Christmas was a cold walk in the morning sun. The buff covering my face from the frigid wind looked like a Rorschach test from the condensation in my breath. Merlot, another hiker, mentioned craving eggs and bacon, and I began thinking about it too much. A side effect of hiker hunger, burning more calories than […]
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Road Walk to Christmas, Florida
It was Christmas Eve and I’d failed to get a nap in at Hurky Huffman/Bull Creek WMA. I couldn’t fall asleep because I kept watching the traffic on on US 192. The idea was that we’d night hike the road walk into Christmas, and doing it overnight instead of sleeping would mean less traffic. Only […]