Hike Bike Paddle Camp Florida with authors Sandra Friend and John Keatley as your guides

Summiting Lake Okeechobee’s High Point

January 22, 2014    Sandra Friend

In completing an end-to-end hike of the Florida Trail, I knew I’d need to fill a gap or two left behind at the Big O Hike. Despite having walked around Lake Okeechobee several times, I was missing a few miles. During the Big O Hike, the hike begins and ends at trailheads, and in all …

Sweep of Blue

November 20, 2011    Sandra Friend

At Port Mayaca, the shape of Lake Okeechobee is obvious, even at dawn, the curvature extending off to the horizon line at the only place in Florida with horizon to horizon views.