Seems like a day for video links:<\/p>\n
The Tampa Trib’s outdoors reporter talks about thru-hiking the Florida trail. <\/a> This is a polished, well-produced piece, which seems odd for a newspaper guy, and offers a fascinating glimpse at the sights along the trail. My memories of living in Tampa for five years make me think a hike down that way would veer far into the no-fun zone, but this vid has me rethinking that. (Link via Best Hikes <\/a>& Florida Hikes<\/a> blogs.)<\/p>\n “My Trip to the Silk Road” <\/a> is an American’s photo collage from a trip to the interior of China. Excellent soundtrack. (Link via Gadling<\/a>).<\/p>\n Plowing at Yosemite <\/a> shows what crews go through to get all the snow off the roads in the high country. It’s a lot more complicated than driving a big truck with a big blade down a snow-covered highway. (Link via Yosemite Blog<\/a>, which notes that plowing of the Tioga Pass road begins April 16.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Seems like a day for video links: The Tampa Trib’s outdoors reporter talks about thru-hiking the Florida trail. This is a polished, well-produced piece, which seems odd for a newspaper guy, and offers a fascinating glimpse at the sights along…<\/p>\n