Pictures: Meet and Greet at Banks Lake 2025-08-09

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Thanks to Janet Martin for organizing this first in a series of casual Meet and Greets. This one was at beautiful Banks Lake. Where it rained the whole time, so we set up tables for the food on the porch at Banks Lake Outdoors and had a fine time.

Meet and Greet at Banks Lake 2025-08-09, Rain and Thunder, Food and Cheer

Kim Tanner canceled the Full Sturgeon Moon Paddle afterwards because of rain an thunder, but the social went well anyway.

The next social is inside on a Sunday afternoon, Meet and greet at Georgia Beer Company, 2025-10-19.
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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®

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Food –jsq for WWALS

Bret Wagenhorst brought a watermelon, 2025:08:09 18:19:07, –jsq for WWALS 31.0350477, -83.0966843

Janet Martin organized this shindig, 2025:08:09 18:19:15, –jsq for WWALS 31.0350477, -83.0966843

Gretchen Quarterman, Gee Edwards, Tish Hall, 2025:08:09 18:19:39, –jsq for WWALS 31.0350477, -83.0966843

Gretchen preparing the photo-op, 2025:08:09 18:23:32, –jsq for WWALS 31.0351023, -83.0966576

GQ

Janet finds Gee amusing, 2025:08:09 18:12:56, –Gretchen Quarterman for WWALS 31.0350167, -83.0966111

Elizabeth Brunner explaining to Shirley Kokidko while Kim Tanner, 2025:08:09 18:18:50, –Gretchen Quarterman for WWALS 31.0350639, -83.0966556

Tish Hall guarding the food, 2025:08:09 18:19:00, –Gretchen Quarterman for WWALS 31.0351028, -83.0966194

Banks Lake Boat Ramp, 2025:08:09 18:19:09, –Gretchen Quarterman for WWALS 31.0351139, -83.0966556

Potluck, 2025:08:09 18:21:08, –Gretchen Quarterman for WWALS 31.0351556, -83.0968694

Thermometer that doesn’t seem to work, 2025:08:09 18:22:49, –Gretchen Quarterman for WWALS 31.0350111, -83.0963833

Banners at Banks Lake, 2025:08:09 18:23:39, –Gretchen Quarterman for WWALS 31.0350333, -83.0966417

Kim explains to Gee and Janet, 2025:08:09 18:45:59, –Gretchen Quarterman for WWALS 31.0352417, -83.0967722

Okefenokee, 2025:08:09 19:07:50, –Gretchen Quarterman for WWALS 31.0351028, -83.0966722

jsq answering something, 2025:08:09 19:13:48, –Gretchen Quarterman for WWALS 31.0349472, -83.0966250

Visitors from north Georgia, 2025:08:09 19:13:51, –Gretchen Quarterman for WWALS 31.0350222, -83.0966028

Bigger crowd, 2025:08:09 19:13:56, –Gretchen Quarterman for WWALS 31.0350250, -83.0966028

Dante Acevedo in front of the WWALS banner, 2025:08:09 19:16:11, –Gretchen Quarterman for WWALS 31.0349500, -83.0966417

Overflow, 2025:08:09 19:16:15, –Gretchen Quarterman for WWALS 31.0349833, -83.0965889

Fishing pier, 2025:08:09 19:41:22, –Gretchen Quarterman for WWALS 31.0348028, -83.0970833

Gator in the rain on Banks Lake, 2025:08:09 19:41:51, –Gretchen Quarterman for WWALS 31.0346611, -83.0972972

Tiny gator, 2025:08:09 19:42:05, –Gretchen Quarterman for WWALS 31.0346611, -83.0973194

Another gator, 2025:08:09 19:42:33, –Gretchen Quarterman for WWALS 31.0345889, -83.0974889

Fishing pole, 2025:08:09 19:42:37, –Gretchen Quarterman for WWALS 31.0345917, -83.0974972

Sun setting in the rain, 2025:08:09 19:42:48, –Gretchen Quarterman for WWALS 31.0345972, -83.0974972

Rain on Banks Lake, 2025:08:09 19:43:29, –Gretchen Quarterman for WWALS 31.0346056, -83.0974722

Framed sunset on Banks Lake, 2025:08:09 19:43:47, –Gretchen Quarterman for WWALS 31.0345917, -83.0974667

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