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Continue reading →: Collier-Seminole State Park (01/30/2024)I chose Collier-Seminole State Park as my next camping/hiking trip, as I have wanted to hike in the Everglades area for some time. The website boasts that it is “within one of the largest mangrove swamps in the world.” Well-known for the heat and bugs that summer brings, I felt…
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Continue reading →: Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park (01/23-01/24/2024)I knew as I drove along the long dirt road in the midst of a prairie grassland from the entrance of the Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park to the office and campground that I was in for a peaceful experience with Nature. I stopped my car, rolled down my window,…
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Continue reading →: Jonathan Dickinson State Park–White Loop (01/10/2024)Jonathan Dickinson State Park is my “go to” park, when I don’t have time to travel far. I returned to JD State Park to hike the 7.5 mile White Loop for my third state park in the new year. This is where I had spied the Florida Panther the previous…
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Continue reading →: Tarkiln Bayou Preserve State Park (01/04/2024)Among my goals for 2024, somewhere between “learning to cook a Mediterranean diet” and “complete the next thirty miles of the Appalachian Trail” is that to “visit at least ten Florida State Parks” this year. So, after spending some time at Perdido Key State Park and to keep the momentum…
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Continue reading →: Perdido Key State Park (01/04/2024)On my drive home from Alabama after visiting family for the New Year, I wanted to stop at a couple State Parks. I started with the most westerly and furthest away from my home—Perdido Key State Park, which according to the State Park website is a “favorite destination for swimmers…
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Continue reading →: Dupuis WEA—Loop 2 (11/02/2023)Finally, some cooler hiking weather—sunny and 70 degrees with a light breeze! What could be better than that? I drove to Gate 2 at Dupuis Wildlife Management Area, and I stepped onto the trail at 9:00 a.m.—destination, Loop 2 this time. The first part of this hike was familiar to…
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Continue reading →: Unicoi Gap to Deep Gap–the Georgia AT (10/09/2023)A year of waiting and it finally arrived! Last fall, my trail sister, Robyn, and I vowed to return in 2023 to complete the Georgia Appalachian Trail. We had completed the first 52.5 miles as a slackpacking trip in the fall of 2022. This fall, we would hike 32.5 miles–Unicoi…
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Continue reading →: Training for Fall AT Hike (09/04/2023)I am so excited about returning to the Appalachian Trail this fall to complete the Georgia section. Last fall, I tried a slackpacking trip and stayed at Above the Clouds Hostel to complete the first 52.5 miles, ending at Unicoi Gap. This fall, I will return with my friend and…
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Continue reading →: Dupuis WEA Loop 1 (07/12/2023)After my experience navigating the Kitching Creek Loop, I needed to get back out there and try again. I had heard that the Dupuis Wildlife and Environmental Area was dry, and I was determined to get on the trail earlier in the day, before it got too hot. Although easy…
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Continue reading →: Kitching Creek Loop–Almost! (06/27/2023)My AllTrails hates me. The map at the kiosk showed the Kitching Creek Loop to be a one-hour walk with a thirty-minute hike along Wilson Creek to get there. I plugged the trail into my app, and four and a half hours after leaving my car in the parking lot,…
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