auntie | February 14, 2018
8.55 miles; Port St. Joe, FL I walked this urban trail in two parts, the first on January 21st (2.31 miles) and the second part on February 14th (6.24 miles). Part 1, Port St. Joe Marina to the Cecil G. Costin Sr. Boulevard trailhead—Another adventure in urban hiking, this 4-mile trail runs through Port St. Joe, […]
auntie | February 8, 2018
4.45 miles; Port St. Joe, FL Some friends came down to Florida to stay with us, and this morning we went for a long beach walk. So interesting! There was a big storm last night, and lots of stuff washed up on the beach, including tons of jellyfish and something called “sea pork.” My friend […]
auntie | January 30, 2018
6.8 miles; Carrabelle, FL This was an awesome hike… for about 1/2 of the total distance. It was on the vast St. Mark’s National Wildlife Refuge, and as I’ve mentioned before, Florida parks and state forests are all criss-crossed with old logging roads. About half of this hike was on said roads. Not bad walking, […]
auntie | January 29, 2018
8.9 miles; Port St. Joe, FL This is the main preserve, as opposed to the smaller part I did earlier this month. This is a really large area. I could easily have done another 3 or 4 miles through here. And it was very cool—so many tracks: deer, possums, raccoons, coyotes…even pigs! This whole preserve […]
auntie | January 25, 2018
7.93 miles; Port St. Joe, FL Eight miles hiked, and I didn’t even get to finish. The entire out-and-back trail is 8 miles one way. I got to about the 4-mile mark, and while I felt as though I could keep going, I also knew I was going to regret doing even this much in […]
auntie | January 22, 2018
7.57 miles; St. George’s Island, FL These trails are in St. George Island State Park, which is a lovely park on the far northern end of a very long barrier island off the Florida Panhandle. They were hard walking since the entire island basically consists of very fine sugar sand, but worth the slog. The […]
