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.
Movie: Tom Cramer and his wife Barb are the volunteers at Banks Lake Outdoors (26M)
They stayed open for us.
Movie: Shirley from Pearson enjoys the monthly paddles with WWALS (20M)
With Gretchen munching in the background.
Paddling Banks Lake with lights at dusk 31.0344000, -83.0976938
Full moon cypress, Banks Lake 31.0226795, -83.1122524
Here there be venemous serpents: lily pads at west edge of Banks Lake 31.0226885, -83.1122279
We didn’t actually see any snakes, but nobody wanted to go in to find out.
A flotilla 31.0226395, -83.1122501
Cypress eclipsing full moon 31.0383812, -83.0789188
Julie Bowland painted these in her canoe on the lake 31.0351925, -83.0965187
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.
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
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Paddlers with WWALS and Suwannee Riverkeeper Banners, 31.0351925, -83.0965187
Movie: Tiffany from Valdosta (12M)
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: ? 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: Jim from Monticello, FL paddles everywhere he can (16M)
Movie: Dan Phillips from Hahira and Dana France from Valdosta (74M)
Movie: Kevin Adams from Valdosta (17M)
Movie: Ronnie Thomas from Valdosta enjoys canoeing and kayaking (18M)
Movie: Brent Farmer from Valdosta was fishing (37M)
Movie: Mike Hersey from Cairo, GA, kayaking a little over a year now (19M)
Movie: Phil from Valdosta explaining why he was late and hes here to have a good time (39M)
Movie: Julie Bowland from Valdosta (5.6M)
Paddling Banks Lake with lights at dusk 31.0344000, -83.0976938
Full moon rising over Banks Lake with paddlers 31.0343318, -83.0979168
Paddling west across Banks Lake 31.0326260, -83.0984333
Paddlers and the lights of Banks Lake Outpost behind them 31.0325352, -83.0984963
Two lights in the dark 31.0250000, -83.1069444
Lots of pictures of lights with moving camera 31.0252581, -83.1069719
Full moon cypress, Banks Lake 31.0226795, -83.1122524
Here there be venemous serpents: lily pads at west edge of Banks Lake 31.0226885, -83.1122279
Full moon reflection in Banks Lake 31.0383812, -83.0789188
Blurry lighted paddlers on Banks Lake 31.0225000, -83.1119444
A flotilla 31.0226395, -83.1122501
More light show 31.0226386, -83.1122564
Cypress eclipsing full moon 31.0383812, -83.0789188
Cypress holding full moon 31.0305602, -83.1082648
Something lighted that way lies 31.0305555, -83.1082496
Moon sliding up the sky 31.0338376, -83.0998264
Moon over dark cloud 31.0324722, -83.0977155
Julie Bowland painted these in her canoe on the lake 31.0351925, -83.0965187
Phil confabbing afterwards 31.0350379, -83.0967973
Scotti Jay wins the photo contest 31.0350379, -83.0967973
Movie: Scotti Jay from Kayak Club of Valdosta and Sara Squires from Valdosta came to paddle (38M)
Google Map
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