June 7,2010 Okefenokee Swamp

We left Sunday heading for St.Mary's,Ga. when we hit a huge rainstorm.Sam turned the windshield wipers on and they wouldn't come on.We had to stop and see if the rain would let up so we could get to our destanation of Crooked River State Park. It slowed down and we finally made it to the park. This a beautiful campground with large sites. You could easily put a 40 ft. rv and a couple of cars. We're in site 48 and surrouned by vegation making it very private. Here's a photo of our site. Yesterday we went to the Okefenokee Swamp (wildlife refuge). We started out and we wanted to be there around 1030a.m so we could do a boat ride on the canal. We arrived in Folkston and headed to the swamp so we thought.We were going to the East entrance but ended at the north entrance. After backtracking and 1 1/2 hours later we arrived at the refuge. The Okefonokee Swamp is described as the land of the trembling earth.It covers more than 700 square miles is covered by water,land and wildlife. We took a 2 1/2 hour boat ride through the canal. You can also rent kayaks and canoes to paddle down this river. Just watch out for the alligators. Here's some photos of our trip.

After our boat ride we drove the 9 mile road to the Chesser Homestead and boardwalk to a tower overlook of the prarie. The Chesser lived out here and survived quite well. They had a garden,made syrup and had everything they needed to survive. Here's some photos of the old homstead.

When we finished here we continued on to a boardwalk that took us out to a observation tower where climbed up to see an overview of the prarie. After the trek and we got back to the car I was beat from the heat and ready to head home.

Did I say it is hot-------------Wednesday we'll be off to Savannah. Don't think it will get any cooler.