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Seventh Wednesday Winter Wander PDF Print E-mail
February 20, 2008 at TOSOHATCHEE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA
Rachael Augspurg, Central Chapter
Winter Wander Group
Participants of the 7th Wednesday Winter Wander of 2008

As we gathered Wed morning, deep in the Tosohatchee near the old Beehead Ranch, the returning space shuttle greeted us with a double sonic boom, a blast from the past, present, and future. Forty five wanderers headed out on the Swamp Spur trail which as its name implies was a bit soggy at first but soon the trail was dry and stayed that way all day. In less than a mile we were on the Florida National Scenic Trail headed south. The weather was perfect and the eight-mile wander was a good one. Paul Palmer was the lead hiker and kept the group moving at a very comfortable pace and he knocked down the spider webs too.

The first part of the loop was in sabal palm hammock and the middle part was through a forest of large, old, slash pines and wiregrass. The last part was back in the palm trees. We had lunch at the Tiger Branch campsite complete with a picnic table, benches, water pump and port-a-john. Life is good!
 
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