It was drizzly and it rained on Floyds Island, but everybody enjoyed it anyway.
Floyds Island Campout, Okefenokee Swamp 2024-11-10-11, Suwannee River, and Middle Fork
Thanks to Brack Barker for leading this Floyds Island Campout, 9 miles upstream on the Suwannee River in the Okefenokee Swamp.
Thanks to Gretchen Quarterman for these pictures.
Not many gators were visible, but there was a tree full of wood storks.
Flock of wood storks in treetops –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:10 13:17:02, 30.8755389, -82.3025361
Hard to tell but this bird may be a limpkin.
Walking bird –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:11 10:28:33, 30.8645667, -82.3194972
This is the farthest you can get from any road in Georgia, with very dark sky. When it’s not raining. It is darker then.
Everyone huddled on the porch of the century-old Hebard Cabin, then went to their tents or hammocks outside.
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®
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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Banners at Stephen C. Foster State Park –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:10 09:59:51, 30.8285222, -82.3608250
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Brack Barker gives the safety lecture –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:10 10:01:43, 30.8285194, -82.3608639
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Wildlife Feeding Strictly Prohibited –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:10 10:14:44
Camping by Permit Only –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:10 10:17:56, 30.8290667, -82.3607722
Visitors Must Sign In and Out –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:10 10:17:59, 30.8290806, -82.3607556
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Suwannee River: turn right for upstream –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:10 10:21:52, 30.8316889, -82.3602139
Billys Lake –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:10 10:21:54, 30.8317083, -82.3601917
Bend to the left –Gretchen Quarterman, then to the right, 2024:11:10 10:24:22, 30.8324222, -82.3586111
White bird –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:10 10:30:21, 30.8342861, -82.3548139
Closer white bird –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:10 10:30:25, 30.8342306, -82.3548444
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Turn left for Floyds Island –Gretchen Quarterman, up the Middle Fork Suwannee River, 2024:11:10 10:47:32, 30.8348500, -82.3431028
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Trail marker; do not go into that slough –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:10 10:49:58, 30.8359694, -82.3431028
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Narrow river –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:10 10:57:25, 30.8393944, -82.3434611
Cypress moss –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:10 10:57:27, 30.8394417, -82.3433222
A little wider –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:10 11:01:31, 30.8407889, -82.3412694
Into a narrow spot –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:10 11:01:35, 30.8408056, -82.3412556
Quite wide –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:10 11:05:23, 30.8421972, -82.3395472
And narrow again –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:10 11:07:01, 30.8428278, -82.3391639
Here we go –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:10 11:07:05, 30.8427417, -82.3390722
Trail marker –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:10 11:37:23, 30.8528583, -82.3295361
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A paddler –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:10 11:46:53, 30.8583444, -82.3256306
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Probably a gator in Minnies Lake –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:10 12:28:05, 30.8622167, -82.3228306
By the edge of the water –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:10 12:28:08, 30.8622167, -82.3228306
Gator just beyond the grass –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:10 12:35:00, 30.8642361, -82.3196639
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Trail Marker –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:10 12:52:38, 30.8698361, -82.3125000
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Mile 26 –Gretchen Quarterman, Red Trail, miles from Kingfisher Landing, 2024:11:10 13:06:16, 30.8726583, -82.3063056
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Two boaters –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:10 13:10:15, 30.8732417, -82.3056639
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Big Water straight –Gretchen Quarterman, Floyds Island right, 2024:11:10 13:16:16, 30.8753972, -82.3027194
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Sign: Big Water –Gretchen Quarterman, Floyds Island, 2024:11:10 13:16:45, 30.8755222, -82.3025667
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Flock of wood storks in treetops –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:10 13:17:02, 30.8755389, -82.3025361
Dappled waterway –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:10 13:17:42, 30.8753444, -82.3024611
Lily pads leading the way –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:10 13:19:25
Narrowing –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:10 13:29:25, 30.8713722, -82.2989972
Vertical narrowing –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:10 13:29:29, 30.8713722, -82.2989972
Squeeze through –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:10 14:01:53, 30.8739194, -82.2865139
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Two boaters squeezed through –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:10 14:17:19, 30.8730167, -82.2827056
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Hebard Cabin –Gretchen Quarterman, Floyds Island, 2024:11:10 15:48:23, 30.8560861, -82.2670139
On the porch out of the rain –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:10 16:42:26, 30.8561528, -82.2669444
Two campers –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:10 16:42:33, 30.8561472, -82.2669444
Tents and hammock –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:10 16:42:36, 30.8561278, -82.2669361
No fire in fire pit –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:10 16:42:39, 30.8561083, -82.2669611
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Packing up –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:11 07:09:07, 30.8561278, -82.2669611
Breakfast first –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:11 08:03:27, 30.8562000, -82.2669444
More breakfast –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:11 08:03:34, 30.8561472, -82.2668778
A cook and a camper –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:11 08:03:39, 30.8561694, -82.2668611
Bright eyed and bushy tailed –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:11 08:04:39, 30.8560528, -82.2669694
Standing under the porch roof –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:11 08:04:47, 30.8560861, -82.2669444
Maybe the drizzle will let up –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:11 08:06:20, 30.8562194, -82.2669972
Still drizzling –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:11 08:06:24, 30.8562111, -82.2670056
Munch and pack –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:11 08:07:36, 30.8561806, -82.2669361
About to brave the drizzle –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:11 08:07:58, 30.8561222, -82.2670889
Not quite yet –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:11 08:08:02, 30.8561333, -82.2670667
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Heading back –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:11 08:35:53, 30.8563889, -82.2661583
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Embarking –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:11 08:35:54, 30.8564000, -82.2679806
Through the trail –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:11 08:48:42, 30.8563611, -82.2679361
Onwards –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:11 08:50:25, 30.8634278, -82.2736889
Canopy –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:11 09:04:25, 30.8683583, -82.2756722
Mossy cypress –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:11 09:04:27, 30.8713028, -82.2756889
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Hurricane leaning? –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:11 09:08:32, 30.8732111, -82.2775500
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Slough full of alligators –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:11 09:19:48, 30.8747056, -82.2841417
Looks attractive –Gretchen Quarterman, but full of gators, 2024:11:11 09:30:13, 30.8721750, -82.2910389
Back on the trail –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:11 09:43:03
Wider closer to the river –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:11 09:50:27, 30.8740583, -82.3023972
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Middle Fork Suwannee River from the trail to Floyds Island –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:11 09:52:52, 30.8752417, -82.3024139
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Big Water Floyds Island sign again –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:11 09:53:35, 30.8754694, -82.3025361
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Red Trail 26 Mile sign –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:11 10:04:11, 30.8727583, -82.3061889
Angled trees –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:11 10:05:09, 30.8724250, -82.3068472
White trail marker –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:11 10:14:27
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Minnies Lake –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:11 10:24:43, 30.8657778, -82.3175139
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Walking bird –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:11 10:28:33, 30.8645667, -82.3194972
Standing bird –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:11 10:28:35, 30.8642778, -82.3196194
Still bird –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:11 10:28:38, 30.8642500, -82.3196472
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Don’t go in that slough –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:11 11:26:32, 30.8360083, -82.3431083
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Back to the Suwannee River –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:11 11:27:56, 30.8351111, -82.3431472
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Home to the right –Gretchen Quarterman, downstream on the Suwannee River, 2024:11:11 11:28:12, 30.8349889, -82.3431167
Suwannee River –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:11 11:34:54, 30.8348944, -82.3483972
Tour boat in the distance –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:11 11:34:58, 30.8348444, -82.3484361
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Left to home –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:11 11:49:26, 30.8319389, -82.3599556
Signpost at park canal –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:11 11:49:30, 30.8319167, -82.3600000
No Wake Zone –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:11 11:53:39, 30.8293111, -82.3606722
Boat on truck –Gretchen Quarterman, 2024:11:11 12:10:58, 30.8286972, -82.3608556
-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!
https://wwals.net/donations/
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