I hiked from Lake Okeechobee to the Atlantic along the Ocean to Lake Trail. I covered the 63 miles in 4 days over new year's eve. I originally wanted to do it in three, but am very glad I took the extra day. Conditions were unseasonably wet to say the least. The water and mud slowed my down and made the trip more difficult than I had anticipated. The only rain I got was a bit the first day. I'd say 75 to 80% of the trail had some amount of standing water. Still, I had a great time.
I was going to take along my lightest hammock, DIY from monolite. When I saw MikekiM's report that his monolite troubles, I took a different one instead. My pack weighed 24 pounds with all food and one liter of water, 8.2 pounds of which were food. I ended the hike with a bit of excess food, and some unworn clothing, so I suppose I could have saved a pound or so. I particularly enjoyed going to sleep under the stars and waking up to watch the dawn since I didn't have my tarp staked out.
1 Dupuis depth.jpg2 Main canal.jpg3 Corbett wet.jpg4 Bowman Island hang.jpg5 Pond crossing.jpg6 Lox tower view.jpg7 Lox wet.jpg8 Soggy soggy socks.jpg9 Canal filter.jpg10 Near beach.jpg11 Last morning.jpg12 Hobe Sound Beach.jpg
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