The mosquitoes were thicker overnight than those in the Diamond Peak Wilderness during my 2017 PCT LASH, and that's saying something. Those that crowded into my vestibule were easy to kill by pressing my tent mesh against the doors, so Florida played witness to a bloodbath in the morning when the mosquitoes and a burst …
Continue reading Florida Trail (2019-2020) 5: Arrival At I-75
Beautiful weather today! Soon after the mile 27 marker (which actually marks 21 miles from Oasis Visitor Center), the route became 99% wading with a few sections of mud. The mud was more difficult than the wading, having incredible suction. https://www.flickr.com/photos/187104378@N07/49709185562/in/dateposted-public/ Muddy. The water level was below my knees most of the time, but still …
https://www.flickr.com/photos/187104378@N07/49703260252/in/dateposted-public/ The trail was suddenly dry this morning. I encountered no water until a notorious alligator hole located directly beside the FT, where a small amount of water was visible. Guthook claims that the alligator lives underneath a ledge inside the hole, so despite no alligators being in sight, I wasn't going to stick my …
Day two on the FT. Everything was misty and wet this morning and I felt little incentive to get up, but get up I did. The sun emerged just before I entered a section of wading. https://www.flickr.com/photos/187104378@N07/49702938816/in/dateposted-public/ 7 Mile Camp https://www.flickr.com/photos/187104378@N07/49702475783/in/dateposted-public/ I don't know what I was expecting from the swamp water, but I was …
Continue reading Florida Trail (2019-2020) 2: Still No Alligators
On December 21st, I flew down to Florida to hike the first thirty miles of the Florida Trail and engage in some touristing. Aside from my working holiday in Australia, I've taken no winter holidays since childhood, but this year the stars aligned with a work vacation and my antipathy towards facing another commercial Christmas …
Continue reading Florida Trail (2019-2020) 1: Escape to Florida
BANE OF THE TRAIL 