Pictures: Mayday to Statenville, Alapaha River 2024-05-11

We saw many creeks and seeps, and a few shoals barely visible as waves, on the Alapaha River from Mayday to Statenville, all in Echols County, Georgia, Saturday, May 11, 2024.

Creeks, seeps, waves over shoals, and many power boats, Mayday to Statenville, Alapaha River 2024-04-11

We had two chainsaws and two handsaws, but did not need to saw any deadfalls to get through.

We did see more power boats than I’ve ever seen on that river.

Thanks to Shawn O’Connor for leading, and to everyone else for paddling.

-jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®

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GBC

Grand Bay Creek Old State Road Bridge, 07:41:26, 30.9346711, -83.1090582

Upstream Grand Bay Creek, 07:41:49, 30.9346849, -83.1087578

ML

Norfolk Southern Railroad Bridge, Alapaha River, Howell, GA, 08:09:15, 30.8268950, -83.0184490

Boats at Mayday Landing and Howell Road Bridge, Alapaha River, Howell, GA, 08:09:32, 30.8277758, -83.0183581

ML2

Etta Lee’s Annie Farm shirt, 08:17:00, 30.8280099, -83.0177608

Bugs, 08:27:17, 30.8279959, -83.0176639

Shawn O’Connor gives the safety lecture, 08:27:32, 30.8279959, -83.0176639

Movie: Wear your PFD, 08:27:32, (60M) 30.8279959, -83.0176639

BB

Banners at Mayday Landing, 08:32:04, 30.8278628, -83.0181033

Banners with Howell Road Bridge at Mayday Landing, 08:31:58, 30.8278628, -83.0181033

Banners with Norfolk Southern Railroad Bridge at Mayday Landing, 08:32:14, 30.8278628, -83.0181033

GR

Movie: Getting ready at Mayday Landing, 08:32:16, (53M) 30.8278628, -83.0181033

OTW

Downstream, 09:42:05, 30.8192970, -83.0175040

Behind, 09:42:19, 30.8192969, -83.0175043

I wear many hats, 09:42:26, 30.8192969, -83.0175043

Many houses along Griner Lane, 09:43:18, 30.8186271, -83.0173310

HB

Happy boaters, 09:43:25, 30.8186271, -83.0173310

WV

Wrested vegetation, 10:00:21, 30.8092729, -83.0185450

OWLR

Our watery living room, 10:00:23, 30.8092729, -83.0185450

An elaborate riverside establishment, 10:02:09, 30.8089645, -83.0195422

SB

A sandy beach, 10:10:34, 30.8065960, -83.0207810

CB

Connell Branch should be in there, 10:11:09, 30.8062833, -83.0204657

Context Connell Branch, 10:11:05, 30.8065961, -83.0207806

OSS

Odd stump sculpture, right bank, 10:12:35, 30.8059789, -83.0194172

Sandy point stump sculpture, 10:12:39, 30.8059789, -83.0194172

Lawn chairs at sandy point, 10:14:27, 30.8054746, -83.0195005

RF

Resurrection fern with beach, 10:23:37, 30.7987375, -83.0242037

FCS

Foaming creek or slough, left bank, 10:25:07, 30.7989504, -83.0249365

Context: foaming creek or slough, left bank, 10:25:04, 30.7989504, -83.0249365

Movie: foaming creek or slough, left bank, 10:25:07, (14M) 30.7989504, -83.0249365

LPP

Elevensies stop, 10:46:23, 30.7994117, -83.0301780

Langdale private park at Howell-Rentz Oxbow Cutoff, 10:46:02, 30.7994117, -83.0301780

Heading out, 11:06:10, 30.7994117, -83.0301780

BTL

Movie: Bend to the left, 11:06:10, (20M) 30.7978701, -83.0362193

Bend to the left, 11:15:59, 30.7978701, -83.0362193

JOSO

Jim Owens at a slough output, 11:19:17, 30.7960898, -83.0365256

Slough output and Jim Owens, 11:19:20, 30.7944959, -83.0356465

Movie: Jim Owens, 11:19:20, (3.7M) 30.7944959, -83.0356465

RALP

Right around Lees peninsula, 11:23:20, 30.7927290, -83.0368580

Movie: right around Lees peninsula, 11:23:20, (12M) 30.7927290, -83.0368580

Foam at Lees peninsula cut-through, 11:30:09, 30.7917459, -83.0382449

WSC

Wide sandy creek or private put-in for low water, 11:37:22, 30.7886916, -83.0348983

Creek or landing?, 11:37:38, 30.7886916, -83.0348983

Landing or creek?, 11:37:39, 30.7886916, -83.0348983

HBH

Howell Bluff House, 11:39:04, 30.7885757, -83.0347869

Shelter and boat, 11:43:36, 30.7854520, -83.0367070

WS

Wrested sand, 11:45:49, 30.7847349, -83.0372877

Gee Edwards at wrested sand, 11:45:45, 30.7844463, -83.0370128

DF

Looking upstream at a deadfall, 11:52:40, 30.7845821, -83.0414641

We went around by the right bank (on the left in this picture), 11:52:38, 30.7845821, -83.0414641

Frigo

Refrigerator?, 11:56:50, 30.7825479, -83.0398637

Sure looks like a refrigerator, 11:56:51, 30.7825479, -83.0398637

BTTL

Bend to the left, 12:01:03, 30.7798756, -83.0420950

WFTF

Movie: Wide falls, 12:02:32, (43M) 30.7795156, -83.0426535

Traynham falls, 12:02:32, 30.7795156, -83.0426535

SeepB

Seepage bluff, 12:03:30, 30.7795156, -83.0426535

Movie: Seepage bluff, 12:03:30, (8.6M) 30.7795156, -83.0426535

AW

Movie: Archway, 12:04:32, (14M) 30.7782549, -83.0424407

BBS

Bluffs both sides, 12:05:40, 30.7776106, -83.0420870

Movie: Bluffs both sides, 12:05:40, (21M) 30.7776106, -83.0420870

FR

Field runoff, 12:07:35, 30.7769153, -83.0415101

Movie: Field runoff, (8.3M) 30.7769153, -83.0415101

MFR

More field runoff, 12:08:54, 30.7757297, -83.0413333

Movie: More field runoff, 12:08:58, (16M) 30.7757297, -83.0413333

LS

Lunch stop with intentional immersion, 12:29:34, 30.7745310, -83.0450294

ABTTL

Another bend to the left, 12:50:02, 30.7732573, -83.0462806

SG

Movie: Seepage, 12:50:02, (9.0M) 30.7732573, -83.0462806

Seepage, 12:51:12, 30.7732573, -83.0462806

Seepage slope, 12:51:24, 30.7732573, -83.0462806

Karstbluff

Movie: Karst bluff, 12:51:24, (16M) 30.7732573, -83.0462806

DFMR

Deadfall in the middle of the river, 12:59:07, 30.7692845, -83.0445705

Movie: Deadfall in the middle of the river, 12:59:10, (10M) 30.7664956, -83.0427539

Movie: 20240511 130221, (24M) 30.7664956, -83.0427539

BB2

Big Branch 00311302? 13:02:40, 30.7640994, -83.0430853

BB2A

Or is this Big Branch 00311302? 13:04:25, 30.7628612, -83.0433689

Movie: Or is this Big Branch 00311302? 13:04:25, (9.1M) 30.7628612, -83.0433689

Movie: Martin Branch, (3.7M) 30.7628612, -83.0433689

Martin Branch With swing ropes, 13:06:13, 30.7621076, -83.0436496

TR

Tiny rapids, 13:21:27, 30.7549948, -83.0447020

SFW

Movie: Shoals or fish weir?, 13:21:26, (16M) 30.7476450, -83.0393237

Boat fishing at shoals or fish weir, 13:31:42, 30.7476450, -83.0393237

Fish weir or shoals?, 13:31:49, 30.7476450, -83.0393237

MLS

Movie: More little shoals, 13:31:49, (20M) 30.7460910, -83.0369340

Still more little shoals, 13:35:10, 30.7460910, -83.0369340

River full of little shoals, 13:35:14, 30.7460910, -83.0369340

MCB

Maybe Cramford Branch, 13:39:49, 30.7442520, -83.0364041

111 – 115

Movie: Maybe Cranford Branch with Etta Lee, 13:39:49, (23M) 30.7442520, -83.0364041

FRLB

Field Runoff, left bank, 13:44:09, 30.7406144, -83.0364856

Left bank field runoff, 13:44:11, 30.7406144, -83.0364856

OSLB

Old slough, left bank, 13:47:26, 30.7400850, -83.0348829

TBLB

Tiny branch, left bank, 13:53:42, 30.7355131, -83.0349033

Left bank tiny branch, 13:53:43, 30.7355131, -83.0349033

TBRB

Tiny branch, right bank, 14:04:23, 30.7338108, -83.0411415

Right bank tiny branch, 14:04:25, 30.7338108, -83.0411415

BAG

Bluffs again, 14:14:05, 30.7325602, -83.0400469

BBRB

Black bluff, right bank, 14:20:41, 30.7258264, -83.0477432

USP

Undercut seepage, 14:20:44, 30.7258264, -83.0477432

USS

Seepage stream, 14:22:34, 30.7256720, -83.0483343

Tree spring, 14:23:27, 30.7250498, -83.0483649

GT

Green and tan, 14:26:31, 30.7241727, -83.0459446

WTCC

What’s that creek called?, 14:32:33, 30.7202280, -83.0448928

Movie: He said Long Branch, so instead of 03110202001891 Creek, 14:32:33, (10M) 30.7202280, -83.0448928

ARBCS

Another right bank creek or slough, 14:38:21, 30.7165975, -83.0417027

TBTL

Tiger Branch Timber Private Landing, 14:46:25, 30.7172130, -83.0356102

TBLB

Tiger Branch, left bank, 14:47:15, 30.7172130, -83.0356102

Movie: Tiger Branch, 14:47:15, (81M) 30.7172130, -83.0356102

Tiger Branch and Tiger Branch Timber Private Landing, 14:47:59, 30.7169105, -83.0352040

TRBRO

Tiny right bank runoff, 14:55:34, 30.7127212, -83.0324112

Right bank tiny runoff, 14:55:36, 30.7127212, -83.0324112

NCT

Nice cypress tree, 14:57:13, 30.7123203, -83.0319879

LBTTR

Last bend to the right, 14:57:16, 30.7123203, -83.0319879

KSeep

Karst seepage, 14:58:48, 30.7112877, -83.0309034

Gnarly roots and karst, 14:58:51, 30.7112877, -83.0309034

GA94

GA 94 Bridge, 15:26:02, 30.7044583, -83.0327513

GA 94 Alapaha River Bridge, 15:26:06, 30.7044721, -83.0327602

-jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®

You can help with clean, swimmable, fishable, drinkable, water in the 10,000-square-mile Suwannee River Basin in Florida and Georgia by becoming a WWALS member today!
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