The Crescent, a neoclassical mansion in Valdosta, Georgia, seems about as far from the wilderness of the Okefenokee Swamp as a traveler can get. But it's really just an hour from Stephen C. Foster State Park on the swamp's western edge.I spent a day exploring Valdosta, a city of about 54,000, on a recent visit to the Okefenokee, about 50 miles to the east. My only real disappointment is that I arrived at the wrong time to experience the blooms that give the town the nickname "Azalea City. [...]
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