I recently went on a 2-day, 14-mile canoeing trip in the Okefenokee Swamp a place is ridden with alligators, bears, and innumerable bugs. Near the end of the passage, I was forced overboard in an effort to save my equipment from going into the water. It scared the crap out of me, thinking I might be stepping on an alligator, instead it was just thick deep muck. I was only mildly relieved but the gear remained in the boat. The trip was the idea of my friend, Ty Bookman's fathe