Fun was had by all at the WWALS booth at South Georgia Pride, in Saunders Park, Valdosta, Georgia, September 16, 2017. Plus we saw the remains of an artesian spring. Here are pictures plus a google map.
Entrance, 13:43:40,, Saunders Park 30.8286020, -83.3007970
Set up and ready to go,, Saunders Park 30.8286940, -83.3009400
Amy, Scotti, Gretchen, people, 13:44:28,, Saunders Park 30.8286930, -83.3009450
Amy, Scotti, Gretchen
Amy, Sarah, Gretchen, Scotti, 13:46:36,, Saunders Park 30.8287080, -83.3009490
Gretchen demonstrating, 13:54:50,, Froggy toss game 30.8287190, -83.3009550
Sarah ready with treats, 14:26:49,, Froggy toss game 30.8287380, -83.3009420
Another frog tosser, 15:21:26,, Froggy toss game 30.8287500, -83.3009500
Hightower St, 13:35:45,, Browns Canal 30.8367958, -83.3012464
E across sidewalk, 13:35:49,, Browns Canal 30.8368017, -83.3012256
Containers double-stacked, RR, US 41N, 13:19:15,, Railroad 30.9039337, -83.3453751
Spring
Update 2017-10-24: What Barber Pool looked like in its heyday.
My father told me there used to be a bath house on River Street west of downtown Valdosta, fed by an artesian well. I remember decades ago there being tumble-down buildings. In recent years I never could locate them. Turns out that’s because it became John W. Saunders Park, 1151 River Street, Valdosta, Georgia.
Now a pile of rocks, 15:44:40,, Former artesian spring 30.8287022, -83.3021064
Scotti Jay at the spring, 15:44:44,, Former artesian spring 30.8287940, -83.3017750
Scotty Jay led me to the spring, which is to the left as you face the amphitheater.
PVC pipe, 15:44:58,, Former artesian spring 30.8288150, -83.3018200
Water is supposed to come out of that pipe.
Flow channel, 15:45:07,, Former artesian spring 30.8288170, -83.3018410
If there were any water, it would flow down that channel.
Entrance, 13:43:40,, Saunders Park 30.8286020, -83.3007970
Scotti Jay says the pools used to be where the playing fields are now, on each side of the walk to the amphitheater.
-jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®
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