With the cold weather finally here, I drove north and hiked the Wright's Lake Loop Trail again. It's looking a little rough, needs some trail TLC, but it's still perfectly hike-able. Tried out new gaiters and permethrin-treated clothes, and the ticks didn't seem to like that at all, which means that I did like these items quite a lot. Why gaiters? Boots aren't high enough to tuck pants legs in, so gaiters just sealed up everything and kept the little creepy-crawlies out. Treated the gaiters and boots with permethrin as well!
Brought along the FT-70, and made a few contacts through the local SARNET-FL repeater. When I first pulled up to the user pay kiosk, the campground host saw my call sign hat and immediately asked if I could help him with his Baofeng radio. Well yeah, of course. He's not licensed, but enjoys scanning for and listening in on deer hunters, and now he can listen in on SARNET-FL as well (nb: I didn't program in the CTCSS tone code, so there's no chance of him transmitting into it).
Not a lot else to say beyond some earlier posts (1, 2, 3). Here's pic of the bridge over Coffee Creek, a full four feet less water than I've earlier seen it. Not much of a creek today, just a slowly meandering remnant in the bottom of the streambed.
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