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Maul Hammock canoe/camping shelter on the trail |
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Looking out from Maul Hammock Camping shelter |
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On the Red Trail through the Okefenokee |
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Navigation marker on the trail |
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Makes it easy to find your way through an otherwise trackless swamp |
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Another view from Maul Hammock |
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Look under the trail sign and you'll notice a large alligator |
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He seemed very comfortable around people and came to beg for food |
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Cindy Smith at the Big Water Shelter |
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She is Director of Recreation at Virginia Wesleyan |
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Another alligator |
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We got within 4 feet of this one |
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That log looking object in the center of the photo is another large alligator |
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Part of the trail |
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You can see it is very constricted in places |
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An Ibis |
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a wading bird that is common to swampy areas |
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More of the trail system |
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Going into the area of mature cypress trees |
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Grassy prairie area at the northern end of the Okefenokee Swamp |
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Some of the first cypress trees we saw on the first day out |
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Sign marking the boundary limit for motorized boats |
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Beyond here, it's canoes or kayaks only |
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Baby alligator |
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Look close in the center of the photo and you'll see him. There were about 12 of them in this area with Mom not far away |
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Better view of baby alligator |
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Sunrise on the Okefenokee Swamp |
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Cindy |
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At the beginning of the trip |
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One of the plague of spiders we encountered on the trip |
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They were very numerous throughout the trail |
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