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SWAMP THINGS PHOTOS AND VIDEOS

Route 1 south of Augusta is smooth and beautifully maintained, if somewhat narrow, down to one lane each way with the occasional pasing lane.The end point in the process that converts trees to lumber. Historical markers, such as this one, dot Route 1 from Virginia to Florida.Acres of these trees, the forerunners of the ones in the back of that truck in the previous image, are grown like a crop.Wood and wood products are an important industry in the Route 1 corridor in South Carolina and Georgia.Here's an image right out of history -- people picking cotton in the hot sun in Georgia.The fisherman and, bottom left, his alligator pal.People who lived in the swamp used the Spanish moss for all kinds of things. They boiled it first, to kill the chiggers. Someone should have told the Ford Motor Company.An adult kingfisher keeps an eye on us and her chicks.King fisher chicks. Cypress trees draped with Spanish moss.Dragon flies are among the most common insects in the swamp. The black headed stork, fairly rare, hunts not with its eyes but by moving its beak through the water until it touches prey.Snowy egrets also live among the savannahs hunting small fish.Clumps of "savannah" that are sometimes firm enough to walk on, if you don't mind getting your shoes wet.The smaller gators, however, sometimes dive when boats pass near them.This guy had just snapped up a fish that had literally jumped into its mouth.The alligators are used to the boats and moseyed out of the way when we passed by.One of the large denizens of the Sewanee Canal.An unusually large species of cormorants inhabit the reserve.Red hooded pitcher plants are carnivores. They give off a scent that attracts insects, which get trapped and are digested by juices the plants produce.Alligators, being cold blooded, are most active in the reserve during the summer.