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Chatsworth, Georgia

There was a heaviness in me that went beyond exhaustion, a bone-deep weariness that no amount of rest could touch. I’d barely set foot on the Benton MacKaye Trail when I noticed the blister that wasn’t a blister. Squeezing the swollen lump on my foot, I watched in disbelief as a string of green and […]

Reflections

I got lost on the Florida Trail, and a month and a half later, found myself in Flagstaff, Arizona. I’d gotten used to being off social media, and coming back was a harder decision than it should have been. I’d had such a great time with so many incredible people that it felt disrespectful for […]

Eglin Air Force Base, Florida Trail

Eglin Air Force Base, a sanctuary of rolling hills, serene boardwalks, and quiet streams that soothe the soul, is one of my favorite sections of the Florida Trail.  It was here, amidst this tranquil landscape, that we reached two significant milestones: the 1,000-mile marker and the high point of the trail, a lofty Florida mountain […]

Hillcrest Baptist Church, Altha, FL 

I’d done everything that I came to do on the Florida Trail. Maybe I’d skipped some miles, but I intended on hiking those miles in the opposite direction in order to catch a flight to Las Vegas. A little flip-flop instead of hiking straight through. Because of the rain, I said goodbye to the bayview […]

Panama City Beach, Florida

It didn’t take us long to reach Navarre Beach once we realized that we couldn’t cut across the beach from Okaloosa Island. We had a few cocktails at Juana’s Pagodas, chased by several shots of tequila before we pressed on. Though it was a road walk, this was the part of the trail I’d been […]

Florida Trail Flip-Flop

My end-to-end hike of the Florida Trail turned into a flip-flop soon after St Mark’s National Wildlife Refuge. I caught a boat ride across the river, where I found Longshot, Nana Man, and Gas Monkey trying to win prize money by playing Cornhole against locals. The first place cash prize was suggested as going towards […]

Keystone Heights, Florida

We were on an abandoned forest road, drying out gear from the overnight condensation, listening to the whisper of the wind through the trees, when I realized that I hadn’t posted anything to social media in a while. Usually that meant that I wasn’t having fun, that I had zero desire to share the boring […]