The Okefenokee Trail may sound like a trail which an adventurous traveler
might follow through remote and dangerous places. Or a type of trail which
might lead to some long forgotten ghostly place once settled by an ancient
people. Or maybe even a trail which might lead through some ancient land to a
place of romance and adventure. BUT…. It is not any of these, at least not
exactly.
The Okefenokee Trail was created by an act of the Georgia
State Legislature, not an ancient tribal group or band of explorers. The act is
called House Resolution 1661 and dedicates the Okefenokee Trail and the
renaming of a bridge near the town of Folkston, Georgia, in honor of a man by
the name of Herschel Stokes. It is a system of paved roads which largely
encircle the great Okefenokee Swamp of South Georgia.
This system of roads includes state route 177. This road
enters the north side of the Okefenokee swamp and exits the south side… but the
two ends do not connect! There is NO road going through the heart of the swamp!
So….what lies between the two ends of the interrupted state route 177?
That’s a topic for a different post! (Stay tuned) J
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| Sunset over the beautiful Okefenokee Swamp |
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