I’d been saving this one for a nice day off. Alafia River State Park has a great system of mountain bike trails, probably the best in Florida. I’ve been here once before to go riding. I tried to take some videos with my phone on my handle bar phone holder but it came out too shaky. You can see some videos of the trails here, https://alafiatrails.com/ After doing some riding, I had lunch and then setup the radio. I used the Wolf River Coil on 40m first. I could hear people really well but they weren’t hearing me. I got 5 contacts pretty quick, but then nothing so I setup…

On the way back I stopped at K-4633 Okaloacoochee Slough State Forest. I only attempted to pronounce it once, the other ham said they can’t pronounce words like that up north. This one is well north of I-75 and about 10 miles down Keri Rd, which is an unpopulated road so it was a really nice drive. There were multiple entrances to the park, I picked one that looked nice on google earth. I paid another $2 entry fee and drove down the road for awhile. Really nice views. I was on a conference call for work with a guy from England, one from New Zealand and a group in…

State Forests are my favorite type of activation. Hardly anyone around and they’re massive (the two things are probably related). This one is accessed via a bridge east of Naples, FL that goes over I-75 (it’s not publicly accessible from I-75). Another half mile or so from the entrance is the fee station and info booth. ($2 fee per person) Then its on a road that looks to go on forever. Six miles down this road, I made a left. An overhead view of this state forest shows a grid of roads like it was planned as a residential area. My plan was to active K-3618 Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State…