{"id":322,"date":"2025-07-10T20:39:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T00:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/?p=322"},"modified":"2025-07-10T20:39:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T00:39:55","slug":"great-hike-through-rural-america-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/?p=322","title":{"rendered":"Great hike through rural America today!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With great support from John and Marion today, I was able to hike 17.5 miles from Brown\u2019s Grocery in Holt (SOBO mile 67.3) to the Pearl Trailhead at 84.8 on the northern edge of Eglin AFB. After reviewing the PAM (public access maps), we discovered that the Florida Trail is closed in multiple sections. Therefore, we will travel nearly 2 hours tomorrow to begin the Eastern Panhandle section on the Far Out app maps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Baptist Church in Holt, FL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Day 2 start in Holt, FL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I enjoyed hiking on US 90 through rural America with many farms, homes with large lots, well-shaded hiking paths near the road, beautiful river crossings, and helpful small businesses. I eventually came to Crestview, a much larger town than expected with nearly every known chain business. We ate breakfast at a wonderful Mom and Pop restaurant, Tropical Palm, in the gorgeous historic downtown Crestview. An old friend from F3 Island Coast, Kyle \u201cMoose\u201d Waltz, met us at the restaurant and shared news about his recent marriage to Heather and the selling of his pest control company to a large UK firm, Moose could retire at age 38, it he still plans to continue working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moose and I at Tropical Palm Restaurant <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Yellow River Bridge <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Side trail near US 90<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I was able to meet John and Marion every 6-8 miles, rehydrate and eat a snack, and easily walk 17.5 miles today by 12:30 PM when the temperature rose to 95 degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Downtown Crestview <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With great support from John and Marion today, I was able to hike 17.5 miles from Brown\u2019s Grocery in Holt (SOBO mile 67.3) to the Pearl Trailhead at 84.8 on the northern edge of Eglin AFB. After reviewing the PAM (public access maps), we discovered that the Florida Trail is closed in multiple sections. Therefore, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-florida-trail","tag-florida-trail-thru-hike"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=322"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":323,"href":"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322\/revisions\/323"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}