FCTFWC Group Walk Satuday 1/27
Don’t forget our Gainesville group walk this Saturday 1/27. We will be carpooling from the parking lot on the Southeast corner of Route 13 and Racetrack Road between the Bank of America and the Food Lion store. Please be there at 7:45 AM. We will leave at 8:00 AM for a 10:00 AM start at the VA Hospital pavilion in Gainesville.
Our Headforger will get the start box from the Holiday Inn and take it to the pavilion. Everyone should go directly to the pavilion. A map to the VA Hospital may accessed from the site below:
Start Point Address / Driving Directions:
Holiday Inn, Gainesville, 1250 West University Ave, 352-376-1661. From I-75 take exit 384 east onto FL 24 (Archer Rd). Stay on Archer Rd to SW 13th St. (Note the VA Hospital on the right of Archer Rd as you approach town). Left onto SW 13th St. Holiday Inn is located on the right at the corner of West University Ave and SW 13th St. Pick up start box at front desk, register and drive to VA Hospital on Archer Rd. Park in visitor’s parking lot off of SW 16th Ave. Lot is accessible from Archer Rd. Start walk at the hospital picnic pavilion. City is crowded on Gator home game weekends. Please call ahead to check.
Event Description: Daily, dawn to dusk. Trail is rated 1 and is suitable for strollers and wheelchairs but extreme caution must be exercised at busy street crossings. Pets must be leashed, under control. Part of this trail is on a boardwalk path to Lake Alice and is not recommended to be done alone or at near dusk. The walk is around the beautiful University of Florida campus, home of the Florida Gators. The University is the oldest in the state of Florida. The northeast quadrant of the campus is on the Register of Historic Places. This walk qualifies for the College Campus walking program.
NEXT WALK
Our next group walk will be the Happy Wander’s Ormond Beach walk on Saturday 2/10 at 10:00 AM. We will carpool from I-95 and St Augustine Road - details later.
