Laura Walker State Park Sign
Beth Ann and I wanted to try a new campground, so, reservations were made at Laura Walker State Park. Laura Walker is just outside the Okefenoke Swamp area.
We arrived at the State Park Wednesday evening, July 2, 2008, and settled in to our campsite, #2. It was a nice, spacious, site.
Beth Ann and I both went back to Savannah early Thursday morning to go to work. We returned to the campground later that evening after work and pulled out the awning.
We ate dinner at Captain Joe's in Waycross.
On Friday, we went to the Okefenoke Swamp.
We went to the "Interpretive Center" for a program on the area wildlife. The speaker displayed live snakes and a small gator.
We then proceeded to board a small motorboat for an hour tour of the swamp.
After the boat tour, we boarded the Okefenokee Swamp Rail Road train for another perspective of the "swamp."
On the way back to our camper, I took a picture of our camper across the lake. (The camper in the middle is our camper.)
Around 5:30pm, there was a watermelon contest for the kids.
Later Friday evening, we went to Waycross and parked our car in the Kroger gas station parking area and watched the 4th of July fireworks display. It was the perfect spot to watch the fireworks, then immediately leave after it was over. We did not get caught in any traffic.
Saturday, we went back to Waycross and rode around the old area of the city. I took a picture of the old "Hotel Ware Building." My father, A. J. Blackburn, (who is now deceased,) was manager of this hotel in the late 1930's and early 1940's. The Hotel Ware has been closed for awhile, but the lower floor is still being utilized for low budget businesses.
Around 4:30pm, Beth Ann and I walked the 1.3 mile Big Creek Nature Trail. It was a easy trail to walk. We saw a gopher tortoise, a large cow ant, numerous butterflies, and alot of natural beauty.
Around 6pm Saturday, I went to the campgound interpretive center for the "snake program." Beth Ann took a pass on that.
Sunday, we packed the camper and left around 2pm. Due to extreme traffic congestion on I-95, we decided to travel on Hwy 17. We were not in a hurry,so we stopped just south of Darien, GA, to tour the Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation. We used our "Friends of the GA Parks Pass" to tour the historic site, for free.
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