Okefenokee Trolling Motor

In 2017 I added an electric trolling motor to our canoe, my daughter acting as captain of our vessel. Not…

Trees So Lofty

Excerpt from William Bartram’s Travels, published in 1791: “On the West side it was bordered round with low marshes, and invested…

Passing north beyond Minnie’s Lake along the Suwannee River Middle Fork trail, the kayak channel constricts through a more mature…

“Plume hunting” for sport and fashion was common in the years before laws were enacted to protect our birds. The…

An excerpt from my March 11, 2015 Okefenokee nature journal: Our boat moved slowly up the canal until reaching a…

An excerpt from Suwannee River, Strange Green Land by Cecile Hulse Matschat, 1938. “In the evening, or after a warm rain, the…

By day three of our 2017 trip, several of the birds I had hoped to see were checked off the…

Huge, intimidating, armored beasts all decked out in bony spikes and dark leather – they are the rock stars of…

An Okefenokee evening entry from my March 5, 2017 journal: Sunday, 6:14 PM – Nine hours on the canoe trails…

Even if you don’t own a canoe or kayak, the Stephen C Foster State Park is worth a stay. The…