Pictures: Mayday to Statenville, Alapaha River 2019-03-23

It was a ten!

It was a fine spring day for thirteen miles on the Alapaha River from Mayday to Statenville. Cypress, oaks, pines, tea-colored water, and a sandy lunch spot.

See it in these pictures by Gretchen Quarterman.

The water level was about 9 feet or 85.1′ NAVD88 on the Statenville Gauge. That’s higher than our old recommended maximum, so we’re raising the max to 10 feet (86.1′ NAVD88).

Getting ready

Dr. Potter at Mayday Landing, 09:11:45, 30.8281306, -83.0181056

Debbie and Dan, 09:11:59, 30.8280361, -83.0181417

Dennis Price, 09:12:01, 30.8280194, -83.0181417

On the water

Trudy and Conn Cole, 08:44:02

Pair of yellow kayaks, 08:44:09

Norfolk Southern Railroad Bridge, 08:46:35

Heading downstream, 08:47:12

Norfolk Southern Railroad Bridge, 09:23:35, 30.8275000, -83.0184250

Griner Lane Private Landing

Griner Private Landing, 09:34:29, 30.8193444, -83.0175556

Private access at red house, Griner Road, left (east) bank, 09:34:21, 30.8193639, -83.0176611

Pierce on Griner Road

Festive deck, 09:35:39, 30.8183556, -83.0172500

Pipe from river, 09:35:43, 30.8183417, -83.0172361

Pipe at river, 08:56:47

Ladder to river again, 09:35:59, 30.8182806, -83.0171806

Ladder to river, 08:55:33

Closer ladder to river, 08:55:37

High deck, 08:58:34

Residential

Swing, 09:08:30

Sun room, 09:08:42

River fence

Fence, left (east) bank, 09:51:52, 30.8055444, -83.0195167

Fence, 09:12:45

Orange kayak, 09:13:35

Private access

Sandy road to river, 09:15:22

Trudy and Conn Cole, 09:15:39

Debbie and Dan, 09:15:44

Tree and river

Nice tree, 09:16:12

Downstream, 09:16:45

Dark limbs, 09:17:11

Many branches, 09:17:23

Three boats, 09:17:42

Leaves

Palmettos, 09:20:33

Deciduous, 09:21:01

P3230219, 09:21:13

Leaf zoom, 09:21:18

Flower zoom, 09:21:27

Spring or creek

Creek or spring, left (west) bank, 10:05:15, 30.7994222, -83.0253000

Probably a creek, 10:05:20, 30.7994722, -83.0253000

Movie: Foamy water, 10:05:23, (11M) 30.7994722, -83.0253000

Roots and branches

Tree dug in, 09:22:48

Tree and palmetto, 09:22:52

Tree-sheltered river, 09:24:58

Well guarded, 09:25:04

Luminous, 09:25:09

Practically floating tree, 09:29:19

Low bank, 09:29:26

Unusual tree

Very branched tree, left (west) bank, 10:08:19, 30.8014861, -83.0252306

Framed

Trees framing quarry pond overflow? right (east) bank, 10:10:24, 30.8028861, -83.0259639

Bluff

Wrested vegetation, left (east) bank, 10:14:07, 30.8036500, -83.0301278

Oxbow cutoff

Tree in river, 10:17:55, 30.7998278, -83.0305778

Oxbow tree, 09:39:53

Close tree, 09:40:07

Close glowing tree, 09:40:12

Glowing oxbow tree, 09:40:15

Cabin, 09:40:39

Looking into the oxbow, 10:18:08, 30.7996778, -83.0305861

Looking west around the cutoff bend, 10:19:59, 30.7988000, -83.0305417

Beyond the bend

Wrested vegetation, 10:00:17

Bend to the left, 10:00:21

Dock

Boat dock, 10:09:04

Boat dock again, 10:09:12

House behind dock, 10:09:08

We-no-nah, 10:16:40

Rest stop

Dr. Potter, 10:19:40

Dennis Price, 10:19:47

Boats on shore, 10:22:30

Movie: Could do this one even when the water is a lot lower, 10:22:30 (6.1M)

Tea-colored sand ripples, 10:24:01

Onwards

Coral-colored shore, 11:33:09, 30.7792444, -83.0427944

Unter den linden

Paddling under, 10:56:32

Shiny, 10:56:36

Glowing, 10:56:40

River tree canopy

Canopy river, 11:35:38, 30.7773889, -83.0421611

Limb in the water, 11:36:04, 30.7771083, -83.0419611

A little more canopy, 11:38:19, 30.7751167, -83.0419083

Swirly canopy, 11:41:39, 30.7736222, -83.0458222

Sunlit canopy, 11:41:50, 30.7735778, -83.0459361

High Spanish moss, 11:41:59, 30.7735306, -83.0460278

Same limb down, 11:42:02, 30.7735111, -83.0460444

Overhanging trees, 11:42:05, 30.7734806, -83.0460583

Sullivan Lane

House at Sullivan Ln NE, 11:42:25, 30.7732861, -83.0462028

Closer, 11:42:29, 30.7732639, -83.0462500

Roof, 11:42:34, 30.7732417, -83.0463028

Bend to the right

Small bend to the right, 11:49:35, 30.7671306, -83.0432361

Straight stretch, 11:49:43, 30.7670389, -83.0431750

Reflections, 11:49:47, 30.7669861, -83.0431278

Obscure flowers, 11:15:45

Rachel Road

Left Bend at Rachel Rd. 12:04:32, 30.7561583, -83.0453194

Arch up and out, 11:27:30

Roots and trunks, 11:27:51

Trunks and roots, 11:27:55

Overhanging limbs, 11:28:28

Food

Lunch stop below 03110202007099 Creek, 12:18:08, 30.7480083, -83.0396278

Before Cranford Branch, 12:18:11, 30.7480111, -83.0395583

IMG 2027, 12:18:17, 30.7480000, -83.0395278

Lunch canopy, 12:36:08, 30.7479972, -83.0392750

White flowers, 11:58:31

Photo-op

IMG 2029, 12:43:33, 30.7480861, -83.0393917

IMG 2030, 12:43:43, 30.7480667, -83.0393667

IMG 2031, 12:43:47, 30.7480667, -83.0393667

Look this way, 12:43:57, 30.7480667, -83.0393667

Lunch group, 12:06:21

Lunch bunch, 12:06:56

Embarking

Canoes and kayaks, 13:00:10, 30.7477472, -83.0392833

PFD, 13:00:13, 30.7478028, -83.0392222

Paddling out, 13:00:15, 30.7478111, -83.0392444

On the river

Strainers, 13:13:52

Access behind tree? 13:14:42

Palmetto patch, 13:14:57

Massive tree in river, 13:15:11

Gnarly tree, 13:16:58

More verdure

Under the limbs, 13:18:11

Green and white, 13:18:57

Lit branch, 13:22:58

Kayaker, 13:28:50

Near the end

GA 94 Bridge, 14:12:04, 30.7055389, -83.0325250

Power boat under GA 94 bridge, 13:34:08

On land

Movie: Do it again!, 14:12:07, (6.2M) 30.7055000, -83.0325389

Movie: It was a ten today, (17M) 30.7055000, -83.0325389

Movie: Ten, ten, ten!, (20M) 30.7055000, -83.0325389

Movie: Awesome day, (11M) 30.7055000, -83.0325389

Gretchen Quarterman, 17:21:23, 31.0121694, -83.2697972

Gretchen again, 17:21:28, 31.0121972, -83.2697750

Statenville BR

Public Boat Ramp, 13:42:45

Ramp Exceeds 8% Slope, 13:43:15

Statenville Boat Ramp, 13:43:20

Kayak on car, 13:43:52

-jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®

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