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Article: ADVENTURE ISSUE; Gators. Tent. Swamp. Really. The watery world of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge may be the only place in the U.S. where such an inhospitable-sounding combination adds up to perfect camping.(TRAVEL)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- August 2, 2009
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Byline: KAREN CATCHPOLE
Special to the Star Tribune
I almost didn't go at all. I had no campsite reservation and was yet to be persuaded that spending the night in a tent in the middle of a gator-filled swamp wasn't pure insanity.
But I'm one of those travelers who can't pass up an opportunity, however life-threatening and soggy it sounds. So when I entered the visitors' center at the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, which straddles the border between Georgia and Florida, and was told they just happened to have a walk-up camping permit for that night, I started loading the canoe.
Ironically, like so much of our public lands, the ...