We had difficulty locating a spot to park for this trail as we did not want to take the road walk on 314 to the Marshall Trail Swamp Trailhead, so we shuttled from the Fire Estinguisher store on SR 40 in the heart of the forest. We began our hike ten miles 
north at the Eaton Creek trailhead. We toured a sinkhole before we got started which provided some excellent "tree shots". Tree huggers K&K were delighted. At the 
beginning of the trail head there was a sign that warned us that some of the trail could be under water. I was a bit concerned, however K&K again seemed delighted. It was a poorly maintained less traveled trail that did indeed go 
underwater for almost a half a mile. At the end of the hike we came accross some hunters with a kennel of dogs on the back of a pickup truck. We heard the dogs barking for miles. We questioned about what animal they had found 
and the hunter said "dem dogs will bark all day if you let em" . We found our way out to SR 40 and finished off the day with a 4 dollar barbeque plate at a famous bbq pit in the forest.
north at the Eaton Creek trailhead. We toured a sinkhole before we got started which provided some excellent "tree shots". Tree huggers K&K were delighted. At the 
beginning of the trail head there was a sign that warned us that some of the trail could be under water. I was a bit concerned, however K&K again seemed delighted. It was a poorly maintained less traveled trail that did indeed go 
underwater for almost a half a mile. At the end of the hike we came accross some hunters with a kennel of dogs on the back of a pickup truck. We heard the dogs barking for miles. We questioned about what animal they had found 
and the hunter said "dem dogs will bark all day if you let em" . We found our way out to SR 40 and finished off the day with a 4 dollar barbeque plate at a famous bbq pit in the forest.
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I have to say that this little hike was the most uneventful excursion to date for us on the FT. Even so, it was good to just be following the orange blazes on a nice fall day. The intermitent swamps were a nice change from the young planted pines. The kiz and steerski walked right past the highlight of the day. Luckily, I caught a glimpse of the open, blue water through the cypress trees and we took a detour to what turned out to be one of the prettiest little florida ponds we have ever seen. Listening to the water lap up against the cypress knees, and the cool breeze through the trees made me think twice about my plans to return to the great white north the following day.
Still waiting for the Brojahowski to post the photos from this hike...
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