We’re back to Stephen C. Foster State Park in Georgia (1,2 ).
Even though this is the third time we’ve been here, this is the first time we’ve taken a boat tour through the swamp. We loved it! It was quite educational. Plus we all had the fun of pointing out the alligators hiding along the edges.
The group was very interesting. Besides us and another couple who lived in South Carolina, there was a group of 5 people from Italy. I can’t imagine people in Italy even knowing about the Okefenokee Swamp. It made our tour much more fun as we shared experiences. They mentioned there is an alligator that was in a nearby church that they joked must be a saint. Turns out it is a crocodile (similar though) that isn’t a saint but at over 500 years old is considered to be the oldest piece of taxidermy in the world!
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/crocodile-at-the-santuario-madonna-delle-lacrime-immacolate
We saw a lot pond cypress, bald cypress, and blackgum trees, water lilies, and even a carnivorous plant called a bladderwort.
This tree is about 1,000 years old. It’s been used as a marker with its distinctive shape where you can see straight through the tree.
I didn’t see as many deer while hiking the trails this time, but a few.
Some birds…
The lack of deer was, of course, offset by seeing all the alligators on the boat ride along with a resident large alligator and a baby one near the store. The bigger one is said to be 10’, but the baby was about 1.5’.
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