Pictures: Many deadfalls, shark teeth, and rapids: Alapachoochee Adventure 2022-07-09

Update 2024-06-14: Alapahoochee River Cleanup 2024-07-21.

So many deadfalls, seeps, and things in the Alapahoochee Adventure 2022-07-09 that I’m posting pictures in several parts.

First, here is from GA 135 across the GA-FL line to Beaty Bridge. And it turns out we’ve been spelling it wrong for years: it’s Beaty Bridge with one letter t.

Thanks to Shirley Kokidko for organizing this outing, and for the small but intrepid crew who drove as much as two and a half hours to get there.

Collage, Alapahoochee Adventures 2022-07-09

Next: Devil Shoal and Turket Falls.

Banners at GA 135

Ready for an adventure with banners, 09:46:43, 30.6286662, -83.0882243

Alapahoochee River @ GA 135 with banners, 09:46:36, 30.6286662, -83.0882243

Turning on the GOPRO360, Suwannee Riverkeeper, 10:12:56, 30.6287858, -83.0880894

On the water

And they’re off, 10:02:43, 30.6282988, -83.0882347

Old bridge

Old GA 135 Bridge abutments, 10:14:26, 30.6282272, -83.0882546

GA135Bridge

GA 135 Bridge with Shirley Kokidko, 10:04:00, 30.6278340, -83.0884739

D1

Not long to first deadfall, 10:03:52, 30.6278340, -83.0884739

Stay to the left, 10:15:46, 30.6277255, -83.0886509

Some brush in the river, 10:05:18, 30.6275829, -83.0887756

D2

Second Deadfall, 10:06:12, 30.6275829, -83.0887756

Paddle under to the left, 10:18:16, 30.6271186, -83.0894462

P1

Palmettos, 10:07:15, 30.6273640, -83.0892020

M1

Mattress, 10:07:24, 30.6270480, -83.0896610

Mattress by GOPRO360, 10:18:56, 30.6269583, -83.0897142

Paddlers, 10:08:24, 30.6265039, -83.0900631

Shirley Kokidko with cypress knees, 10:09:31, 30.6259900, -83.0900870

TA

Tea-colored water over submerged deadfalls, 10:09:33, 30.6259900, -83.0900870

S1

Brief adjustment stop, 10:10:22, 30.6259900, -83.0900870

Brief adjustment stop by GOPRO360, 10:21:26, 30.6258302, -83.0899402

Some riffles, 10:11:38, 30.6257808, -83.0897708

Arch framing fields, 10:11:41, 30.6257808, -83.0897708

Bend to the right, 10:11:46, 30.6257808, -83.0897708

FRO

Something walks down from that field to the river, 10:11:51, 30.6257808, -83.0897708

Or is it just field runoff?, 10:23:06, 30.6255330, -83.0894895

Deadfalls not in the way, 10:12:26, 30.6253103, -83.0894137

Field behind, 10:12:33, 30.6253103, -83.0894137

Roots and log, 10:13:42, 30.6247787, -83.0895753

Bend to the left, 10:13:45, 30.6247787, -83.0895753

Wrested vegetation, 10:14:19, 30.6247787, -83.0895753

Seeps1

Seeps, 10:14:22, 30.6247787, -83.0895753

Paddlers

Catching up, 10:14:27, 30.6245290, -83.0901187

Paddler, 10:15:20, 30.6245290, -83.0901187

Two paddlers with field behind, 10:16:07, 30.6245033, -83.0896887

DP1

Shirley Kokidko adjusting the GOPRO360, 10:29:46, 30.6244068, -83.0895179

RDF

Rogers Deadfall, 10:16:11, 30.6245033, -83.0896887

Approaching Rogers Deadfall, 10:29:56, 30.6244023, -83.0895115

Rogers Deadfall, 10:30:06, 30.6243921, -83.0894741

Under Rogers Deadfall, 10:30:16, 30.6243666, -83.0894153

After Rogers Deadfall, 10:30:26, 30.6243231, -83.0893709

GP2

Readjust the GOPRO, 10:33:06, 30.6242227, -83.0892922

Shirley through some brush, 10:23:59, 30.6239557, -83.0890280

LC

Lone cypress, 10:24:09, 30.6239557, -83.0890280

Lone cypress portrait, 10:24:25, 30.6239557, -83.0890280

Lone cypress context, 10:36:06, 30.6235827, -83.0889897

Annoyances

Annoying but not obstructive deadfalls, 10:25:34, 30.6233323, -83.0886532

SS

Small seeps, 10:26:20, 30.6233323, -83.0886532

Another bend to the right, 10:26:24, 30.6233323, -83.0886532

LGDF

Under the last Georgia Deadfall, 10:27:17, 30.6229317, -83.0881696

Under to the left by GOPRO, 10:38:46, 30.6226326, -83.0877143

LGP

Last Georgia portage, 10:39:46, 30.6225775, -83.0877144

Flying kayak with GOPRO360, 10:31:27, 30.6224786, -83.0876197

Boaters waiting downstream, 10:31:30, 30.6224786, -83.0876197

Slantwise deadfalls, 10:36:25, 30.6221970, -83.0875190

CS

Cooling stream, 10:36:27, 30.6221965, -83.0875191

Cooling stream (agricultural runoff) 10:48:46, 30.6219927, -83.0872325

GAFL

GA-FL Line, 10:54:06, 30.6212443, -83.0856386

Shirley at state line seeps, 10:42:13, 30.6212803, -83.0857213

State line seeps, 10:44:05, 30.6212360, -83.0855520

Florida

Bend to the left, 10:44:08, 30.6207207, -83.0851681

Shirley following, 10:48:00, 30.6203797, -83.0833568

Paddle left around these deadfalls, 10:50:00, 30.6202653, -83.0830833

FFDF

First Florida Deadfall, 10:53:20, 30.6190096, -83.0817186

Approaching First Florida Deadfall, 11:06:16, 30.6189187, -83.0817049

Under First Florida Deadfall, 11:06:26, 30.6188630, -83.0816944

Small stream, 10:58:09, 30.6183950, -83.0808600

ST

Shark teeth, 11:00:05

Stopping, 11:00:15

Shark teeth beach, 11:12:16,

Shirley finding teeth, 11:03:15

Shark teeth in the sand, 11:03:22

Onwards, 11:26:46

BPL

Private river entrance, 11:29:00, 30.6172001, -83.0791870

Beatty private landing, right bank, 11:40:30, 30.6171523, -83.0792422

Here they come, 11:29:02, 30.6172001, -83.0791870

There he goes, 11:29:05, 30.6172001, -83.0791870

BDF

Beatty Deadfall, 11:30:33, 30.6165975, -83.0791342

Go under to the right, Beatty Deadfall, 11:30:27, 30.6165975, -83.0791342

Approaching Beaty Deadfall, 11:42:40, 30.6163529, -83.0794880

One under Beaty Deadfall, , 11:42:50, 30.6163301, -83.0795180

Two under Beaty Deadfall, 11:43:00, 30.6163101, -83.0795454

Last under Beaty Deadfall, 11:43:10, 30.6163031, -83.0795473

FSS

For Sale, Liza Vargason, 386-590-6001, 11:39:49, 30.6152800, -83.0789900

For Sale sign closeup, 11:39:52, 30.6152797, -83.0789901

BB

Beatty Bridge, 11:49:00, 30.6160288, -83.0798029

CSB

Concrete and steel on left bank: old bridge pier? 11:49:40, 30.6160015, -83.0797564

SORO

Stream or runoff, 11:40:59, 30.6151230, -83.0787010

Smooth paddling, 11:41:05, 30.6151234, -83.0787012

KDF

Approaching Kren Deadfall, 11:54:20, 30.6148084, -83.0778408

Undercut left bank, 11:45:20, 30.6139166, -83.0773875

PSO

Photogenic shelf oak, left bank, 11:45:41, 30.6139166, -83.0773875

SPD

Spring, Creek, or Drain, left bank, 11:46:49, 30.6138130, -83.0778279

Suwannee Riverkeeper Wants You! –Shirley Kokidko

Suwannee Riverkeeper under a deadfall –Shirley Kokidko

Balcones

Balconies, right bank, 11:46:59, 30.6138130, -83.0778279

Balcony seeps, 11:48:24, 30.6133026, -83.0774747

Balconies, 11:58:50, 30.6135554, -83.0778199

Suwannee Riverkeeper under a limestone balcony –Shirley Kokidko

Under the balconies, 11:50:25, 30.6133436, -83.0774966

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-jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®

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