Exploring the Okefenokee Swamp from the Stephen C. Foster State Park, Georgia. Alligators & Hikiing
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
- Making a 1 night stop at the Stephen C. Foster state park and realizing I should have stayed all week. A super Marvelous National Wildlife Refuge you can actually injury by sitting in the middle of it. Awesome beyond the words it would take to explain it.
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We just spent 4 nights at Stephen C Foster - absolutely loved it! No bugs, but saw alligators near the little marina and on the ranger led boat tour. Lots of cool birds too, including ibis & woodpeckers.
That is awesome! YA I did a return trip video over thanksgiving this year... That ranger guided tour is awesome !!
Thanks for another great video, Rick! By all means go back and take a boat ride. We camped there March 2018. Cool enough that the bugs weren't bad. Had our kayaks, and paddled a good long way. Saw LOTS of alligators! Best part is when they slide off the bank, come towards you, and then disappear under your boat! Reminded me of Tarzan movies when I was a kid!!!
How very cool!! Yes I am headed back at Thanksgiving week. First reservations open... Jessh! Popular place. Thanks for the Encouragement
Thanks for Sharing. Stay Safe. Stay Healthy.
You Too! Thanks for the comment !
hope you keep warm this weekend criters like to find warm places too
Oh, we will be warm for the most part. But we’re going to go hunting waterfalls that are frozen. Temperatures in the mountains are supposed to be down in the teens. Thanks for the comment.
The song, The Legend of Wooley Swamp was going through my head when you were on that trail.
Can you sing us a few bars...??? LOL. Great comment, Thanks!
Thanks for the tour. Been a long long time since I’ve been to the park.
Thanks for coming
Can't imagine what the summer heat and humidity would be like there? Thanks for sharing your campsite.............
My Niece worked there one summer and she is a little on the large (Round) size, and she said it wasn't as bad as Syracuse... So you never know if you don't go!!
This place looks great. I could spend some time at that place and have a blast. Nice job.
It really is! We are going back at Thanksgiving to do the boat trip with extensive Video.
Awesome visit, Rick!! If you've never taken an airboat ride, it's a lot of fun!!
I've added lyrics, if you don't mind...
Lyrics
Way down upon the Swanee River,
Far, far away.
That's where my heart is yearning ever,
Home where the old folks stay.
Way down upon the Swanee River,
Far, far away-hey.
Wo, that's where my heart is yearning ever,
Home where the old folks stay.
All up and down the whole creation,
Sadly I roam.
I'm a still a-longin' for the old plantation,
Oh, for the old folks at home.
Ah-oh-oh!
Oh, my my!
Well, way down upon the Swanee River,
Far, far away-hey.
Wo, that's where my heart is yearning ever,
Home where the old folks stay.
All up and down the whole creation,
Sadly I roam.
I'm still a-longin' for the old plantation,
And for the old folks at home.
All the world is sad and dreary,
Ev'rywhere I roam.
Oh, darkies, how my heart grows weary,
Far from the old folks at home
Far from the old folks at home
Far from the old folks at home
Far from the old folks at home.
Songwriters: Peter Meyer-Bits / Stephen Collins Foster
Swanee River lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Well that is nice of you!! Ya I knew the first 5 lines..lol!! There are about 5 parks along the river with Stephen Fosters name. But the river starts in this swamp!!
Alligators AND bears!!! Be Bear Aware - I want the sign to say what to do if you see them. As long as it doesn’t say, Too Late. Looks like a beautiful park. Thanks for the tour!
I've been with a lot of Black Bears, never had any trouble with them, though a Girl I worked with when I was with Fish & Wildlife in NY got badly malled by a bear in her tent. But I think they are usually pretty timid unless they have been fed by people regularly. Or you get between them and their cubs
I just visited the swamp at the other Georgia entrance! Took a boat tour…was told the 3 entrances offer visitors entirely different components of the swamp. Looking forward to seeing how they are different.
I had not heard that, But I guess the Other side I was on was quite different, but it was more outside, while this was really in the middle!! Thanks for the comment !
Thanks for sharing your adventure. Looks like a very nice place to visit.
It really is! We are going back NEXT thanksgiving!!
Reminds me of the video I'm posting on Sunday, it was my boardwalk hike in the Silver Lake Bog in the ADK last summer.....no gators though....bears yes....
Sounds very cool. I think bears may be easier to deal with then gators. Good to see you, thanks for the comment.
Come to Canada, make some vids , look forward to your journey,
Just retired, bought myself an Jayco, Aframe and hitting the road next summer
I'm planning on getting up there. I was in Quebec when I was 12. I hope it hasn't changed any!!
I agree with you 100%! Definitely one of the best parks in Georgia. My wife and I have been there a couple of times and always enjoyed it immensely. Too bad you could only spend one day there. We spent 5 days there once and it was the most relaxing time I had in a very long time. Can't wait to see where you end up next.
Well, I was supposed to be at Cloudland Canyon, but the weather turned bad and I wasn't brave enough to drag the trailer through the mountains during a snow storm. So now we are looking for the next adventure!! Thanks for the comment, We'll be back there for Thanksgiving!!
@@GoingNoWhereFast Been to Cloudland Canyon MANY times. We used it as a base camp for caving trips. Nice campground. Road is not bad to get there.
The route from my house to there was through the Pisgah forest and was under a snow emergency, so we will go next month!
Thank you for a great video. Haven't been there in years.Loved seeing it again 👍👍👍👍👍🙏🙏❤️❤️ Don't let the gator's get you. Stayed in State park in North Florida close to a large city and saw a small black bear and deer 🦌🦌🦌 👍👍👍👍👍🙏❤️❤️☕
How cool, real wildlife!! I love bears!! They are so "wild".
Those orange tents are Gazelle tents! i love mine
Yes, They are very nice!! Easy up, Easy Down!
@@GoingNoWhereFast Makes camp setup, almost as quick as an A-Liner. haha
Beautiful job !! 🙉 no, no alligators
Thank you! 😊
This place is a certified dark sky area. Good for star gazing.
Yes, I saw that. However since it’s a swamp I’ll bet it’s not very good in the spring or fall because of the moisture from the swamp.
@@GoingNoWhereFast In summer the heat, humidity and bugs are pretty terrible. Wildlife every where. Deer, raccoons, turkeys, opossum, snakes of all types and really hungry mosquitoes. This is a park where you need to pack well. Can’t run into town and pick up supplies.
Canoeing across the swamp is pretty cool.
@@durdenduncan3403 Awesome info!! Thanks.. We will start acquiring repellents!! LOL
Very nice will have to keep for places to visit. You mentioned numbers along the walkway
and I don't know this to be fact but based on the length of the trail those could be trail markers in the event of an emergency rangers and EMS can locate you. If that's true I'm thinking there would be a coinciding GPS coordinate for each number?
No, I think they were for a nature guide pamphlet, because they were at varied distances. Some were right next to each other, and some were a few hundred ft apart
@@GoingNoWhereFast Oh,OK I didn't think about a self guided pamphlet hike that's pretty cool!
go on to Cumberland Island while down there
We are going back for a week, and will explore the area much more fully!! Thanks for the comment !
Cabins aren't pet friendly either :( its all across the state at the National Parks
I think they had 1 or 2 cabins that you could have a dog in, but you pay an additional fee for it. Some people are allergic and so there is a good reason. And of course people should pay for ANY damage their pets do anywhere!! (Except chewing up sticks of course)
@@GoingNoWhereFast Oh really? When i tried booking one last year, they said no pets at all.
Could have been they were already booked, and I think they also use them as Staff housing... so you never know.
Are there not pet rules to keep your dog leashed? Do you ignore this rule?
Most of the time. He stays with me, and immediately goes to my side if he sees another person, and then he is leashed. He never chases any animal. So, yes, I bend the rules quite a bit.
You mean the song isn't just from the Bugs Bunny cartoons? Go figure. 🤷♀
That's funny. Same with with the Blue Danube Waltz. Always makes me think of the daffy cartoon. Da, da, da, da, da, quack, quack...quack, quack.🤣
@@Tom-In-Ga Lolol Same here when I hear the beloved waltz. It's 'That's all folks' in my mind; off it goes. And people think I'm laughing at nothing, like a lunatic.👹 Humph. Whadda' they know? 💃🤺
Which came first, the cartoon or the song?!?
@@GoingNoWhereFast the egg☺
Alligators can climb stairs lol
I had an alligator climb into my golf cart once.... He can have the golf cart.. I was going start walking!!
@@GoingNoWhereFast lol