‘Way down upon the Suwanee River’
A very interesting stop off I-75, east of Valdosta Georgia (southern Georgia) is the Okefenokee Swamp!
More correctly called the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, approximately 400,000 acres! The site now sets between i-95 to the east and I-75 to the west. The name Okefenokee is thought to be Cree Indian for “land of trembling water” or "quivering earth" in that there exists many floating islands which are really large peat beds.
Of course, all the customary creatures live here! Wildlife species include wading birds, ducks, alligators and other reptiles, a variety of amphibians, bobcats, raptors, white-tailed deer, black bears, and songbirds.
