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Trail Camaraderie

January 29, 2020September 27, 2020 Sierra J

Back around the time we started planning our Florida Trail hike, we received an invitation to attend the wedding of Steve's friend AJ, an Appalachian Trail friend from 2015. As luck would have it, though AJ is from Boston area, his bride is from Florida, so the wedding was in Florida! As we started our [...]

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Paved Paradise?

January 22, 2020September 27, 2020 Sierra J

The mud-riddled, wet swamp walk put us at 30 miles into the 1100 mile trail. Challenge 1 - done! The next part was a whole new obstacle to most trail dwellers. Out of the 11 National Scenic Trails in the United States, only 2 are complete trails on designated 'trail land' (public lands, easements, or [...]

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Into the Swamp

January 13, 2020September 27, 2020 Sierra J

The Florida Trail not only offers a winter hiking option for non-snow inclined outdoor enthusiasts, but a unique chance to traverse a new ecosystem not found too often in the US - a true swamp. We rung in our 2020 checking our lists twice (and 3 and 4 times) to make sure we were set [...]

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2019 Recap: Doggies of Alaska

December 29, 2019December 29, 2019 Sierra J1 Comment

A few days after sleeping through yet another New Year's ball drop, we were on our way to the Great White North for a lovely little foray into backcountry Alaska to get the Winterlake Lodge & their dogs ready for the winter tour season. We packed some Army duffels, which fit our snowshoes quite well, [...]

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Florida Trail Hike

October 28, 2019September 27, 2020 Steven2 Comments

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.  [...]

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Making our own Hammock System

October 28, 2019September 27, 2020 StevenLeave a comment

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 [...]

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Hike Hiatus: PCT Pause

February 27, 2019September 27, 2020 Sierra J4 Comments

I have written this post at least 174 times since departing trail, mostly during the beginning of my shift at the warehouse when I'd daze off to transport myself to a more open field of view in a much more natural environment, only to be zapped back to reality when I'd start to second guess [...]

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Apparently Deer like Lady Pee

June 18, 2018September 27, 2020 Sierra J1 Comment

Monday morning came, which meant lounging at McDonald's until the post office opened. We played pine cone baseball and pine cone golf in the parking lot until 9 o'clock rolled around. We acquired our new cell phone holders for our Z-packs backpacks, which will make our life so much better. Plus, we get to support [...]

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Stream Crossing 1, Steve 0

June 16, 2018September 27, 2020 Sierra J2 Comments

We woke up on Memorial Day with just a short walk to the highway and a 7 mile hitch to town. Some may think, 'Oh, 7 miles, just walk there'. But those people don't realize 7 miles will take me 3 hours to walk there but takes you 10 minutes to drive us there. Plus, [...]

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All Geared Up, heading North!

June 14, 2018September 27, 2020 Sierra J1 Comment

Our short stint down the hill brought us to Gold Lake, where we met a young couple from Yosemite out for the weekend. They offered to drive us to Graeagle, which was the closest town to where we were. From Graeagle, we got a hitch to the next town 10 miles up, then from there [...]

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