My Hiking Series! Let’s get Started!

I’ve been hiking so much more now that the weather is perfect here in Florida! So I thought I would do a hiking series to share some of my ‘best’ pics from each hike.

But then I thought I would show you what I take on each of my hikes.

Do these skinny trees make me look fat? heeheehee!

I like to take this sweet guy! And he likes to take a mono pod for his camera. (he also carries a man bag with about a hundred items inside that I won’t try to show you here…kind of a boy scout, be prepared for anything and everything kind of bag)

I’ll just show you what I carry.

Let’s take a little inventory.

A bottle of water, a whistle around my neck, pepper spray tied on my belt loop and my camera with a wide strap.

I wear a cap, and in my pockets I carry my phone, keys, a tissue and cough drop. In the bag I carry the water and an extra tissue.

Sometimes I use a walking stick too but you’ll just have to use your imagination for that.

I hike for fun. I don’t walk a certain distance or even for a specified amount of time. I stop and take pics and that can determine how far I walk before I turn around. My hikes are usually between 1 hour and 2 hours long.

My insulated snack bag is in the car, snacks AND extra water. Sometimes I carry my little bag of nuts with me.

I have an extra sweatshirt in my car. I also keep this in the car but only use it when the weather is hot and bugs are out. (don’t really need it in the winter months)

We LOVE maps so let’s look at these before we leave!

So many great places close by!

Where will we go today?

Thanks to Laurie from In My Dream I see for the idea for my button!

Grab your cap and a good pair of sunglasses and let’s GO!!!

And for all my mosaic buddies, come back tomorrow for the first ‘real’ hike in my new series!

I’m joining Angie for Mosaic Monday HERE.