Florida Trail Hike--Eaton trail road N Across CR314 deep into vicious Ocala National Forest Video 2

Getting back to hiking the Florida Trail North in the Ocala National Forest. It was a beautiful hike on a hotter day than I had anticipated. I had my hiking pants with boot blowers and bug netting in my backpack in case I ever thought I would need them. Stupid me, I never pulled them out. Everything seemed AOK but boy was I wrong!

In the summer the Florida Trail is not hikable because of heat, bugs and sometimes weeks of rain. I guess I extended my welcome in to Florida's Ocala National Forest one hike too many. I even ran out of water.

On Monday May 10th the stars aligned for what I thought would be one last great hike North of CR 314 on the Florida Trail through the Ocala National Forest. The result was a nightmare of bug bites and what I can only call chigger-mageddon. I'm surprised I did not have to fumigate my home as I infested our laundry hamper, my shower, and my body with a chigger and bug bite nightmare.

Needless to say there may be no further hikes into the Ocala National Forest until November 2021 god willing. Here is the critter:

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