The Box
February 5 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
5 miles
Picked up my new gear , bussed trough Miami & resupplied at Walmart
D1 I am walking
February 6 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
24 miles
Hitching didn’t work out, so I started to walk…
D2 Loop Road
February 7 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
24 miles
Do not feed REDNECKS
D3 Southern Terminus
February 8 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
23 miles
Official Start, Big Cypress National Swamp
D4 Super Bowl
February 9 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 23 °C
25 miles,
Early start in the swamp, cross 75 and run for the Super Bowl
D5 Zero in Seminole Reservation
February 10 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Best Zero ever at Big Cypress New Testament Baptist Church
Thanks to Pastor Payne 👍
D6 Sun & Straight all Day
February 11 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
28 miles
D7 Clewiston Resupply
February 12 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
18 miles
Took a “little” shortcut through sugarcanes to get faster to Clewiston for Resupply.
D8 Before the Storm
February 13 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
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
February 14 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
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
February 15 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
14 miles wandering through Okeechobee
D11 Looking for Water
February 16 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
27 miles
D12 Now we are Talking
February 17 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
22 miles,
Best day so far
D13 Greedy Barber
February 18 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
21 miles,
Tough walking, nice camping 🏕️
D14 Ranch Resupply
February 19 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
17 miles
D15 Three Lakes
February 20 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
26 miles,
Brutal 2 hour roadwalk in the morning. Throughout a beautiful day.
D16 Bull Creek Hiker Box
February 21 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
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
February 22 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
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
February 23 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
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
February 24 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
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
February 25 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
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
February 26 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
24 miles,
Long walk out of town.
Many potholes in the forest but managed somehow to keep dry feet.
D22 Three Liters
February 27 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
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
February 28 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
25 miles,
After a Firecloser we had to reroute slightly. Great lunch spot with cool kids.
D24 10by10, 20by2, 30by6
March 1 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
32 miles,
We nailed it. 10 miles by ten, 20 miles by 2pm and 30 miles by 6pm.
Resupplied at Dollar General in Paisley.