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Seizing the Dream: Hiking Blue Spring State Park
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Florida based hiking, paddling, camping, RV and travel (click on photos for full size). Tuesday, December 30, 2014. Hiking Blue Spring State Park. We decided to wait until Monday to head out to Blue Spring State Park. The trail is very wide and well maintained, and starts out heading south through the woods. It shortly comes to an open area with palmettos and other plants on either side. There was a fallen log near the beginning of this section of the trail that was just about right for sitting o...As we...
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Seizing the Dream: Site Description
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Florida based hiking, paddling, camping, RV and travel (click on photos for full size). Tina and I love travel, seeing nature, and soaking up history. There are so many great places to see in this country that we're planning to retire early so we can spend a few years doing just that. This blog is all about the things we like to do, and the investment strategies that I use so we can do 'em. In this section I'll be sharing the information about our journeys. A friend of mine pointed out that Florida i...
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Seizing the Dream: Holder Mine Campground–Withlacoochee State Forest
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Florida based hiking, paddling, camping, RV and travel (click on photos for full size). Saturday, April 25, 2015. Holder Mine Campground–Withlacoochee State Forest. This is the first campground that we visited with our new pop up. We selected this site because of it’s proximity to some trails that we wanted to explore, as well as the fact that it had electricity available so we could run our air conditioner. Florida Trail “A” Loop. No First come first serve. No Zero bars with T-Mobile. Out in the Boonies.
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Seizing the Dream: Tillis Hill Campground–Withlacoochee State Forest
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Florida based hiking, paddling, camping, RV and travel (click on photos for full size). Thursday, May 14, 2015. Tillis Hill Campground–Withlacoochee State Forest. We selected this site because of it is within hiking distance of a series of caves that we wanted to visit. Like Holder Mine, this campsite is run by the forestry service, and there is a host site in the campground. Part of Citrus Tract “C” Loop. Yes Call the phone number on the website. Yes 4G with T-Mobile. 28728333, -82.415833. NP Campground...
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Seizing the Dream: Hiking to Buck Lake Tower
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Florida based hiking, paddling, camping, RV and travel (click on photos for full size). Sunday, August 16, 2015. Hiking to Buck Lake Tower. Buck Lake Conservation Area has several trails along the north side of Hwy 46, and today’s trip was the first of several to come as I explored this spot. Today’s hike was only about 3 miles; it is good for hiking and would be just as good for biking. Beyond this spot, the road is surrounded by fields of Pink Hibiscus that seem to go on for as far as the eye can see&#...
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Seizing the Dream: Hiking Withlacoochee State Forest–Jeep Cave
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Florida based hiking, paddling, camping, RV and travel (click on photos for full size). Tuesday, April 21, 2015. Hiking Withlacoochee State Forest–Jeep Cave. I read on the Florida Trailblazer. Blog that there were a lot of old Turpentine operations in this area, and I learned that a key thing to look for was a “ cat-faced pine. From here, the next landmark was the crossing of Forest Rd 13. Here the ecosystem made a big change from scrub to (what I like to call) jungle. The path narrowed quite a b...Still...
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Seizing the Dream: Trails
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Florida based hiking, paddling, camping, RV and travel (click on photos for full size). This index of trails and campgrounds is a handy reference for looking back in time or planning future hikes, or paddling trips. The paddling trails are prefaced (in the Hike Description) with "Paddling" to make it easier to see which ones they are; the rest are hiking trips. Bear Creek to Little Big Econ Forest. Bellamy Bridge Heritage Trail. Hiking the Bellamy Bridge Heritage Trail. Black Bear Wilderness Area. Hal Sc...
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