Tag: United States
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Shrimp Boats
in: Travel
We’ve been eating a lot of shrimp, so it made sense to see some shrimp boats.
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Jekyll Island
in: Travel
The island is located off the coast from Brunswick Georgia. It is a small, bicycle-friendly community. It took less than 30 minutes to circumnavigate the island by car. In doing so we found a spot to stop and continue our tour on bicycle. We came to Driftwood Beach on the north side of the island facing…
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Darien Georgia
in: Travel
Apparently, Darien is the second oldest town in Georgia (after Savannah). After Okefenokee we arrived here, first to tour Jekyll Island, tomorrow Sapelo Island. We have move away from swamps to coastal islands. This evening however we had a dinner of flounder and broiled shrimp at Skipper’s Fish Camp in Darien, along with a Sweet…
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Okefenokee
in: Travel
ThIs time we entered the reserve from the west side into Stephen Foster State Park. Here was a different presentation of the swamp. Some savanna, and less densely treed swamp along with open lakes. The effects of forest fires in 2007 and again 2011 remain visible. On this side is a boardwalk with one section…
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Okefenokee
in: Travel
Our guide for the boat tour into the Okefenokee offered a few interesting points: it is the head water for the Suwannee (which flows into the Gulf of Mexico) and St. Mary’s (which flows into the Atlantic) Rivers; the source of these waters is rain; as a result of various factors the water is highly concentrated with tannin which makes it look…