Florida Trail Thru-Hike Day 6 “Trip and Fall”

                             

Today is my 36th birthday so hopefully all of the forest animals will offer to carry my packs for the day!
I climb out of my tent to check the stick at the waters edge to see the water had dropped over two feet, what a difference that would have made yesterday. The river was rushing [...]

Florida Trail Thru-Hike Day 5 “Water Slogging”

                             

The packs feel much better today after a few alterations and a few less pounds. As I walk through the woods taking in the beauty I wonder what lay ahead what condition the trail is in after the rain. The terrain was quickly changing from higher grassy areas to “Green Tunnels”. We kept passing small [...]

Florida Trail Thru-Hike Day 3 and 4 “Rain”

                             

I laid in my tent awake waiting for a hint of morning light wondering about the weather and Hurricane Ida. I was hoping I would be able to make it to the next camp before the rain came.
When I got up Greg (my neighbor) was already packing his campsite up. Greg told me the storm [...]

Florida Trail Thru-Hike Day Two Hurricane Lake

                             

Day Two November 8th, 2009 Hurricane Lake
It was a long night, Diego got upset a few times about something outside, his low rumbling growl growing to a snarl and then he let out a few nasty barks. Whats out there? Then a crash in the bushes within 100ft, it sounded big. I listened closely for [...]

Florida Trail Thru-Hike Day One “Torture”

                             

My Brother, Nick and my nephew Ian drove me the two and a half hour drive from his house in Alabama to the trail head at the Alabama-Florida state line, after navigating our way around a washed out road we were on a single lane red clay forest road in his white (now two-tone with [...]

Thru-Hiking The Florida Trail

                             

I have been struggling with the inevitable looming lay-off and how to go about dealing with it. Do I do the so called “responsible thing” and look for a “job” ? Do I do the “responsible thing” to myself and pursue my passion for Photography and exploring Florida?  I’ve decided to go for broke spend [...]

Interview with Rich Leighton Florida Nature Photography

                             

While I was at Florida Caverns State Park I got the privilege of hiking and talking to @RichLeighton (follow him on twitter) a Florida Nature Photographer I met on Twitter. He has two websites I encourage you to visit and explore Leighton Photography and Imaging and Florida Nature Photography. Rich is a very down to [...]

Sea Turtle Hunting: Blowing Rocks Preserve Florida

                             

I decided to go look for Sea Turtles hatching near Blowing Rocks Preserve. Blowing Rocks Preserve is in Hobe Sound Florida on Jupiter Island.
My journey started at about midnight I drove from Orlando Florida to Hobe Sound Florida onto Jupiter Island about a two and a half hour drive. Chillin to tunes by Q-Burns Abstract [...]

The Man With Two Rods

                             

SURF FISHING FOR THE ELUSIVE
He’s known from Seminole Point to Bathtub Reef simply as “the guy with two rods,” so dubbed for the spare rig he routinely totes in a make-shift waist harness along the beach.  His real name is O. J. “Bud” Pettingill and over the past 25 years, he’s caught and released more [...]

An Autumn Weekend In Orlando Florida

                             

Well Autumn is upon us here in Orlando, Florida. This is a very special time of year in Florida, lower humidity and a few degrees cooler bring relief to Floridians and visitors. It is a beautiful time of year to take a drive through the streets of Downtown Orlando Florida…Sundays are a great time to head Downtown listening to Real Radio 104.1’s “Sunday Morning Coming Down” and stop in at the Farmers Market next to Lake Eola for the freshest organic produce.

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