EXPLORE X 24

I chose a word for 2014 at the beginning of the year.

~Explore~

As most of you know, I keep a journal. I have kept one since the ‘70s! Wow! That’s a LONG time! Anyway, it comes in handy when you want to look back and document something special.

So it was fun to look back at all of our hikes and make a list. We did our first serious hike on November 10, 2013. So here we are 6 months later and we’ve gone on 24 hikes, each hike averaging 2 hours.

(this doesn’t count walks at Sholom park or  neighborhood ‘strolls’)

24 hikes in 6 months.

I feel kind of proud of what we’ve accomplished. We’ve gotten into better shape and enjoyed the great outdoors, too. Florida has so much to offer. I know hiking is probably not what you think about when you plan a vacation to Florida. But we live in the central part of the state near Ocala National Forest and many preserves so we want to take advantage of what we have close by.

I’m joining Beautiful Sunday,

Mosaic Monday,

 Amaze me Monday

and Tex for the Good Fences party!

Most of our hikes were taken at

 Ross Prairie State Forest,

Halpata Tastanaki Preserve,

the Cross Florida Greenway,

Pruitt Trailhead and

Silver Springs State Park.

And we have so many more we want to

EXPLORE!

Don’t let anything stop you!

Find a way to EXPLORE!