Update 2023-01-26: Pictures: Many deadfalls, shark teeth, and rapids: Alapachoochee Adventure 2022-07-09.
A rugged adventure on a 3-mile obstacle course, not for beginners.
There is plenty of deadfall to pull over, under, and around, but this narrow stretche of the Alapahoochee River is knee-to-hip deep so getting in and out of boats isn’t difficult. Each boat needs a rope. There are 2 sets of low rapids that will require a rope to lower your kayak down. The water is too low to paddle through. Wear sturdy shoes for climbing through wet rocks. Bring your lightest and shortest boat.
You will be rewarded with beautiful scenery, a chance to find shark’s teeth in a side creek, paddle under one of the oldest surviving truss bridges in Florida, scramble down rapids, and cool off with a swim at Turket Falls.
When: Gather 9 AM, launch 10 AM, end 2 PM, Saturday, July 9, 2022
Put In: GA 135 Alapahoochee Landing. North side of road, left bank, 3/4 mile upstream of the GA-FL line and west of Pear Tree Lane, between Jennings and Statenville, in Echols County, Georgia.
GPS: 30.62845, -83.0893
Take Out: Sasser Landing on the Alapaha River.
Bring: short boat, rope, sturdy shoes, and the usual personal flotation device, boat, paddles, food, drinking water, warm clothes, and first aid kit. Also trash pickers and trash bags: every WWALS outing is also a cleanup.
Free: This outing is free to WWALS members, and $10 (ten dollars) for non-members.
You can pay the $10 at the outing, or online:
https://wwals.net/outings
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![[Photo: Shirley Kokidko, Devil Shoal, 2022:06:23 12:29:43, 30.6106917, -83.0754861]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2022-07-09--alapahoochee-adventure/1190F394-09C7-4B5F-AEA2-8DABCE45C5B9.jpg)
Photo: Shirley Kokidko, Devil Shoal, 2022:06:23 12:29:43, 30.6106917, -83.0754861
Duration: 4 hours
Paddle: 3 miles, 3.5 hours.
Shuttle: 8.2 miles round trip, 20 minutes.
This outing includes the traditional WWALS shuttle.
Everybody takes their boats to the put-in,
most people drive to the take-out,
and the drivers pile into one or two vehicles
and go back to the put-in.
Host: Shirley Kokidko
Contact: Shirley Kokidko
Gauge: Statenville.
Backup: in case of high or low water or bad weather is: Cancel
More: For more WWALS outings and events as they are posted, see the WWALS outings web page, https://wwals.net/outings/. WWALS members also get an upcoming list in the Tannin Times newsletter.
-jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®
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