FloridaTrail summer 16

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Contents Departments and Features

DEPARTMENTS

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5 President’s Message

18 Trail Talk

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20 Volunteer Spotlight

19 Loxahatchee Leap

Hiking History

12 Suncoast Stride

25 Loxahatchee Lowdown

13 Trekking the Trail

26 Volunteer Chapters

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FEATURES 5 Honoring the Past. Blazing the Future.

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by Sandra Friend

by Carlos Schomaker

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Across Deseret

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by Sandra Friend

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In Search of Lightning Bugs

20 Don Mock

Florida Trail History

by Gordy Hawkins

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13 Sunshine and TrailMix’s Grand Adventure Reflections of

Walking a Railroad Gone Wild

by Gail Irwin & Dave Cook

Sandhill Chapter

by Karl Borton

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25 Partnering with Trail Runners to Support the FTA by John Fenner

Two Florida Trail Thru-Hikers by Karl Borton

Activity Leader Alan Collins Turns 90

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25 Footprint

Summer 2016

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