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Okefenokee Trip

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From Vonnie Reese

 Okefenokee Trip

We could get pretty close to the alligators.

 Okefenokee Trip

This one was big!

Where Did You Go? 

Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge

What Happened? 

We took a bus to the Okefenokee Swamp park and road boat tours around the waterways. It was a little bit scary seeing the alligators everywhere, especially when they jumped out of the water. I was worried they would jump into our boat. Some of them were just laying around the park everywhere. I could get close enough to take pictures.

We also saw cranes and woodpeckers.

Lessons Learned 

  • Native Americans called the swamp Land of the Trembling Earth.

What Did You Like Best? 

The jumping alligators.

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