Pictures: Banks Lake Full Moon Paddle 2017-07-08

Lights! Full Moon! Paint! Rice and watermelon! Fun was had by all last Saturday on the WWALS watery living room, Banks Lake, just west of Lakeland, GA on GA 122.

Only saw one gator, and he got scared away by all the boats. Didn’t see any moccassins, but I bet they were there in the lily pads on the west side across the lake, where we turned back.

Paddlers with WWALS and Suwannee Riverkeeper Banners, 31.0351925, -83.0965187

The total I think was seventeen paddlers in sixteen boats, some not pictured here due to not arrived yet, or something.

[Paddlers with WWALS and Suwannee Riverkeeper Banners]
Paddlers with WWALS and Suwannee Riverkeeper Banners

Movie: Tom Cramer and his wife Barb are the volunteers at Banks Lake Outdoors (26M)

They stayed open for us.

[Movie: Tom Cramer and his wife Barb are the volunteers at Banks Lake Outpost (26M)]
Movie: Tom Cramer and his wife Barb are the volunteers at Banks Lake Outpost (26M)

Movie: Shirley from Pearson enjoys the monthly paddles with WWALS (20M)

With Gretchen munching in the background.

[Movie: Shirley from Pearson enjoys the monthly paddles with WWALS (20M)]
Movie: Shirley from Pearson enjoys the monthly paddles with WWALS (20M)

[Paddling Banks Lake with lights at dusk]
Paddling Banks Lake with lights at dusk

[Full moon cypress, Banks Lake]
Full moon cypress, Banks Lake

We didn’t actually see any snakes, but nobody wanted to go in to find out.

[Here there be venemous serpents: lily pads at west edge of Banks Lake]
Here there be venemous serpents: lily pads at west edge of Banks Lake

[A flotilla]
A flotilla

[Cypress eclipsing full moon]
Cypress eclipsing full moon

[Julie Bowland painted these in her canoe on the lake]
Julie Bowland painted these in her canoe on the lake

Movie: Scotti Jay from Kayak Club of Valdosta and Sara Squires from Valdosta came to paddle (38M)

I think this is the best picture, in which Scotti Jay wins a photo contest I didn’t even know we were having.

[Movie: Scotti Jay from Kayak Club of Valdosta and Sara Squires from Valdosta came to paddle (38M)]
Movie: Scotti Jay from Kayak Club of Valdosta and Sara Squires from Valdosta came to paddle (38M)

More pictures

More pictures below. These pictures will also appear on facebook approximately tomorrow. Some of the pictures say “Movie:” and some of the movies will be posted on the WWALS YouTube channel.

See also facebook albums by Phil Hubbard, Julie Bowland, and Gretchen Quarterman.

Also there is a Google map at the end of this blog post.

 -jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®

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More Pictures

Click on any small picture for a larger one.

[Movie: Tiffany from Valdosta (12M)]
Movie: Tiffany from Valdosta (12M)

[Movie: Alton Burns from Coolidge, GA likes cleanups and paddling (24M)]
Movie: Alton Burns from Coolidge, GA likes cleanups and paddling (24M)

[Movie: Tom Cramer and his wife Barb are the volunteers at Banks Lake Outpost (26M)]
Movie: Tom Cramer and his wife Barb are the volunteers at Banks Lake Outpost (26M)

[Movie: ? from Valdosta started paddling in the Okefenokee Swamp and decided to do this one tonight (13M)]
Movie: ? from Valdosta started paddling in the Okefenokee Swamp and decided to do this one tonight (13M)

[Movie: Shirley from Pearson enjoys the monthly paddles with WWALS (20M)]
Movie: Shirley from Pearson enjoys the monthly paddles with WWALS (20M)

[Movie: Jim from Monticello, FL paddles everywhere he can (16M)]
Movie: Jim from Monticello, FL paddles everywhere he can (16M)

[Movie: Dan Phillips from Hahira and Dana France from Valdosta (74M)]
Movie: Dan Phillips from Hahira and Dana France from Valdosta (74M)

[Movie: Kevin Adams from Valdosta (17M)]
Movie: Kevin Adams from Valdosta (17M)

[Movie: Ronnie Thomas from Valdosta enjoys canoeing and kayaking (18M)]
Movie: Ronnie Thomas from Valdosta enjoys canoeing and kayaking (18M)

[Movie: Brent Farmer from Valdosta was fishing (37M)]
Movie: Brent Farmer from Valdosta was fishing (37M)

[Movie: Mike Hersey from Cairo, GA, kayaking a little over a year now (19M)]
Movie: Mike Hersey from Cairo, GA, kayaking a little over a year now (19M)

[Movie: Phil from Valdosta explaining why he was late and he's here to have a good time (39M)]
Movie: Phil from Valdosta explaining why he was late and he’s here to have a good time (39M)

[Movie: Julie Bowland from Valdosta (5.6M)]
Movie: Julie Bowland from Valdosta (5.6M)

OtL

[Paddling Banks Lake with lights at dusk]
Paddling Banks Lake with lights at dusk

After

[Julie Bowland painted these in her canoe on the lake]
Julie Bowland painted these in her canoe on the lake

Google Map

Follow this link for the google map, and it’s also embedded below.