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Nov 10, 2011 - Okefenokee NWR Folkston, GA

We have been seeing a lot of wildlife in the refuge. Here are some photos of the animals we have seen. There were a couple of animals we did not get photos of. Renae saw a bear one day and I saw a bobcat. Just a side note, alligators grow approximately one foot per year. The two baby gators are only a foot long so they are this years young.

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Nov 4, 2009 - Okefenokee Swamp Park

On the way down to the "Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park" in Live Oak, Florida - I noticed myself unconsciously humming that little ditty so many of my generation will recall..."Way down upon de S'wannee ribber far, far away...." - I went online to find the rest of the words that I couldn't recall anymore. The weather was just perfect for our S'wannee river adventure at the Okefenokee Swamp Park/National Wildlife Refuge. It is the largest swamp in N. America - covering approximately 700 square miles of South Georgia and North Florida. The...

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Nov 6, 2007 - To Folkston, Georgia

I decided to check out the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, a.k.a. Okefenokee Swamp, so I headed to Folkston, Georgia, one of three gateways to the refuge. Daisy's breakfast at Savannah was $3.089 per gallon, higher than I have paid in quite a while. I'll be staying at the Okefenokee RV Park for the next two nights. It is a Passport America park and it cost me a total of only $22.00 for the two nights. That's less than what I have paid for one night at most of the other RV parks where I've stayed on this trip. It isn't fancy by any...

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