Hey Tom -- I come across your name whenever I check Google Earth right before uploading my own photos. I looked at some of your blog and pics -- thought you must be visiting the same places we do, but you visit many more! You must take some serious hikes. My husband and I take our RV to many of the FL state parks (wonderful!). Anyway, nice work! Enjoy your hikes and take lots more pics! Joanne Wilson, aka Jomarlin.
January 23, 2011 at 11:00 AM
Anonymous said...
Great resource...thanks.
April 23, 2012 at 9:45 PM
Jackie said...
Came across your name on Google Earth, which led me to your blog. Your blog is so full of great, interesting information and pictures. The Google Earth posts are insightful, as well. Thanks for checking out the trails before I do, and thanks for your blog! Just bookmarked it!
Salkantay trek is the alternative to the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu was recently named among the 25 best Treks in the World, by National Geographic Adventure Travel Magazine.
March 13, 2017 at 10:32 AM
Welcome To My Website
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Please Note: I created these entries a few years ago when I was doing a lot of hiking and exploring. I have slowed down quite a bit lately, believe me, it is tough to get old! Most of the information will always be valid, but I’m sure some of the areas and information have changed over the years. Please consider my write-ups as “reference”, but I’m sure if you cover the ground that I have covered over the years, you will be as happy as I was. Get out and enjoy the outdoors, Tom 3-15-21
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I have created this website to help people become more familiar with what is available when wanting to enjoy the great outdoors. This site not only details many outdoor areas to enjoy, but it also helps you to become more comfortable with some of the tools and instruments currently available to help you feel more at ease while out and about. The main thing that has opened the world to me is the handheld GPS (not the car GPS), everyone should have one if they really want to get out and about. There are a few APPS on smartphones which take advantage of the phone's GPS chip, so you could use a smartphone if your really wanted to. One easy way to get use to using a GPS is by getting into the sport of “GEOCaching” (See GEOCaching - General Information). I am known in GEOCaching as "Frog Man" - if you want some tough caches, look me up! I hope you find this website helpful.
Use the "Quick Links" on the right side to look at list of webpages at any time or return to this page (Home Page).
I also used some external websites to store additional data. Here are those links to my data pages -
• All my recorded hikes – click here => Wikiloc Hikes
• Summary hunting calendar of some of the major areas – click here => WMA Hunting Calendar
Note: In many of my documents I refer to GPS coordinates (coords). I highly recommend that if you are not a Google Earth user that you read these two entries on this website about Google Earth.
• How-To: Using Google Earth for Hiking – click here
• How-To: Using GPS Coords in Google Earth – click here
Table of Contents
Below is listing of all the pages which make up this website. To go to a page, just click on the name (or right-click to allow using tabs) and you will be linked to the detail data page.
You can use the search box to search this website for information. Just enter the data you want to search for in the box and click on the “search” button. Any pages with a hit will be listed
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Close this window Jump to comment formHey Tom -- I come across your name whenever I check Google Earth right before uploading my own photos. I looked at some of your blog and pics -- thought you must be visiting the same places we do, but you visit many more! You must take some serious hikes. My husband and I take our RV to many of the FL state parks (wonderful!). Anyway, nice work! Enjoy your hikes and take lots more pics! Joanne Wilson, aka Jomarlin.
January 23, 2011 at 11:00 AM
Great resource...thanks.
April 23, 2012 at 9:45 PM
Came across your name on Google Earth, which led me to your blog. Your blog is so full of great, interesting information and pictures. The Google Earth posts are insightful, as well. Thanks for checking out the trails before I do, and thanks for your blog! Just bookmarked it!
July 6, 2013 at 12:11 AM
Salkantay trek is the alternative to the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu was recently named among the 25 best Treks in the World, by National Geographic Adventure Travel Magazine.
March 13, 2017 at 10:32 AM