Gulf Coast Hike Late April

“Well here are the parameters:

My son is 15. He is on the verge of manhood and I want to spend three or four days with him on the trail.

My daughter is 11 and just won't want to do that.

My mother lives in Loxley, AL and would love to spend time with my daughter and vice versa.

So, I need to pick up the kids on Friday, drive all night to Loxley, recycle, hit the trail on Sunday, spend time to say about, Wednesday come back to Loxley that night. Spend time with my mother, son and daughter until Saturday and drive them back up to Tennessee.

As some of you know I tend to have a good time on the trail, but my intention is to take my son out to show him how much I love spending time on the trail.

Not looking for monster mileage, but in that terrain, we can manage anything from 8 to 15 miles a day.

Suggestions?”

“Pine Mountain Trail right across the state line from Auburn or the Pinhoti.

The Black Creek Trail in MS is not passable right now.”

“For a Beach Hike, Perdido Key State Rec Area in FL South on Pensacola (Easternmost part of Gulf Island National Seashore) would be great for a one or two dayer.
You have to carry all your water.

Of course there is always the Florida Trail in the panhandle.”

“http://www.nps.gov/guis/extended/FLA/Dirction/Dirctn.htm
Perdido Key
Drive to Johnson Beach then walk East.”

“Conecuh Trail

I don't know anything about it, but it seems like Opie hiked some of it a few years back.

Well, he did some kind of hike down there”

“I did the Conecuh some years ago. It is just around an hours drive from the 57 mile exit on Interstate 65. It is an easy overnighter of around 17 miles or so. No elevation, lots of pine trees, a few gator ponds and then, there is the blue hole.It is an amazing source of a spring that is mesmerizing to behold. As the water wells up from below, the sands whirl about in some sort of weird lava lamp fashion. It is a pleasant way to spend a weekend.”

“You can hike your happy butt to visit me!!!...Dinner with Lee and I at least...”

“Good ideas here. Thanks. I will start doing my homework.”