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Manatees! Yes, snorkeled with them at the Three Sisters Spring, Crystal River last winter. It was great, the kids loved it.
Visiting any of the Springs is great fun. Florida has a lot of natural beauty, go where the Floridians go.
I enjoy the Everglades, but it might not be for everyone. Don't go there in the summer time, the mosquitos will tear you apart.
Something I have always wanted to do but have not gotten around to yet is the Everglades Wilderness Waterway. This would be a week long paddle trip through the Everglade wilderness. You sleep on 'chickees.' Here is more info...
nps.gov/ever/upload/Wilderness_Trip_Planner_2009.pdf“Of all sad words of tongue or pen,
the saddest are these, 'It might have been.”
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max.patch wrote:
i'd say the "at specific" idea is a failure.
perhaps a different background color would help.
Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.
Dr. Seuss -
REstart.Be wise enough to walk away from the nonsense around you!
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Astro wrote:
SarcasmTheElf wrote:
Drybones wrote:
Da Wolf wrote:
for most thru-hikers it is
I usually only do it when I am trying to get a head start in the morning or it ends up taking me longer than expected in the evening.
Here is my take on night hiking... I ran into a "unexpected event" in the pine barrens where it was clearly too cold for Rugby.. about 1 or 2AM the temps dropped below 32° even though there was no snow or anything. He wimpered way too much, he would not stay on the pad or under the "wrap" - no clouds and a full moon. So I took a look and it was 7+miles back to the car. So as long as he is moving and I we were warm. I packed the hammock and we "bugged out." The faster we moved the warmer we were. Rugby was very happy to move and not complain. We got back to the car I heated it by running the engine and woke up around 6-7AM apparently it was much colder in the teens. But the night hike was memorable - the owls hooted and the other animals coughed - and the low in the sky moon made much of the trip in the woods reasonable. This was a confidence builder.Be wise enough to walk away from the nonsense around you! -
JimBlue wrote:
sheepdog wrote:
do snakes eyes glow in the dark like other critters?
Snakes don't need it as they are scent hunters and can see part way into the infrared/heat part of the visible spectrum.
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max.patch wrote:
Drybones wrote:
max.patch wrote:
Astro wrote:
SarcasmTheElf wrote:
Drybones wrote:
Da Wolf wrote:
for most thru-hikers it is
I suspect that the flaw in your theory is that you are incorrectly using distance as the metric to gauge efficiency. The Enjoyment itself is in fact the operative metric.Dogs are excellent judges of character, this fact goes a long way toward explaining why some people don't like being around them. -
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rafe wrote:
IMScotty wrote:
I've night hiked in the Rainforests of Costa Rica. Trust me, the snakes are out at night! Never saw their eyes glow, but the spiders.... Millions of glowing spider eyes were staring back at me.
Oh, and if you are into glowing eyes... check out the gators in the Everglades at night. Yikes!
I may grow old but I'll never grow up. -
Drybones wrote:
rafe wrote:
IMScotty wrote:
I've night hiked in the Rainforests of Costa Rica. Trust me, the snakes are out at night! Never saw their eyes glow, but the spiders.... Millions of glowing spider eyes were staring back at me.
Oh, and if you are into glowing eyes... check out the gators in the Everglades at night. Yikes!
I may grow old but I'll never grow up. -
If you spend months hanging out in the woods and don't come away with a deeper understanding and appreciation of nature, you miss something important. If you walk at night, you probably miss things you would notice in daylight, but you might see something nocturnal if you are lucky. So far, I have not. I would like to go back and see Clarence Fahnestock Memorial State Park in daylight.I am human and I need to be loved - just like everybody else does
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Astro wrote:
SarcasmTheElf wrote:
Drybones wrote:
Da Wolf wrote:
for most thru-hikers it is
I usually only do it when I am trying to get a head start in the morning or it ends up taking me longer than expected in the evening.
However as a previous poster wrote, daylight hiking allows for a fuller appreciation of a trail's wonders.
Lest we forget.....
SSgt Ray Rangel - USAF
SrA Elizabeth Loncki - USAF
PFC Adam Harris - USA
MSgt Eden Pearl - USMC -
My favorite "day" hike was a 9 mile night hike with torrential rain in the Dugger Mt. wilderness, had been raining for several days, 6" streams became 5' streams with fast moving water...it was different and not boring.I may grow old but I'll never grow up.
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I kind of wish I had pictures of the "April Fools Hike" in the pine barrens. A huge favorite as the leader of the group won't tell you where you are going... and it isn't always a trail, its mostly bush wackin.Be wise enough to walk away from the nonsense around you!
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max.patch wrote:
while the internet troublemakers succeeded in stirring up the forums, they created a real world problem. well meaning people would actually call and write the atc and ask those same questions as they honestly did not want to void their status as thru hikers. the atc did not want to be put in the position of telling one person that their 4 days off was ok and tell the next that their 5 days off was not. so they added the calendar year caveat (note-without looking i do not recall if the atc said "calendar year" or just "year". i have used calendar year in my response as that is what you referrred to).
I've always wondered (not) if you get to hike for 366 days and still be a cyber thru if it's a leap year.
The other one i liked (not) is the whole slack pack weirdness. Cyber thrus seem to want a pack weight minimum.
I also like the thread drift in this one, to night hiking and then to snakes, fabulous. -
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A.T.Lt wrote:
I think I hike faster and more efficient at night. Probably because with a head lamp you have more tunnel vision. Not taking in whats around you and just focussing on the path thats illuminated in front of you. No distractions.
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TrafficJam wrote:
A.T.Lt wrote:
I think I hike faster and more efficient at night. Probably because with a head lamp you have more tunnel vision. Not taking in whats around you and just focussing on the path thats illuminated in front of you. No distractions.
The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
Richard Ewell, CSA General -
TrafficJam wrote:
A.T.Lt wrote:
I think I hike faster and more efficient at night. Probably because with a head lamp you have more tunnel vision. Not taking in whats around you and just focussing on the path thats illuminated in front of you. No distractions.
I may grow old but I'll never grow up. -
Drybones wrote:
TrafficJam wrote:
A.T.Lt wrote:
I think I hike faster and more efficient at night. Probably because with a head lamp you have more tunnel vision. Not taking in whats around you and just focussing on the path thats illuminated in front of you. No distractions.
Lest we forget.....
SSgt Ray Rangel - USAF
SrA Elizabeth Loncki - USAF
PFC Adam Harris - USA
MSgt Eden Pearl - USMC -
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Got a short night hike planned for Friday night to Blue Mountain Shelter (2.1 miles)on the Pinhoti, continue on Saturday and Sunday. The shelter at Blue Mountain is a little unique, has a second level and "runways" on the sides entering for cooking and such.I may grow old but I'll never grow up.
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Drybones wrote:
Got a short night hike planned for Friday night to Blue Mountain Shelter (2.1 miles)on the Pinhoti, continue on Saturday and Sunday. The shelter at Blue Mountain is a little unique, has a second level and "runways" on the sides entering for cooking and such.
Oh, I thought you were going to say there were runways for the mice.--
"What do you mean its sunrise already ?!", me. -
TrafficJam wrote:
A.T.Lt wrote:
I think I hike faster and more efficient at night. Probably because with a head lamp you have more tunnel vision. Not taking in whats around you and just focussing on the path thats illuminated in front of you. No distractions.
Lest we forget.....
SSgt Ray Rangel - USAF
SrA Elizabeth Loncki - USAF
PFC Adam Harris - USA
MSgt Eden Pearl - USMC -
Sounds like you need a brighter light.I am human and I need to be loved - just like everybody else does
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WanderingStovie wrote:
Sounds like you need a brighter light.
Lest we forget.....
SSgt Ray Rangel - USAF
SrA Elizabeth Loncki - USAF
PFC Adam Harris - USA
MSgt Eden Pearl - USMC -
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