Tires and trash cleaned up at Nankin Boat Ramp, swimming and diver tales at McIntyre Spring, a creek, karst, shoals, and rapids, into Florida and back to Georgia all downstream, Valdosta Railway Trestle, Madison County Four Freedoms Trail, and exotic invasive Japanese Climbing Fern, all on a fall day on the Withlacoochee River with WWALS Watershed Coalition, Suwannee Riverkeeper. Thanks to all who came to paddle from as far as two hours from Gainesville, Florida and four hours from Pine Mountain, Georgia.
The Quitman (US 84) Gauge was at about 2.6′ (86′ NAVD88).
Here are some pictures.
This post is just the first part; more pictures will follow are posted with
diving
and
landowners
at Arnold Springs,
Old Clyattville Road Bridge
Horn Bridge,
and
Mozell Spells (State Line Ramp).
and a
Google Map,
and a few videos are still to come.
These are some of our many favorite spots on the Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail.
Watch wwals.net for more outings are they are announced, or see the WWALS calendar or the WWALS outings and events web page. We have outings at least once a month.
Banner and fourteen picker-uppers, 09:55:21,, Georgia Adopt-A-Stream Cleanup 30.6749200, -83.3939200
Tires under the bridge, 09:28:15,, Georgia Adopt-A-Stream Cleanup 30.6751600, -83.3942300
Trash in the gully, 09:29:08,, Georgia Adopt-A-Stream Cleanup 30.6753300, -83.3941200
Closeup trash, 09:29:12,, Georgia Adopt-A-Stream Cleanup 30.6753700, -83.3941400
Dave Palmer picking up trash, 09:29:21,, Georgia Adopt-A-Stream Cleanup 30.6753600, -83.3941300
Banner and fourteen picker-uppers, 09:55:21,, Georgia Adopt-A-Stream Cleanup 30.6749200, -83.3939200
Widespread Panic, 10:05:41,, Nankin Boat Ramp 30.6748300, -83.3942200
Widespread Panic, 10:05:41,, Nankin Boat Ramp 30.6748300, -83.3942200
Getting in, 10:06:13,, Nankin Boat Ramp 30.6748300, -83.3942400
Ghost ship aboard, 10:07:12,, Nankin Boat Ramp 30.6748200, -83.3942500
Willows upstream, 10:07:23,, Nankin Boat Ramp 30.6748700, -83.3942500
Boaters way downstream, 10:44:39,, Nankin Boat Ramp 30.6747300, -83.3942300
Which way?, 10:44:42,, River Bend Shoals 30.6672100, -83.3870100
Which way?, 10:44:42,, River Bend Shoals 30.6672100, -83.3870100
No problem, 10:44:43,, River Bend Shoals 30.6673583, -83.3866855
More coming, 10:44:44,, River Bend Shoals 30.6673583, -83.3866855
Movie: Through the eddies, 16:32:34,, River Bend Shoals 30.6673500, -83.3866900
Onwards, 10:59:49,, River Bend Shoals 30.6626100, -83.3797700
Boaters ahead, 10:59:59,, River Bend Shoals 30.6624559, -83.3779029
Boaters behind, 11:00:05,, River Bend Shoals 30.6622222, -83.3775000
Wrested vegetation, 11:14:21,, Downstream 30.6568200, -83.3670700
Wrested vegetation, 11:14:21,, Downstream 30.6568200, -83.3670700
Rocks behind, 11:14:26,, Downstream 30.6568800, -83.3672300
Narrow, 11:18:29,, Downstream 30.6587600, -83.3639100
Steps, 11:32:05,, Downstream 30.6565741, -83.3633520
Tree, 11:32:19,, Downstream 30.6566584, -83.3633833
Roots, 11:32:20,, Downstream 30.6566456, -83.3633953
Logs, 11:32:21,, Downstream 30.6566456, -83.3633953
Movie: Downstream from the steps, 13:18:41, (5.9M), Downstream 30.6373851, -83.3574091
Rocks half across, 11:37:43,, Tween Creek Shoals 30.6557356, -83.3645934
Rocks half across, 11:37:43,, Tween Creek Shoals 30.6557356, -83.3645934
Movie: Margaret Tyson shoots the rapids,, Tween Creek Shoals 30.6557356, -83.3645934
Sailing through the rapids, 11:38:44,, Tween Creek Shoals 30.6557289, -83.3645212
Current, 11:38:45,, Tween Creek Shoals 30.6557289, -83.3645212
Below the shoals, 11:42:52,, Tween Creek Shoals 30.6557288, -83.3645306
Movie: Gretchen is traditionally in the very back, 13:17:00, (13M), Tween Creek Shoals 30.6380064, -83.3584518
Movie: Do you want me to paddle?, 15:16:31, (22M), Clyatt Mill Creek 30.6410533, -83.3366343
Movie: Do you want me to paddle?, 15:16:31, (22M), Clyatt Mill Creek 30.6410533, -83.3366343
Deadfall at creek confluence, 11:46:16,, Clyatt Mill Creek 30.6536976, -83.3624997
Creek and river water, 11:46:18,, Clyatt Mill Creek 30.6537131, -83.3624839
Paddlers ahead, 11:51:44,, Clyatt Mill Creek 30.6526587, -83.3613652
Closeup paddlers ahead, 115151, 11:51:51,, Clyatt Mill Creek 30.6526587, -83.3613652
Guy Bryant explaining, 12:31:48,, McIntyre Spring 30.6416509, -83.3662078
There it is, 12:19:39,, McIntyre Spring 30.6421113, -83.3660590
Get out here?, 12:19:40,, McIntyre Spring 30.6421113, -83.3660590
A swimmer already, 12:19:49,, McIntyre Spring 30.6421113, -83.3660590
Unloading, 12:19:51,, McIntyre Spring 30.6421113, -83.3660590
Round spot in the river, 12:23:31,, McIntyre Spring 30.6420756, -83.3661254
Tom H. Johnson Jr. mid-river, 12:23:47,, McIntyre Spring 30.6420756, -83.3661254
The spring itself, 12:23:53,, McIntyre Spring 30.6420756, -83.3661254
More coming in, 12:25:20,, McIntyre Spring 30.6420756, -83.3661254
Guy Bryant explaining, 12:31:48,, McIntyre Spring 30.6416509, -83.3662078
Movie: 300 feet under the bank: 150-foot pit,, McIntyre Spring 30.6416700, -83.3662300
Fascinated listeners, 12:33:28,, McIntyre Spring 30.6416051, -83.3661611
Pleased explainer, 12:33:29,, McIntyre Spring 30.6416051, -83.3661611
A free diver, 12:47:33,, McIntyre Spring 30.6416153, -83.3661699
Apparently were on google maps satellite view,, McIntyre Spring 30.6415100, -83.3660400
Bank, 13:04:41,, Karst 30.6408500, -83.3654900
Bank, 13:04:41,, Karst 30.6408500, -83.3654900
Cave, 13:05:35,, Karst 30.6408262, -83.3653903
Lygodium japonicum, 13:06:12,, Japanese climbing fern 30.6405157, -83.3650067
Lygodium japonicum, 13:06:12,, Japanese climbing fern 30.6405157, -83.3650067
Reflection, 13:06:15,, Japanese climbing fern 30.6405143, -83.3649935
Carpet, 13:06:17,, Japanese climbing fern 30.6405017, -83.3649858
With boats, 13:06:19,, Japanese climbing fern 30.6404705, -83.3649528
More, 13:06:37,, Japanese climbing fern 30.6405042, -83.3647726
Palmettos, 13:07:06,, Japanese climbing fern 30.6404072, -83.3644372
Tom and Karen, 13:08:18,, Taking a land break 30.6397400, -83.3630300
Tom and Karen, 13:08:18,, Taking a land break 30.6397400, -83.3630300
Green boat, 13:08:30,, Taking a land break 30.6396600, -83.3628500
264 NE WEST PEPPERMINT TRL, 13:17:00,, First Florida Ramp 30.6373800, -83.3578100
264 NE WEST PEPPERMINT TRL, 13:17:00,, First Florida Ramp 30.6373800, -83.3578100
Waiting for Dave, 13:17:06,, First Florida Ramp 30.6373800, -83.3577600
Pear Way Ramp, 13:21:15,, Entering Florida 30.6368608, -83.3559050
Stray board at state line, 13:18:41,, Entering Florida 30.6373851, -83.3574091
Clothes in trees, 13:19:06,, Entering Florida 30.6373073, -83.3571384
174 NE WEST PEPPERMINT TRL, 13:19:36,, Entering Florida 30.6371461, -83.3568083
Pear Way Ramp, 13:21:15,, Entering Florida 30.6368608, -83.3559050
273 NE EAST PEPPERMINT TRL, 13:24:18,, Entering Florida 30.6365603, -83.3535835
317 NE EAST PEPPERMINT TRL, 13:26:03,, Entering Florida 30.6364187, -83.3523788
Beer, 13:26:04,, Entering Florida 30.6364187, -83.3523788
Somebodys following us, 13:26:06,, Entering Florida 30.6364226, -83.3523375
Closer, 13:27:31,, Valdosta Railway Trestle 30.6364187, -83.3523788
Visible in distance, 13:21:19,, Valdosta Railway Trestle 30.6368573, -83.3558796
Closer, 13:27:31,, Valdosta Railway Trestle 30.6364187, -83.3523788
Remains, 13:29:14,, Valdosta Railway Trestle 30.6365213, -83.3507628
Around to the left, 13:29:15,, Valdosta Railway Trestle 30.6365213, -83.3507628
Post eddy, 13:30:17,, Valdosta Railway Trestle 30.6365213, -83.3507628
Ghost ship trestle, 13:30:56,, Valdosta Railway Trestle 30.6363889, -83.3502778
Green boat, 13:32:02,, Valdosta Railway Trestle 30.6365990, -83.3504586
Movie: Past the trestle, 15:26:39,, Valdosta Railway Trestle 30.6365989, -83.3500000
Waiting for more, 13:47:42,, Pause 30.6355214, -83.3483120
Waiting for more, 13:47:42,, Pause 30.6355214, -83.3483120
Here comes one, 13:47:48,, Pause 30.6355210, -83.3483120
Deadfalls, 13:53:22,, Tannin Shoals 30.6326209, -83.3451921
Deadfalls, 13:53:22,, Tannin Shoals 30.6326209, -83.3451921
Movie: At Tannin Shoal, 12:19:40,, Tannin Shoals 30.6325700, -83.3451900
Flat rocks, 13:55:54,, Tannin Shoals 30.6335579, -83.3422184
White water, 13:58:34,, Back to Georgia Shoal 30.6345700, -83.3417800
White water, 13:58:34,, Back to Georgia Shoal 30.6345700, -83.3417800
Movie: Go that way, 15:11:21,, Back to Georgia Shoal 30.6346000, -83.3418000
Movie: Red paddle, white water, 14:09:43,, Back to Georgia Shoal 30.6346100, -83.3417700
Ghost ship shoaling, 14:09:42,, Back to Georgia Shoal 30.6350408, -83.3417692
Concentration, 14:09:43,, Back to Georgia Shoal 30.6350408, -83.3417692
Or maybe walk, 14:10:01,, Back to Georgia Shoal 30.6350367, -83.3417667
Portage, 14:10:04,, Back to Georgia Shoal 30.6350363, -83.3417656
Getting out, 14:10:07,, Back to Georgia Shoal 30.6350364, -83.3417658
White water middle, 14:10:11,, Back to Georgia Shoal 30.6349987, -83.3417242
Movie: Gretchen shoots the rapids, 15:35:52,, Back to Georgia Shoal 30.6350300, -83.3416400
Tom and Karen, 14:11:43,, Back to Georgia Shoal 30.6350709, -83.3417081
Movie: Tom and Karen shoot the rapids, 13:26:03,, Back to Georgia Shoal 30.6351000, -83.3416700
Two boats under tree, 14:15:29,, Back to Georgia Shoal 30.6353986, -83.3417936
Third boat coming, 14:15:31,, Back to Georgia Shoal 30.6353986, -83.3417936
Really looks like somebody built it, 14:16:16,, Back to Georgia Shoal 30.6354798, -83.3417571
Gretchen starting through, 14:16:21,, Back to Georgia Shoal 30.6355556, -83.3416667
After canoe, 14:16:26,, Back to Georgia Shoal 30.6355556, -83.3413889
Angled, 14:16:28,, Back to Georgia Shoal 30.6355556, -83.3413889
Tannic acid tea-colored water, 14:16:35,, Back to Georgia Shoal 30.6357756, -83.3414993
Red boat at state line, 14:17:00,, Back to Georgia Shoal 30.6360370, -83.3411993
Movie: Georgia and Florida, 09:29:08,, Back to Georgia Shoal 30.6362900, -83.3409400
Movie: Chasing floating bottle, 09:29:21,, Back to Georgia Shoal 30.6364700, -83.3407700
Gretchen sees around, 14:27:18,, A few more rocks 30.6375593, -83.3399155
In the distance, 14:27:10,, A few more rocks 30.6375126, -83.3400300
Gretchen sees around, 14:27:18,, A few more rocks 30.6375593, -83.3399155
-jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®
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