Sunday 11-25-2012
We were up early thanks to BJ. He had an upset tummy and messed up the bed. We hit the road around 1000, stopped to top off the Fuel tank at $4.01/gal and got to Walkabout Camp and RV Park at Woodbine, GA around 1300. The camp was having a pot luck supper. They supplied turkey and Ham and everyone brought a covered dish. Beryl made Mac n Cheese. There was around 30 people there. Everyone was very friendly and all the food was good.
Monday 11-26-2012
Everyone, including BJ had a good night. Around 1100 we headed thirty some miles inland to the Okefenokee Wildlife Refuge. The Okefenokee offers so much, one could spend a lifetime and still not see and do everything. The refuge is vast, with almost 402,000 acres (that’s roughly 300,000 football fields in size) of cypress forest, marsh, lakes and islands. Filled with alligators, Sandhill cranes, red-cockaded woodpeckers and over 400 other species of animals. Yes Lorie, there are alligators in Georgia.
As we were walking up to the info center, we were asked if we wanted to go on the boat tour that was getting ready to leave. We quickly paid our fee and headed to the boat. The other six occupants were from somewhere in the United Kingdom. The water level in the swamp is several feet higher than normal and they have had a heavy frost the last coup;e of nights. The best time to see the Refuge is late March through May. Below are some scenes from the 90 minute boat ride.
After the boat tour we took the 9 mile drive out to the Chesser Island Homestead
Gator #4 This guy was in a ditch along side the road
After we left the Refuge we drove 40 miles to have supper at St Marys Seafood and More. I had fried shrimp, oysters, scallops and green tomatoes and french fries, Beryl had fried shrimp FF and fried green tomatoes. We brought enough home for another meal.
This is the view out the front of the MH. I missed the best part of the sunset.
That's about it for today
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