Well, after watching lightning strike straight down onto Banks Lake, expedition leader Turtleman Chris Adams called it off, the Full Buck Moon Paddle, 2025-07-10. Nobody paddled onto our watery living room near Lakeland, Georgia.

Full Buck Moon Paddle, Banks Lake NWR 2025-07-10, Called off because of lightning

So many people had requested boats that I had brought one of the WWALS canoes and an extra kayak. As you can see, few people showed up, because of the weather.

Here is a video WWALS Outings Committee Co-Chair Kimberly Godden Tanner took of us with banners. You can see lightning flashes and hear thunder.
https://youtu.be/TB-PWP_Zauo?si=fKcaYfYaQgGs1tRx

https://www.facebook.com/Wwalswatershed/videos/1417189959507932

The next one is Full Sturgeon Moon Paddle, Banks Lake 2025-08-09.
https://wwals.net/?p=67607

Come early for Meet and Greet at Banks Lake 2025-08-09.
https://wwals.net/?p=67844

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!
https://wwals.net/donations

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