A dozen happy paddlers saw the sun set and the moon rise at the same time over Banks Lake last Sunday.
![[Sunset, Moonrise, happy boaters @ Banks Lake 2023-02-05]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-02-05--banks-lake-full-snow-moon-pictures/many.jpg)
Sunset, Moonrise, happy boaters @ Banks Lake 2023-02-05
Thanks to Elizabeth Brunner for leading that outing. These pictures came from her facebook photoset.
Julie Bowland also paddled Banks Lake that evening, and took the picture of the painting she did there.
Tomorrow afternoon she offers to show you how to do that. Continue reading
Update 2023-02-18: Clean rivers 2023-02-16.
Update 2023-02-13: Cherry Creek water quality sampling after Valdosta sewage spill 2023-02-12.
Thanks to new WWALS tester Cindy Vegas for four more Withlacoochee River site results for Thursday, all clean.
But it rained hard yesterday and continues today, so contamination has probably washed into the rivers: all of the Little, Withlacoochee, Alapaha, and Suwannee. Maybe not the Santa Fe, but we’ll see.
I wouldn’t swim, fish, or boat in these rivers this weekend.
![[Chart with Rain, Withlacoochee River, Swim Guide Map 2023-02-09]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-02-09--more-wq/many.jpg)
Chart with Rain, Withlacoochee River, Swim Guide Map 2023-02-09
Look at the rain for yesterday, Friday: 1.67 inches at the Skipper Bridge Gauge, in the same stretch of river she sampled Thursday. Cat Creek comes in between Franklinville and Skipper Bridge, so it is very likely that contamination washed into the river yesterday. Continue reading
Judging by the continuing downpour, I’d guess US 41 will stay closed through today at least.
![[Map, US 41 Road closed, 2023-02-11]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-02-10--us-41-closed-lake-park-jennings/many.jpg)
Map, US 41 Road closed, 2023-02-11
The GDOT press release is pretty vague about where the water is across the road, so there are some guesses below, after the press release.
Maybe somebody around Lake Park or Jennings can send some pictures.
GDOT Press Alert, Friday, February 10, 2023 Lowndes and Echols Counties: State Route 7 in Lakepark , GA to Jennings, FL is closed due to water over the roadway, Continue reading