Hiking 20 Miles at Myakka River State Park with WILD BOAR 

Thank you so much for the kind words! I hope you have a great time at Mayaka River SP!

I was wondering how the beaches were in the Ft Meyers/Naples/Sanibel Island area...we almost drove down there just to take a look at it, we were fortunate to not loose any of our beach at Lido. Definitely a great place to bike! Seen some cool Manatee hangout areas up near Clearwater/St. Pete last year. Thanks for watching!

Yes sir! Get ready for this deep freeze, thanks James!

Yes it is! I actually saw three boar near the end of my hike but my GoPro decided to reboot right at that very moment, and I missed it all. Great trail to bike on that’s for sure! Thanks Tom.

Love the comfort of the 3's but I still think the 2's are better on my feet for running. I still can't decide on which to take on my 120 mile Palemetto Trail section hike in two weeks. I own five pairs of them now so that should get me through 2023. Hopefully I can get back on the FT next year, thanks Tom!

@@jasonwish- cool! Not my last video but the one titled Back to the FT is a section you may enjoy. You can actually take your family to River Ranch. Kicco south to Kissimmee Prairie Preserve is really nice. 👍😎

Thank you!

I had my eyes open for him! Definitely plenty of hiding places for him in there!

Ha! Yeah, no kidding! If was camping out down there for several days I would certainly attempt to have fresh pork over my campfire! Thanks Joel!

Definitely different and much warmer! I mainly don’t like spiders but didn’t really see any on that hike. I did see some HUGE ones on the Florida Trail a few years ago and believe me I was glad to be in my Duplex and not tarp camping!

I couldn't find anything else in that immediate area to hike that was more than a few miles. Hopefully when your there the tree top canopy walk thing is opened back up, it's pretty cool. Thanks AJ, hope you have great time down there!

You got that right! But it was still nice to get away from the beach for part of the day and see that area. Glad the hogs aren’t in our area!

We have some wild boar in Ohio in the Wayne National Forest but they try to eradicate them at the first sign. The first time I saw wild boar was just south of the Myakka State Park at T. Mabry Carlton Jr. Memorial Reserve. I ran a 15k race there a few years ago. Visited Myakka later in the day and ran a short loop off of State Park Road.

@@ripvanrevs yeah never really seen or heard of too many in Ohio thank goodness. Myakka is about the only good place to hike when I'm down in Sarasota...pretty cool place.

Thanks guys! The shoes never had time to fully dry out but close, definitely not as well as a Altra LP would. Fortunately we are looking at amazing spring like weather for our Palmetto hike, lows in the 40-50 and highs 60-70, can't wait!! The hardest part of running with the drone is that the mavic mini doesn't have follow me option so I have to get it on the right course and hold the controller stick forward at the right speed to match my pace all while not looking at it too much which would ruin the shot lol, kind of a pain but worth the effort in the end!

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Very cool place! I’ve been there probably a half dozen times and have seen and done about everything offered there except the backpacking loop, but it’s always been during the winter. The amount of wild boar running rampant there and the damage they cause is just mind boggling!

They do have live hog traps out near the busy public areas. Hopefully they’ll get to cleaning up the rest of the trail soon, it will be quite an undertaking. Thanks!

@@jasonwish- for sure! It’s too beautiful of a place to let the trail get overgrown.

Thanks! I've hiked there before and about a 110 miles of the Florida Trail....I'm a trail runner and fast packer so I always where shorts and trail runners while hiking and backpacking unless it's below 35 degrees. For me, pants and boots are for working on the farm 😁

Yeah I know those are very pleasant temps for Florida but when you come from 10 degrees in Ohio and have been aclimated to it for a month, 75 feels pretty hot. I normally hike in Florida during early to mid Feb to avoid the humidity and heat and it's alway a nice change from the brutal cold in Ohio. Thanks for watching and commenting!

Grew up in PA. I remember.

Thanks so much! Hope you had a great hike! I was wearing my Solomon ADV Skin 5 running vest with my DJI Mavic Mini Drone, two water flasks and a Platapus Quickdraw water filter and about 1000 calories of snacks. The fanny pack to carry my gopro 10 was from Lite AF. Happy New Year!

@jasonwish- thank you very much. Happy new year!

It certainly was, a warm one too!

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Yes, it is 100% gone. I’ve had it in both feet but never at the same time. I feel like it’s a combo of 4 things that healed it for me; diet, supplements, stretching and shoes. Best of luck to you, hopefully you can get back out there soon!

@@jasonwish- That's awesome to hear! The idea of being able to walk barefoot is pretty alien to me after a year and a half of PF, so it's definitely a boost of hope to hear that you can do that now. I haven't tried everything yet after all. Thank you for the encouraging words!

Sorry I do not know. I think you’re supposed to pay even if you walk in.

Where do you live? We are usually at Lido beach on the 2nd week of Jan every year...my folks are there right now for two more weeks.

@@jasonwish- we are in Bradenton.

Was just at Lido yesterday paddling the SUP's

indeed! I can only hope that I can still enjoy hiking in my 80's!

This was Jan 16, it was uncommonly cool out from the 14th-17th. There's no way I would ever hike there at 84! You would find me in a Kayak!

@Jason Wish yeah my bad, I guess I shouldn't assume that since the video was uploaded just uploaded that it just happened.

Can't run in boots! Not too worried about that during the winter...I'm sure they're there but I've never seen one in the 40+ years I've been going to Florida on vacation.

@@jasonwish- I never thought about it being winter. Figured snakes would be around all year round in Florida. I just figured for that particular kind of terrain. Some good hunting boots or snake boots might be okay. My legs were hurting looking at you. Walk through that stuff lol. I didn't know you like to run to. Mainly see you walking. Makes sense truly and I know you know what you're doing. I was just worried for you. Didn't want you snake bit nor your ankles cut up grass cuts can hurt like some b**** lol I'm kind of glad you didn't see any wild boar they can charge you for no reason whatsoever. Glad you made it out safe. Still good video even though I didn't get to see no alligators lmao

I did see several, but my camera froze up. I actually hiked 30 miles there again just a few weeks ago and I finally got several on film that will be in my next video this weekend!

indeed. We had the entire week together so having a six hour day hike was a nice break from the beach and pool 😉