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Pa-hay-okee Overlook Trail- Everglades National Park
As I prepped for our trip to the Everglades and reviewed which trails to hike, this one did not come up. The trail is almost entirely boardwalk and had been closed for most of 2025 for an extensive renovation, reopening in January 2026, just before our visit. Pa-hay-okee is a Seminole phrase that means grassy…
The Ohio River Bluffs Trail, Ohio River Bluffs Nature Preserve – Manchester, Ohio
Our middle daughter texted us and expressed interest in an Easter hike, and even had a link to a venue – Ohio River Bluffs Nature Preserve. I was not familiar with the preserve, but I knew the parent organization well – The Arc of Appalachia – truly a peak performer of land conservation in southern…
The Gorge Trail, Caesar Creek State Park – Waynesville, Ohio
The Gorge Trail was Plan C. We started our morning thinking that we would hike Culberson Woods State Nature Preserve in Clarksville, Ohio. I was interested to see what spring ephemeral flowers lived in the “Wet Beech Forest”. We had hiked there in the summer of 2022 and knew that it was a quality old-growth…