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Okefenokee Swamp Park, Waycross, Georgia.

 

The next day it was still raining, and it rained all day. Normal people would have stayed indoors.

 

But no ... we drove up to Georgia, to the Okefenokee Swamp.

 

The entrance also included a little train ride around the swamp. Again ... just for the two of us.

On March 16-17, 2011; Jim and Judy took a trip to the Okefenokee Swamp in south Georgia. We drove from Valdosta to Fargo and St. George on highway 94. In St. George we turned north on highway 121. We arrived at the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge just south of Folkston. We ate lunch in the Okefenokee Adventures Cafe, toured the Visitor Center, and took a 90-minute boat tour in the canal dug around 1895 to 1900 to attempt to haul out cypress timber. The canal didn't work; so, a railroad came and were successful at hauling out timber. We left the refuge and drove north to Folkston and enjoyed visiting the Folkston Funnel, a high-tech shelter for observing, logging, photographing, and videoing north and south bound trains. Finally we drove further north to Waycross to spend the night at a Hampton Inn which had complimentary high-speed Internet that worked. We enjoyed a dinner of blackened fish at Cedar River Seafood Restaurant in Waycross.

 

We spent Wednesday night in Waycross, GA and took a round-a-bout way home. We drove to Blackshear, GA and saw the old home where Jim's grandparents lived. Then we drove to Alma, GA where his first cousin had lived before he died as a teenager. Next we drove through Nicholls and Douglas, GA. We came back home through Pearson, Lakeland, and Hahira. We ate lunch-supper at Smok 'n Pig in Valdosta.

Okefenokee Swamp, 18/12 1976. Bald Cypress trees with "Spanish Moss" line the waterways.

West Mims Wildfire at Okefenokee NWR. The Swamp Edge Break is the first line of defense for firefighters on wildfires in the Okefenokee Swamp, this break is cleared to help hold the fire in the swamp. Photo Credit: Josh O'Connor - USFWS

Okefenokee Swamp, GA

Okefenokee Swamp, Stephen C. Foster State Park, Georgia

Photo by Scott Helfrich

(Going through some old photos taken by Scott on a trip to Okefenokee in 2004.)

Okefenokee Swamp, GA

West Mims fire at Okefenokee NWR.

 

Photo by Mark Davis, USFWS.

Driving from Lake City, Florida, up to Waycross, Georgia.

 

The next day it was still raining, and it rained all day. Normal people would have stayed indoors.

 

But no ... we drove up to Georgia, to the Okefenokee Swamp.

Round Top Trail

Date: 11/13/2010

Credit: Stacy Shelton/USFWS

Melanie Stevens of an Arizona fire crew.

 

West Mims fire at Okefenokee NWR.

 

Photo by Mark Davis, USFWS.

Mike Fay tests a YOLO standup paddle board in the Okefenokee. On day 98, the team explores the Suwannee River and Billy's Lake near Stephen Foster State Park within the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.

 

Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition. From January 17 through April 25, 2012, a team of explorers including photographer Carlton Ward Jr, cinematographer Elam Stoltzfus, bear biologist Joe Guthrie and conservationist Mallory Lykes Dimmitt, set out to trek 1000 miles in 100 days to showcase the opportunity to protect a connected corridor of natural lands and waters throughout peninsular Florida for the benefit of wildlife and people. Learn more at FloridaWildlifeCorridor.org. Photograph by Carlton Ward Jr / Carlton Ward Photography / CarltonWard.com.

Okefenokee Swamp, Stephen C. Foster State Park, Georgia

West Mims fire at Okefenokee NWR.

 

Photo by Mark Davis, USFWS.

Alligator in the Okefenokee Swamp. 3 shot stitch.

West Mims Wildfire at Okefenokee NWR. Photos taken during a flight over the fire on 4/26/17 near Soldiers Island. Photo Credit: Josh O'Connor - USFWS

Scan of old 35mm Kodachrome slides

Lydia Stone (Crews) was known as Queen of the Okefenokee. She was an extensive landholder Cowhouse Island and Racepond, GA. She was over six ft in heigth and could hold her own working with men and in fact at times surpassed the men whom she employed.

Scan of older 35mm print.

On March 16-17, 2011; Jim and Judy took a trip to the Okefenokee Swamp in south Georgia. We drove from Valdosta to Fargo and St. George on highway 94. In St. George we turned north on highway 121. We arrived at the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge just south of Folkston. We ate lunch in the Okefenokee Adventures Cafe, toured the Visitor Center, and took a 90-minute boat tour in the canal dug around 1895 to 1900 to attempt to haul out cypress timber. The canal didn't work; so, a railroad came and were successful at hauling out timber. We left the refuge and drove north to Folkston and enjoyed visiting the Folkston Funnel, a high-tech shelter for observing, logging, photographing, and videoing north and south bound trains. Finally we drove further north to Waycross to spend the night at a Hampton Inn which had complimentary high-speed Internet that worked. We enjoyed a dinner of blackened fish at Cedar River Seafood Restaurant in Waycross.

 

We spent Wednesday night in Waycross, GA and took a round-a-bout way home. We drove to Blackshear, GA and saw the old home where Jim's grandparents lived. Then we drove to Alma, GA where his first cousin had lived before he died as a teenager. Next we drove through Nicholls and Douglas, GA. We came back home through Pearson, Lakeland, and Hahira. We ate lunch-supper at Smok 'n Pig in Valdosta.

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On March 16-17, 2011; Jim and Judy took a trip to the Okefenokee Swamp in south Georgia. We drove from Valdosta to Fargo and St. George on highway 94. In St. George we turned north on highway 121. We arrived at the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge just south of Folkston. We ate lunch in the Okefenokee Adventures Cafe, toured the Visitor Center, and took a 90-minute boat tour in the canal dug around 1895 to 1900 to attempt to haul out cypress timber. The canal didn't work; so, a railroad came and were successful at hauling out timber. We left the refuge and drove north to Folkston and enjoyed visiting the Folkston Funnel, a high-tech shelter for observing, logging, photographing, and videoing north and south bound trains. Finally we drove further north to Waycross to spend the night at a Hampton Inn which had complimentary high-speed Internet that worked. We enjoyed a dinner of blackened fish at Cedar River Seafood Restaurant in Waycross.

 

We spent Wednesday night in Waycross, GA and took a round-a-bout way home. We drove to Blackshear, GA and saw the old home where Jim's grandparents lived. Then we drove to Alma, GA where his first cousin had lived before he died as a teenager. Next we drove through Nicholls and Douglas, GA. We came back home through Pearson, Lakeland, and Hahira. We ate lunch-supper at Smok 'n Pig in Valdosta.

I had hoped to see or at least hear red cocked woodpeckers in the managed pine forests east of the visitor's center. No such luck. A refuge map of Okefenokee RCW clusters indicated several active clusters in this area of the refuge. I looked at the marked cavity trees for sap drippings beneath the nesting cavities but I did not spot any that looked active to me. (I am no expert! I was comparing trees to those I see in the Carolina Sandhills NWR. These trees seem much younger?)

 

Apparently most of the RCW's live on isolated pine islands in the swamp and are managed by burning but not artificial cavities.

On March 16-17, 2011; Jim and Judy took a trip to the Okefenokee Swamp in south Georgia. We drove from Valdosta to Fargo and St. George on highway 94. In St. George we turned north on highway 121. We arrived at the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge just south of Folkston. We ate lunch in the Okefenokee Adventures Cafe, toured the Visitor Center, and took a 90-minute boat tour in the canal dug around 1895 to 1900 to attempt to haul out cypress timber. The canal didn't work; so, a railroad came and were successful at hauling out timber. We left the refuge and drove north to Folkston and enjoyed visiting the Folkston Funnel, a high-tech shelter for observing, logging, photographing, and videoing north and south bound trains. Finally we drove further north to Waycross to spend the night at a Hampton Inn which had complimentary high-speed Internet that worked. We enjoyed a dinner of blackened fish at Cedar River Seafood Restaurant in Waycross.

 

We spent Wednesday night in Waycross, GA and took a round-a-bout way home. We drove to Blackshear, GA and saw the old home where Jim's grandparents lived. Then we drove to Alma, GA where his first cousin had lived before he died as a teenager. Next we drove through Nicholls and Douglas, GA. We came back home through Pearson, Lakeland, and Hahira. We ate lunch-supper at Smok 'n Pig in Valdosta.

Early sunset, Round Top overnight canoe shelter in Chase Prairie, Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. Credit: Joy CampbellOkefenokee Adventures

On March 16-17, 2011; Jim and Judy took a trip to the Okefenokee Swamp in south Georgia. We drove from Valdosta to Fargo and St. George on highway 94. In St. George we turned north on highway 121. We arrived at the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge just south of Folkston. We ate lunch in the Okefenokee Adventures Cafe, toured the Visitor Center, and took a 90-minute boat tour in the canal dug around 1895 to 1900 to attempt to haul out cypress timber. The canal didn't work; so, a railroad came and were successful at hauling out timber. We left the refuge and drove north to Folkston and enjoyed visiting the Folkston Funnel, a high-tech shelter for observing, logging, photographing, and videoing north and south bound trains. Finally we drove further north to Waycross to spend the night at a Hampton Inn which had complimentary high-speed Internet that worked. We enjoyed a dinner of blackened fish at Cedar River Seafood Restaurant in Waycross.

 

We spent Wednesday night in Waycross, GA and took a round-a-bout way home. We drove to Blackshear, GA and saw the old home where Jim's grandparents lived. Then we drove to Alma, GA where his first cousin had lived before he died as a teenager. Next we drove through Nicholls and Douglas, GA. We came back home through Pearson, Lakeland, and Hahira. We ate lunch-supper at Smok 'n Pig in Valdosta.

Very low water levels in the swamp giving a rather dried up appearance.

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