I'm looking for some suggestions for some nice FT sections to hike, in what I guess you might call the mid section of the trail.... reachable from near Jacksonville for weekend or long weekend type trips
1-2 nights at first
or 5 nights or so later
I'm wanting to get back into backpacking, ultimately to do some week long sections of the AT or BMT...someplace up in the mountains.
It really doesn't interest me to hike flatlands all that much, but I do need some gear shakedown experience and some "practice hikes".
I know there are some beautiful and even hilly areas, over near ocala and up in the panhandle area too. I've tailgate camped and RV'd with the family in a few nice areas (O'Leno SP & Suwanee River SP come to mind). Maybe this experience will open my eyes more for Florida