Started off the weekend at Withlacoochee River Park for the local FL Trail chapter's National Trails day event. There was a reasonable turnout, but mainlymembers. I just don't think that expecting the non hiking public to turn up for such events is realistic unless there is some other massive draw, like the bicycle trail opening I went to recently in Blountstown. Free barbeque dinner seems to pull in a crowd!
The event was OK though, we took a little hike, and the dignitaries were almost through with the speeches before the tornado sirens started wailing an oncoming storm. It rained hard and the wind whipped around for a while, but no major damage.
After the Trails event I continued on up to Lake Norris to join the gang for a car camping weekend. It was almost dinner time by the time I found them. The kayak plans for the day had basically been abandonned due to the wind and rain all day, but a couple of people had gone out anyway. Ian, Charles, Mary and MichaelAnn had just just hung out all day at the campsite, cooked out, and had a few adult beverages by all accounts. They were in good spirits and we had a great evening in the old barn.
This morning, when everyone else cleared out, Mary and I took a nice long walk on the blazed FL Trail. This trail isn't in any of my maps or books, but is obviously maintained, and possibly a future piece of off road trail waiting to be connected into the main contiguous trail.
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