View this post on Instagram This was an exciting encounter near our Little Rain Lake Preserve in Clay county. Our land manager, Matt Greene, was present during this encounter while on a Christmas Bird Count with a group. Matt mentioned this is the largest Florida black bear he has encountered. Florida black bear presence is […]
24. Van ‘Nemo’ Tran | Community Outreach Manager FTA
View this post on Instagram This year’s FTA Volunteer T-shirts are currently en route to 500 well-deserving volunteers who have dedicated their time and energy to supporting and maintaining the FT last season. 🙏 Pictured here is a stack of a 1/5 of the Thank You packages we’ve shipped out. We’re grateful for all of […]
23. Bryan Galvin & Heather Bolint | PlasTrek 2019
View this post on Instagram Honored to have been interviewed by @wjhgtv in Panama City! We are on the last leg of our awareness trek, hoping to make it to Pensacola in the next 5-6 days! Keep following and keep refusing plastic!! Link to the story in our bio ☝️☝️ #saynotoplastic #refuseplastic A post shared […]
22. Sean ‘Run Bum’ Blanton | Wild Florida 120
View this post on Instagram At 10 am est today 225 spots open for the WILD FLORIDA 120 Mile Trail run on Jan 31, 2020. It’s point to point and on some of the most remote, untouched, and wild trails in the south. They’ve never had a race on them. You’ll see more views and […]
21. Keith Curry-Pochy
View this post on Instagram Give me wide open spaces and dark skies. Being out on the marl prairie at night with a clear sky, surrounded by the symphony of the swamp, is one of my favorite places to be. Florida is lucky to have two @idadarksky parks, Kissimmee Prairie and Big Cypress. #bigcypress #darkskypark […]
19. One Year Podcast-aversary!
View this post on Instagram Over the creek and through the swamp to Eglin AFB we go… . #floridatrailthursday #floridatrail #hikeflorida #floridahikes #orangeblaze #floridapanhandle #roamflorida #exploreflorida #sheexplores #floridaexplored #nokuse #hikertrash #floridaliving #flamingomag #emeraldcoast #northflorida #hikingtrails #ftha #ftthruhike #girlswhohikefl #girlswhohike #hikeitflorida A post shared by Misti Little (@orangeblazepodcast) on Apr 25, 2019 at 6:41am PDT Music: […]
15. LP ‘Lil’ Buddha’ Kiatoukaysy
View this post on Instagram There aren’t many thru-hikers or adventurers that impress me more than, as I like to call him, the GOAT (Greatest Of All Time) named Billy. It’s ironic that we still have never met on the Pacific Crest Trail or John Muir Trail, given both of our repeat offender status on […]
14. Eleni ‘Moss’ McDaniel
View this post on Instagram What a wonderful, wild weekend. Billy Goat Day is always full of surprises and new friends. We have such a good crew on the trail this year it was a real pleasure to finally match faces with names. @floridahikes #ftthruhike #floridatrail A post shared by Eleni (Mac) (@mac_eleni_moss) on Jan […]
12: Dan ‘Chopsticks’ Munsell
View this post on Instagram So it ends. I arrived at Fort Pickens this evening just as the sun slipped below the horizon. Ending my NOBO thru and setting a new self supported fastest known time (FKT) of the Florida National Scenic Trail. 24 days 11 hours 45 minutes. I left the southern terminus on […]
11: Out on the Trail | Stories from the Florida Trail
View this post on Instagram I know it’s a bit early but I’m ready to jump on the Best 9 bandwagon for the year. From a whirlwind idea in late February last year to launching the podcast in May, it’s been a great first half year of sharing stories from the Florida Trail (and other […]