Megan Eno @ November 30, 2006 # No Comment Yet
F- Troop Volunteer Trail Crew
Trail Maintenance Work Party
Friday – Sunday December 8th – 10th, 2006
Econfina Wildlife Management Area, north of Panama CityÂÂ
Sponsored by a partnership with the Florida Trail Association and the USDA Forest Service
There are three main goals of the F-Troop: 1.) Be safe 2.) Have fun 3.) Get dirty!
By keeping these goals in mind [...]
Megan Eno @ November 28, 2006 # No Comment Yet
 See the photo gallery of F-Troop’s successful Monkey Creek Bridge project on www.floridatrail.org
FTA Staff @ November 28, 2006 # No Comment Yet
Robert Hughes, outdoor columnist for Florida Today, takes a hike on the lightly-used Seminole section of the Florida Trail. Article: Soggy Depths Morph into Sugary Heights published Nov 20.
On Nov 12, Robert recounted his Loop Road hike in Walk and Sleep With the Fishes. Stop by his column and leave a comment on his hikes!
FTA Staff @ November 28, 2006 # One Comment
Nice story on the front of section B last Sunday during the Big O Hike. Mike Clary and a photographer walked with us, and a prior story (prior to the hike) brought quite a few people out from the coast for the Wimp Walk. More than 120 people participated the first day, with 30 finishing [...]
FTA Staff @ November 16, 2006 # No Comment Yet
Submittal Name  Francis Keenan
Title                    Section Leader
Phone                (352) 787-8654
Email                  fkeenan@earthlink.net
Map No.              21-Cassia
Perm. Change?   Yes
Effective Date     11/16/2006
The “Royal Trails” segment of Section 21-Cassia is closed due to development until further notice pending trail re-routing.Â
Alternative route for northbound hikers: After leaving SR44 onto Royal Trails Rd continue north on the paved road for 2 miles then turn [...]
Megan Eno @ November 15, 2006 # No Comment Yet
I headed out to Monkey Creek this past weekend to see what the crew was up to. Here are some of the photos from the project. This one is our Fall 2006 FTA North Trail Crew, SCA volunteers who worked together before F-Troop started in order to get these hard-core bridge abutments built for the [...]
Megan Eno @ November 15, 2006 # No Comment Yet
Someone needs to stay at base camp at “mind the store” … and who could be better than Apalachee chapter member  Linda “Earthworm” Patton at keeping the mess hall clean? I was surprised at just how far a walk it was from base camp to the project site … the crew is certainly getting its exercise [...]
Megan Eno @ November 15, 2006 # No Comment Yet
Ian Barlow and friends figure out the intricacies of rigging to lift the bridge into place. This will be the toughest part of the project.
Megan Eno @ November 15, 2006 # No Comment Yet
The eighty foot suspension bridge came in pre-fab sections that had to be fitted together. From the side, the trusses looked a heck of a lot like a giant playpen.
Megan Eno @ November 15, 2006 # No Comment Yet
Two volunteers chip bark off a pine tree felled for a spar pole for the rigging required to lift the pre-built bridge into place over Monkey Creek. The one not looking at the camera is our own Judd Goodlin, GIS Analyst in the Tallahassee office, who spent his weekend on F-Troop.