The Box

5 miles
Picked up my new gear , bussed trough Miami & resupplied at Walmart
D1 I am walking

24 miles
Hitching didn’t work out, so I started to walk…
D2 Loop Road

24 miles
Do not feed REDNECKS
D3 Southern Terminus

23 miles
Official Start, Big Cypress National Swamp
D4 Super Bowl

25 miles,
Early start in the swamp, cross 75 and run for the Super Bowl
D5 Zero in Seminole Reservation

Best Zero ever at Big Cypress New Testament Baptist Church
Thanks to Pastor Payne 👍
D6 Sun & Straight all Day

28 miles
D7 Clewiston Resupply

18 miles
Took a “little” shortcut through sugarcanes to get faster to Clewiston for Resupply.
D8 Before the Storm

24 miles
Rather boring dike walk.
What I didn’t know was, a crazy storm was coming in. It hit me hard just after pitching my tent.
Wasn’t a good pitch.
Everything got soaked…
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D9 Resupply

18 miles
After drying all my gear I kept walking along the dike. I resupplied food but couldn’t get gas.
Great camp 🏕️
D10 A Zero Looking for Gas

14 miles wandering through Okeechobee
D11 Looking for Water

27 miles
D12 Now we are Talking

22 miles,
Best day so far
D13 Greedy Barber

21 miles,
Tough walking, nice camping 🏕️
D14 Ranch Resupply

17 miles
D15 Three Lakes

26 miles,
Brutal 2 hour roadwalk in the morning. Throughout a beautiful day.
D16 Bull Creek Hiker Box

25 miles,
Patched my Nemo in the morning. It was a cold night 44F 🥶 (have a 30 degree bag).
Took a short cut to the Hunt Camp where a hiker box full of snacks helped me through this section.
D17 Roadwalk & Jupiter

29 miles,
I was able to cut here and there and walk through some cattle farms under power lines. The last bit was a fast pack highway experience. In the middle of nowhere I bumped into the one andRead more
D18 Jupiter & Christmas Resupply

20 miles,
Seeing Jupiter & Sprocket was the highlight of this trip!
He is as cool as on YouTube.
Great hike into Christmas .
Had a gigantic Pizza and two big High Lives. So so Resupply.
D19 First Rainy Day

22 miles,
Rain started at night, at least it wasn’t cold. Found a tick on my leg. The poncho works great. Lost a part of a trekking pole.
D20 Orlando Nero Flip

12 miles,
I am headed north by Amtrak in order to hike southbound back to Orlando. I got to Palatka in time to pick up my last parcels, resupply & do laundry. Slept on a cemetery.
D21 Potholes

24 miles,
Long walk out of town.
Many potholes in the forest but managed somehow to keep dry feet.
D22 Three Liters

17 miles,
After some inventory & repacking I bumped into Three Liters and met a bunch of nobo hikers. We didn’t get further than the 88 shop.
D23 On Fire

25 miles,
After a Firecloser we had to reroute slightly. Great lunch spot with cool kids.
D24 10by10, 20by2, 30by6

32 miles,
We nailed it. 10 miles by ten, 20 miles by 2pm and 30 miles by 6pm.
Resupplied at Dollar General in Paisley.