@@HomemadeWanderlust Well... You do know that Gatorade was invented at the University of Florida in Gainesville by Dr Cade to hydrate the Gator football team. My Father worked in the Nuclear science department there and helped with some other experiments that Dr Cade directed in medical areas. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Cade
Remember the area you are hiking through was not covered with ice during the last ice age, it was an island. So many species survived on the Central Ridge of Florida that didn't elsewhere!
I love the scene where the birds are sitting in the bare trees silhouetted by the sunset. Reminds me of the vultures sitting in the tree on the jungle book animated movie.
When people think of Florida, they imagine the coastal beaches and cities. The interior is wild! I've seen more variety of wildlife in Florida, than any of the other 48 states. Bald eagle are scavengers and very common to see in Florida.
loving your shared walk threw Florida series i have watched all of them, on my one hour lunch break i would walk and run on the trail around Eglin Air force base in the pan handle Monday threw Friday, my trucking route took me from Jacksonville to Defuniak springs then back to jacksonville in the same day . retired now i plan on hiking some of the Florida trail and find your trek most inspiring . thanks for sharing Vernon
You viewed and documented more species of birds in this episode than some folks see in their lifetime. I love that background music. Just like being at the show....You are really living your life to the absolute fullest.
"Red touch black? Good for Jack! Red touch yellow? Kill a fellow!" Red touch black is a banded corn snake. Red touch yellow is the coral snake, deadly poisonous! Another great video!
@@stevecounts325 A "banded" corn snake is a selectively bred captive morph (sometimes also called "striped" corn snake). It is not actually an identifying name for a species of snake. The only other wild species of snakes in Florida that have similar color and patterning to a coral snakes are the scarlet kingsnake (Lampropeltis triangulum) and scarletsnake (Cemophora coccinea). Cornsnakes (even with a banded morph) look nothing like a coral.
Gorgeous gorgeous footage and editing! Professional documentarians on the cusp of national fame...thank you so much for sharing these stunning scenes w us. The Florida tourism board needs to start sending you weekly checks!!!
I am so glad that Florida is putting on the best show for you Dixie it is really a beautiful wildlife place that is what is left of it there is so much development going on it is crazy. I have lived here for 57 years and seen it go from nothing to so much city life.
A may be wrong but the really big bird you saw ( when you got stuck in the railing) looked a lot like a juvenile bald Eagle. This was just such a lovely video. I love your care and appreciation of the wildlife.
I believe you are right! I actually thought "that looks like a golden eagle" (which of course doesn't make sense given the locale), then I did a search and it's uncanny how similar a juvenile bald eagle looks like them (especially at the range in the video) -- plus on top of that I know absolutely nothing about birds haha
Dixie thank you so very much for taken your time to do what you do and to show people the trails you taken in the pass years. I pray one day that I would meet you in person.
Looks like I missed this video before I watched your Florida Magic section a few days back. I can't even put into words how awesome I think it is that you are doing the "tour de Florida". I have been an Orlando native for 40 years, so by far my favorite parts were your walk through the Orlando Wetlands Park, and a SpaceX launch! Big Tree Park, Wekiva River... You were practically in my back yard for this and your trip through the Ocala Forrest. Many MANY sunburns gotten at Alexander Springs in my time. I love my state, and I am so happy you got to experience it as nature intended. PS: That wasn't a very big gator...
Great job, Dixie. I like how you highlight so much of the bird life. Right now here in Englewood, FL the birds are everywhere and some are doing their mating rituals. A great variety and they put on a daily show for me.
In March 2010 my husband and I camped in a state park in I believe (north or central) Florida. Sleeping safely in the bed of the pickup truck with a cap I awoke needing to head to the lateen. Remembering the cautions to STAY ON THE TRAILS I headed out. I absolutely felt transported to Jurassic Park as I made my way, hearing croaking, chirping, and dripping vines then even saw glowing eyes. I’ll never forget it.
The best part of just finding your channel is that I could watch a whole bunch of videos! But now that I've seen nearly all of them I need to WAIT for new ones 😭😭 Always excited to get the notification of a new video of yours!
I lived in winter haven Florida back in 01' for a year & it was awesome I absolutely loved it, everything about the state. I hope I can revisit someday, the further south you go into Florida the more beautiful it gets. The Keys & Dry Tortugas Fort Jefferson on an island 70 miles out in the ocean, tour was very cool experience you could see dolphins jumping up out of the water! It was like paradise to me, those were my favorite places to go. Lastly not sure still if they are doing glass bottom boat tours or not but another thing fun to do.😀👍💖🌷
Gators are always more scared of a human unless a) you’re by their nest or b)they’ve been fed by humans. Btw I live in Polk county Florida.Lakeland to be exact.I’m paralyzed now so I’ll never get the chance to do this now so thanks for showing me🙂
I would think there could be many reasons one alligator would run and another might not. Unless a gator whisperer, does it really matter why? All you can do is keep on keeping on. Maybe whistle loudly?
Dixie, what a beautiful vid depicting the less seen aspects of Florida. It's better than a chamber of commerce vid. Thanks so much for sharing how you see Florida.
I hiked a 30-mile stretch of the Florida Trail last year from the Ocala National Forest to the Seminole State forest and I got so excited seeing you guys walk through the same parts. It really is like Jurassic Park lol. I'm truly gonna miss it when I move :(
WOW !! Coral Snakes on one side, road walking on the other. Watch your step and glad you're not alone. It seems always others you have to watch out for.
Yup...pink birds look like Roseate Spoonbills. So much wildlife in middle Florida! Marty showing a deep and abiding love for the outdoors...yes! Y'all seem to be having a blast.
Loved this--as usual. Plenty of reminders of a past home. Even the dreaded spanish moss. So pretty, yet so destructive. Glad to see Dixie enjoying the hike.
This series is so exceptional in that it gives me an experience that I don't want to have live and in person but am so glad I get to see from y'all's perspective. It's really been gorgeously filmed and I really look forward to each new video!
I 100% agree with you!! The whole time I was hiking the Florida Trail I said dozens of times, "this is the Jurassic Park Trail!" The reptiles, the birds, the bugs, the plants, the sounds, everything! All it needs is a little rebranding and if anyone can make it stick, I believe you can! Keep pushing that new Trail Name for the FT Dixie!! I have faith in you!
That's freaking awesome that you got to see a Spacex night launch out on the trail! Which reminds me, shit! I forgot about the night launch this evening!!
Just saw a coral snake for the first time myself out here a couple weeks ago on a gravel road trail! So much wildlife out & about right now, love seeing you explore the FT.
Wow, there are backpacking video channels, and then there is Homemade Wanderlust. The quality of this video, both content and the way it is shot, is just light years ahead of others. This is wildlife photography in the disguise of a backpacking video. I lost count of the different animal species in here. Just amazing. So fascinating and beautiful. I won't even go for the obvious "Florida woman" joke about that cypress tree.
Bald Eagles are scavengers that's why Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild Turkeys the national bird because they were smart, crafty and hard to get.
My first ever backpacking trip was in the Ocala National Forest. Started at The 88 Store and went north to Rodman. Beautiful spot! Love seeing your videos!
The bald eagle is an opportunistic scavenger. That's why they are so successful in most of our continent. It's also why Benjamin Franklin did not want the bald eagle as our national bird but the turkey. However put them side by side and I think the bald eagle wins for tough looking cool looking birds. I am loving this episode of your trip thank you
You make such beautiful videos Dixie, and I always learn so much along the way. They get better and better too. Enjoyed the history parts too, since knowing how things came to be, is really interesting.
Thanks so much for taking us along with you, your videos are incredible! Love your photo/video skills! I believe the big bird that you got stuck in the guard rail for was an immature eagle. Big beautiful birds for sure!
Here are the birds I could see well enough to identify (or at least make a good guess) 0:47 Barred owl - Strix varia ??? Dixie says probably not flamingos, possible spoonbills. Also consider Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber, a South American species introduced into Florida) hybridized with a white ibis (Eudocimus albus). These birds come in various shades of pink. 5:50 Anhingas - Anhinga anbinga They look similar to cormorants but have orange feet. 6:23 Common moorhen - Gallinula chloropus 9:18 Little blue heron - Egret caerulea 13:28 Sandhill crane - Grus canadensis 13:33 (and maybe the identified big bird in the tree earlier) Bald eagle - Heliaeatus leucocephalus. Bald eagles eat mainly fish that they catch themselves or more often steal from Osprey. They also eat a lot of road kill. Ben Franklin is supposed to have said bald eagles are a poor choice for the national bird given its behavior -- stealing from other birds and eating carrion. He said they should be called "Fish eagles." 13:54 Black vulture ー Coragyps atratus 15:07 Great blue heron - Area herodias
5:10 Those are Roseate Spoonbills. My wife and I used to live on the northeast side of Orlando and we have many fond memories of the Orlando Wetlands Park. It was lovely to see it again in your video.
Great video. Thanks for including so many animals, and birds. I liked the time-lapse starry sky. The eagle! And a NASA rocket night launch or something. Wonderful content and editing. Thank you, thank you.
I think you saw more wildlife in this one section than you’ve seen on complete trails. I was so proud of you for coming up with “Spoonbill!” Birds are dinosaurs. LOL I think the big one was a juvenile Bald Eagle. And the Eagle trying to steal the black vulture’s meal is kind of a metaphor for how the USA came to exist. Your photography/videography skills have improved so much. So have Aaron’s! Thanks for taking me along. ❤️
Hoo-wee. 0:58 Venomous coral snake. "Red touches yellow: kill a fellow." The look-alike but non-venomous kingsnake, however: "Red touches black: good for Jack." 12:54 looks like an immature (juvenile) bald eagle (note the yellow legs and feet - osprey legs and feet are white). Your analogy of Jurassic Park seems apt. Plenty of dino descendants along the trail, to be sure. Stay safe, and Happy Trails.
Heading down on Monday from Wisconsin via car and hope to do some of the FT...especially near Ocala and rice springs along with my nephew...great to watch these in prep...nicely done
“Like a dog puking” and then she makes the noises😂😍 . That dinosaur 🐊 was thinking “just having a snooze and along come some pesky Humans - yup time to leave”. I love the classical music you selected for this episode. 💕
Thanks for showing the side of Florida not many get to see, and showing the true personality of alligators, which generally want to stay well clear of humans. Looking forward to seeing your view of the Ocala section, my personal favorite!
You young lady have set the bar for hiking videos! If mine were half as good then I’d count myself doing pretty darn well😁 Love the “documentary” music😄 Keep on truckin’ Dixie!
I recall riding on the General James A. Van Fleet trail through the Green Swamp, and seeing the gopher tortoise burrows along the side of the trail. But if you want to be sure to see some, go to Crooked River State Park just outside St. Marys, GA.
