Report on January 2020 NBB adventure Canoe trip to Okefenokee swamp. Since we were without our NBB adventure group expert trip secretary Rube, on this trip, I’ll try to substitute. It was a small NBB group this time with Dan, Sam, and I making our respective trips to Southeast Georgia. We were all feeling airplane deprived since Dan and I are both temporarily grounded and so, Dan drove 11hr round trip from Canton, GA, I did about 10 hr of commercial air time, and Sam did about 10 hr of drive time to and from Carrabelle with stops at JAX to shuttle me. It would have been a perfect mission for our airplanes. However, otherwise the trip was a very successful adventure, primarily thanks to Sam’s excellent research and planning, and some great luck with the weather. We met in Folkston, GA on Sunday, and Sam and I had some extra time to verify canoe bookings and plans and do a drive and walk through the Chesser homestead which originally was settled in the swamp in 1858...
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