largo, FL) Finish: Quality Inn, Florida City, FL via S-197 lock bridge  We stayed in Key Largo for

Florida Trail: Overseas Heritage Trail Day 6 January 11, 2022 Mile: 82.6 to 103.0 (20.4 miles) Start: Kon Tiki Resort, Islamorada, FL Finish: Key Largo Kampground, Key Largo, FL Animals seen today: peacocks, iguanas, feral cats Keys crossed today: Upper Matecumbe, Windley, Plantation Key and Key Largo We trekked out of the Kon Tiki Resort