More than 20 boatloads of new paddlers went on Reed Bingham State Park Lake, in Juneteenth, June 20, 2026, by Macedonia Community Foundation and WWALS.

Thanks to Fannie Marie Gibbs for the idea. She was indisposed and could not come. Her grandchildren Andre and Aisha Gibbs and friends and relatives brought the food and the games for children.

WWALS supplied the boats and the stunt adults to paddle with children whose parents don’t want to get in a boat: Andrew Reinlieb, Gretchen Quarterman, Scotti Jay, and John S. Quarterman, plus Kimberly Godden Tanner signing people in.

Juneteenth with new boaters, Reed Bingham State Park Beach, Little River 2026-06-20, And food!

People seemed to like it. I took the first boatload out soon after the 11 AM start time, and more boatloads of new paddlers were still going well after the nominal 3 PM end time, even after 4 PM.

Georgia State Parks raised the parking rate from to $10. Sorry about that. Other than that, there was no charge.

June 19, 2027, is on a Saturday, so that’s the most likely next time for this Juneteenth celebration.

If you want to know about Juneteenth the event, try this:

https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/moments/juneteenth

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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Children at WWALS tent with Kim, 2026:06:20 11:15:22, –Gretchen Quarterman for WWALS 31.1621361, -83.5479444

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jsq going out with the first canoe of boaters, 2026:06:20 11:25:42, –Gretchen Quarterman for WWALS 31.1619444, -83.5408944

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Boats on the lake, 2026-06-20 –Gretchen Quarterman for WWALS

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Gretchen boating, Scotti preparing, Kim and Daniel @ WWALS tent, 2026:06:20 11:42:12, –jsq for WWALS 31.1621626, -83.5480895

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Movie: Videoing Scotti taking a picture, 2026:06:20 11:56:21, (5.4M) –jsq for WWALS 31.1621201, -83.5479219

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Scotti, Andrew, Kim, Gretchen, WWALS tent, 2026:06:20 12:23:03, –jsq for WWALS 31.1621163, -83.5479266

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Gretchen, DeAndre, 2026:06:20 12:07:02 –Kim Tanner for WWALS

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Gretchen and Kim take a dip, 2026:06:20 12:35:46, –jsq for WWALS 31.1621293, -83.5479126

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Scotti with boaters, 2026:06:20 12:55:57, –jsq for WWALS 31.1621022, -83.5479026

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Preparing the food, 2026:06:20 13:18:40, –Gretchen Quarterman for WWALS 31.1626250, -83.5484167

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Gretchen paddling, 2026:06:20 13:29:26 –Kim Tanner for WWALS

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Scotti signs in more, Andrew watches, Gretchen with boatload, 2026:06:20 13:28:14, –jsq for WWALS 31.1620873, -83.5478964

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Food in the pavilion, 2026:06:20 13:30:32, –jsq for WWALS 31.1622581, -83.5482388

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Two canoes out while Scotti and Kim sign in more, 2026:06:20 13:32:12, –jsq for WWALS 31.1620837, -83.5479400

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Movie: Gretchen and Andrew with new boaters, Scotti at tent, food has arrived, with popsicles, 2026:06:20 13:32:20, (51M) –jsq for WWALS 31.1620837, -83.5479400

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Gretchen and Scotti with new boaters, 2026:06:20 13:51:26, –jsq for WWALS 31.1621030, -83.5479312

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Bubbles, 2026:06:20 13:59:02, –jsq for WWALS 31.1622702, -83.5483751

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Ryan and Kim: Cheese!, 2026:06:20 14:02:54, –jsq for WWALS 31.1622086, -83.5481414

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Time to Eat, 2026:06:20 14:05:09, –jsq for WWALS 31.1621975, -83.5481496

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DeAndre hosting lunch, 2026:06:20 15:00:04, –jsq for WWALS 31.1622509, -83.5482436

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Swimming, 2026:06:20 14:24:14, –Gretchen Quarterman for WWALS 31.1621944, -83.5481278

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PFDs for all, 2026:06:20 14:31:26, –jsq for WWALS 31.1621069, -83.5480678

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Movie: Putting on PFDs, 2026:06:20 14:31:38, (37M) –jsq for WWALS 31.1621069, -83.5480678

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Movie: Watch long enough and you want to boat, 2026:06:20 14:42:38, (11M) –jsq for WWALS 31.1621069, -83.5480678

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Movie: Rare single paddler, and Andrew in WWALS canoe with more, 2026:06:20 15:10:41, (30M) –jsq for WWALS 31.1622509, -83.5482436

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Canoe with its own adult, 2026:06:20 16:02:28, –Gretchen Quarterman for WWALS 31.1622583, -83.5478222

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Movie: The last kayak, but not the last canoe, 2026:06:20 15:16:19, (17M) –jsq for WWALS 31.1622509, -83.5482436

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Movie: Another one with Gretchen, 2026:06:20 15:26:10, (7.3M) –jsq for WWALS 31.1622509, -83.5482436

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Wrapping up, 2026:06:20 16:27:05, –jsq for WWALS 31.1621608, -83.5482275

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