Upturned Yellow Bonnet Lilies in the Okefenokee Swamp

According naturalist Francis Harper, when “a boat or a bear passes over a watery Prairie, the bonnet leaves in the … More

Okefenokee Southeastern Five-lined Skink

It was a bit of a surprise to find this skink at the Bluff Lake overnight shelter platform in the … More

Okefenokee Yellow Trumpet Pitcher Plants

While paddling the green trail from Kingfisher Landing to the Bluff Lake shelter on April 17, 2023, we found several … More

American Alligator on Billy’s Lake, Okefenokee Swamp

American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. Sunday, April 16, 2023. Location: Billy’s Lake; N30.83204° W82.35892° Cloudy … More

The Ugly Swamp

My wife has never accompanied my daughter and me on an Okefenokee excursion. She isn’t really one for roughing it … More

Alligator Blue 208

“Alligator Blue 208″… No, that isn’t a play called out by a college football quarterback. It is the identification given … More

Paddling the Okefenokee from Maul Hammock to Big Water

The morning of April 20, 2024, we launched out from the Maul Hammock shelter and began day 2 of our … More

Hike Along the Suwannee River Sill, Part 2

Rather than give up in frustration and leave The Sill for another location because of the low water levels, I … More

Hike Along the Suwannee River Sill, Part 1

After a 5-hour drive from my hometown in Athens, Georgia, my tires finally rolled over the boundary line onto the … More

Okefenokee Swamp Pig Frog, Lithobates grylio

Pig Frog, Lithobates grylio, photographed swimming in the dark tannin blackwater of the Okefenokee Swamp near the Maul Hammock Shelter. … More