We left Chiefland and made a short trip to Lake Park, Georgia. We picked this spot - Eagle's Roost RV Resort - because it is right off of I-75, and only an hour from Stephen C Foster State Park - which is in the Okefenokee Swamp.
The St. Mary's River and the Suwannee River both start in the Okefenokee. The state park is named after Foster because he wrote the song "Swannee River" (along with Oh Susanna, Camptown Races, Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair, among others).
We walked the nature trail and had a picnic. It was a nice, warm day. It's really pretty, lots of pine tree farms along the way. I can't imagine living around here, though. So much water....the bugs and humidity in the summer must just be horrible!
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Our campsite is really pretty with all the trees and Spanish Moss. There's a big lake just behind the park.
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The nature trail. We could hear alligators bellowing out there. It was kind of creepy!
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The slow-growing Cypress trees were nearly decimated for their lumber in the late 1800's, early 1900's.
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This one is just a baby!
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