The Florida Trail, 1,300 miles starting in the Everglades and ending in the panhandle by the Gulf of Mexico. We sat up one night talking about what would be next for us during our winter hiatus from Key West. We started our research the next day learning what we could before we committed to it. [...]
Author: Steven
Making our own Hammock System
As we started to mull around the idea of doing a thru-hike of the Florida Trail (FT), Sierra and I debated on whether or not to try hammocking for a change. This of course led us down the rabbit hole: What would we need to hammock? How much does that weigh? How light can we [...]
Two weeks out from the PCT
We were about two weeks out from our proposed start date for the PCT (Pacific Crest Trail) and we still had a few things to tidy up. Our plan at that point was to have her father act as our bounce box, shipping us gear as needed. We meticulously went through all our guide gear [...]
Food, Nutrition, and Value when Thru-hiking
I've received a ton of questions as of late, about food. What to eat? Where to buy? How much should it cost? Nutrition is a big part of long-distance hiking - you need that energy to put down big miles. Hiker Hunger is a real thing and it can be devastating to your emotional outlook. [...]
Upgrading Gear: Dollars per Ounce
We have researched and purchased the best options for us on the trail. Some new additions to our arsenal are: Zpacks Duomid tent, Thermarest Xlite sleeping pad, Bear Vault 500 bear can, Loco Libre Ghostpepper topquilt, Osprey Exos 58 Pack, SOG Traction Tanto, and a Gerber BG Scout. Some of these items were purchased back [...]
Europe’s Florida?
Back to Thailand, to find a home till March. We couldn't have been happier to be back in a world where our life wasn't in danger all the time while travelling. Our first stop was the border town Nong Khai where the innumerable amount of old, white Brits outnumbered the mosquitoes. We were astonished at [...]
The Laughing Heart
Before you could snap your fingers, our lives had instantly changed. Just like that, we had to make a new plan. We found ourselves scrambling, hashing ideas back and forth. We needed to find a new home and a new job ASAP. There was no going back, only forward. The hardest thing to do in [...]
Shakedown Hike of Misery
We have made a few new purchases in between Alaska and our potential start date of the PCT (March 20). First, we upgraded our sleep system: sleeping pads and sleeping bags/quilts. I actually dove into YouTube and looked up a few DIY (Do It Yourself) ideas for a summer quilt and made one. We then [...]
Nina’s New Home
Where will we go? What will we do? The life we had in Florida had been swept away. There would be no guiding for quite some time, no service industry. Our island had been hit hard, with the eye of the storm passing just a measly 20 or so miles from Marathon. We now had [...]
Fleeing Hurricane Irma
It was hot, so hot that the stickiness of the air made everything sweat. There was no wind, no breeze, no relief from the heat. We were working day after day putting away everything for our trip. Following the news, we learned that there was a hurricane way off in the Atlantic Ocean. Just a [...]
