A native Floridian growing up along the Space Coast, John Keatley spent most of his youth in the woods or on the water, attaining the rank of Eagle Scout in 1973. During a 33-year career on the Space Shuttle program at Kennedy Space Center, he found time between missions to unwind in the outdoors. After the program ended, he turned his decades of attention to detail and journaling towards writing about the outdoors. A member of both the Society of American Travel Writers and the Florida Outdoor Writers Association, John is an avid paddler and a cyclist with tens of thousands of miles ridden on the East Coast. He shares his unique stories of outdoor adventure on FloridaHikes.com and in print, and his travel narratives on TrailsandTravels.com.