OffBeat Pathfinder Basecamp

We did a sunrise hike, thought we’d have it to ourselves but ran into a whole troop of birdwatchers with huge cameras and too much coffee. Listened to em argue about if a bird was a thrush or a wren.


The fog rolling over the trees is outta this world.


Don’t skip Conkle’s Hollow. Narrow ...

Anyone else take the Red Bus Tour? The drivers are half comedians, half park historians—I left with a new respect for both suspension bridges and dad jokes.


Favorite memory: sharing trail mix with a group of hikers from Norway and accidentally picking up the wrong pack. Surprise wasabi peas ...

Can confirm: Gasparilla is just an excuse for grown adults to dress as pirates and throw beads at you. Never seen so much rum or so many lost shoes in one place. Met a guy who claims he invented the key lime pie (he didn’t).