WWALS Watershed Coalition

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Staten Road to Langdale Park, Withlacoochee River 2016-03-20 [Up]

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Shuttle at Langdale Park

[At the gate, Langdale Park 30.8869324, -83.3153076]
At the gate, Langdale Park 30.8869324, -83.3153076

[Travis opens the gate]
Travis opens the gate

[The gate took some shoving 30.8872280, -83.3154221]
The gate took some shoving 30.8872280, -83.3154221

[Withlacoochee River sand bar at boat ramp 30.8876972, -83.3238907]
Withlacoochee River sand bar at boat ramp 30.8876972, -83.3238907

[Cars at boat ramp, Langdale Park 30.8876972, -83.3238907]
Cars at boat ramp, Langdale Park 30.8876972, -83.3238907

[Log jam above boat ramp 30.8876972, -83.3238907]
Log jam above boat ramp 30.8876972, -83.3238907

Staten Road Landing

[Movie: Under the Staten Road Bridge (1.9M)]
Movie: Under the Staten Road Bridge (1.9M)

[Boarding at Staten Road 30.9328155, -83.2884979]
Boarding at Staten Road 30.9328155, -83.2884979

[Panorama, 10:21:15, 30.9328155, -83.2884979]
Panorama, 10:21:15, 30.9328155, -83.2884979

[Here we go 30.9328232, -83.2884826]
Here we go 30.9328232, -83.2884826

[More people 30.9327984, -83.2884979]
More people 30.9327984, -83.2884979

[Heading out]
Heading out

Staten Road Bridge

[Downstream under the Staten Road Bridge]
Downstream under the Staten Road Bridge

[Movie: Around the first bend (1.2M)]
Movie: Around the first bend (1.2M)

[Panorama]
Panorama

[Unnamed tiny creek 30.9325313, -83.2899856]
Unnamed tiny creek 30.9325313, -83.2899856

[Or is it a tiny branch 30.9322262, -83.2902374]
Or is it a tiny branch 30.9322262, -83.2902374

[Boat parade! 30.9315739, -83.2905044]
Boat parade! 30.9315739, -83.2905044

Deck

[Clump of oaks, 30.9308224, -83.2920837]
Clump of oaks, 30.9308224, -83.2920837

[Horizontal tree, 30.9308224, -83.2920837]
Horizontal tree, 30.9308224, -83.2920837

[Holly tree and Dennis Price 30.9308224, -83.2920837]
Holly tree and Dennis Price 30.9308224, -83.2920837

[Resurrection fern, 30.9308224, -83.2920837]
Resurrection fern, 30.9308224, -83.2920837

[Dividing tree 30.9297161, -83.2929306]
Dividing tree 30.9297161, -83.2929306

[Gretchen Quarterman, a radio personality, and the Red Cross 30.9296436, -83.2928085]
Gretchen Quarterman, a radio personality, and the Red Cross 30.9296436, -83.2928085

[Boat ramp on power line right of way (south or left bank)]
Boat ramp on power line right of way (south or left bank)

[With boats 30.9288998, -83.2927246]
With boats 30.9288998, -83.2927246

[Power line (north or right bank) 30.9288425, -83.2927704]
Power line (north or right bank) 30.9288425, -83.2927704

Into Valdosta

[Wrested vegetation 30.9288196, -83.2927933]
Wrested vegetation 30.9288196, -83.2927933

[Ferns above, palmettos below 30.9274635, -83.2946854]
Ferns above, palmettos below 30.9274635, -83.2946854

[The very picture of a lazy river 30.9274845, -83.2946930]
The very picture of a lazy river 30.9274845, -83.2946930

[Power line is just behind those trees 30.9288406, -83.2963562]
Power line is just behind those trees 30.9288406, -83.2963562

[Blue, green, and sun, 30.9288406, -83.2963562]
Blue, green, and sun, 30.9288406, -83.2963562

[Narrow 30.9258232, -83.3007507]
Narrow 30.9258232, -83.3007507

Sharp left

[Prof Can Denizman heads for a tight bend, 30.9247742, -83.3020401]
Prof Can Denizman heads for a tight bend, 30.9247742, -83.3020401

[There they go 30.9247742, -83.3020401]
There they go 30.9247742, -83.3020401

[Mostly around 30.9247742, -83.3020401]
Mostly around 30.9247742, -83.3020401

[Can is next 30.9247456, -83.3021011]
Can is next 30.9247456, -83.3021011

[It's the Potter family 30.9248714, -83.3021316]
It's the Potter family 30.9248714, -83.3021316

Beached

[Drying out: the first two to swim! 30.9252319, -83.3027420]
Drying out: the first two to swim! 30.9252319, -83.3027420

[Wide and swampy 30.9236774, -83.3024368]
Wide and swampy 30.9236774, -83.3024368

[Tire and other trash]
Tire and other trash

Brave Betty

[Betty Marini, mariner 30.9215317, -83.3025970]
Betty Marini, mariner 30.9215317, -83.3025970

[Betty paddled right around those trees 30.9215317, -83.3025970]
Betty paddled right around those trees 30.9215317, -83.3025970

Bay Branch Confluence

[Bay Branch 30.9218769, -83.3037567]
Bay Branch 30.9218769, -83.3037567

[Bay Branch 2 30.9218769, -83.3037567]
Bay Branch 2 30.9218769, -83.3037567

[Bay Branch 3 30.9219456, -83.3038177]
Bay Branch 3 30.9219456, -83.3038177

[Gretchen and a log or two 30.9212112, -83.3040085]
Gretchen and a log or two 30.9212112, -83.3040085

[Betty boating along: she never fell in]
Betty boating along: she never fell in

A faller

[Oops; somebody else fell in]
Oops; somebody else fell in

[Somebody helping 30.9198799, -83.3041305]
Somebody helping 30.9198799, -83.3041305

[And Can Denizman is back in his boat 30.9198799, -83.3041305]
And Can Denizman is back in his boat 30.9198799, -83.3041305

Outside Valdosta

[This looks like a repeat performancy by our first fallers]
This looks like a repeat performancy by our first fallers

[Onwards]
Onwards

[Cypress and oaks just below the end of Sermons Lane 30.9180698, -83.3090057]
Cypress and oaks just below the end of Sermons Lane 30.9180698, -83.3090057

Sermons Branch Confluence

[Sermons Branch 30.9183655, -83.3092956]
Sermons Branch 30.9183655, -83.3092956

[Sermons Branch 2 30.9183788, -83.3093262]
Sermons Branch 2 30.9183788, -83.3093262

[Sermons Branch 3 30.9183807, -83.3093414]
Sermons Branch 3 30.9183807, -83.3093414

[Sermons Branch 4 30.9037666, -83.3112030]
Sermons Branch 4 30.9037666, -83.3112030

Following me

[Turned around to see who was coming 30.9183998, -83.3093643]
Turned around to see who was coming 30.9183998, -83.3093643

[Gretchen around a narrow spot 30.9161796, -83.3112946]
Gretchen around a narrow spot 30.9161796, -83.3112946

[Trees trying to touch across the river]
Trees trying to touch across the river

[Snaky trees 30.9127579, -83.3125992]
Snaky trees 30.9127579, -83.3125992

Shadows

[Dramatic shadows]
Dramatic shadows

[Betty paddling below end of River Chase Drive 30.9060707, -83.3113861]
Betty paddling below end of River Chase Drive 30.9060707, -83.3113861

[A small digression]
A small digression

[Gretchen paddling by 30.9049759, -83.3110275]
Gretchen paddling by 30.9049759, -83.3110275

[Caught up with Betty and Gretchen 30.9049568, -83.3111725]
Caught up with Betty and Gretchen 30.9049568, -83.3111725

Shadrick Sink

[Shadrick Sink is overland that way 30.9048519, -83.3111114]
Shadrick Sink is overland that way 30.9048519, -83.3111114

[Withlacoochee River 30.9048519, -83.3111114]
Withlacoochee River 30.9048519, -83.3111114

[Nice tree]
Nice tree

[Gretchen photographing 30.9037476, -83.3111343]
Gretchen photographing 30.9037476, -83.3111343

[Gretchen looking back 30.9036865, -83.3110122]
Gretchen looking back 30.9036865, -83.3110122

Emergency exit

[A path on the bank 30.9028644, -83.3110122]
A path on the bank 30.9028644, -83.3110122

[Path picture 2 30.9028644, -83.3110122]
Path picture 2 30.9028644, -83.3110122

[Path picture 3 30.9028644, -83.3110122]
Path picture 3 30.9028644, -83.3110122

Cherry Creek?

[A creek?]
A creek?

[Tangled roots; somewhere around here is Cherry Creek but nobody spotted it]
Tangled roots; somewhere around here is Cherry Creek but nobody spotted it

Slough

[Withlacoochee River slough 30.9016113, -83.3117218]
Withlacoochee River slough 30.9016113, -83.3117218

[Slough opening out 30.9020367, -83.3117981]
Slough opening out 30.9020367, -83.3117981

[Broad and smooth slough 30.9022999, -83.3118362]
Broad and smooth slough 30.9022999, -83.3118362

[Gretchen and Betty crossing behind me on the river 30.9023323, -83.3118133]
Gretchen and Betty crossing behind me on the river 30.9023323, -83.3118133

[Slough glassy with pollen 30.9025326, -83.3117828]
Slough glassy with pollen 30.9025326, -83.3117828

[Back to the river 30.9022674, -83.3119888]
Back to the river 30.9022674, -83.3119888

[Flotsam, presumably out of Cherry Creek]
Flotsam, presumably out of Cherry Creek

[They're ahead of me 30.9021549, -83.3122177]
They're ahead of me 30.9021549, -83.3122177

[Betty boat beneath the trees, 30.9021549, -83.3122177]
Betty boat beneath the trees, 30.9021549, -83.3122177

[Movie: Under the oaks (1.2M), 30.9021549, -83.3122177]
Movie: Under the oaks (1.2M), 30.9021549, -83.3122177

Decisions

[Which way? 30.9015426, -83.3123856]
Which way? 30.9015426, -83.3123856

[Let's go on 30.8995895, -83.3139267]
Let's go on 30.8995895, -83.3139267

[Gretchen and Betty 30.8995361, -83.3139496]
Gretchen and Betty 30.8995361, -83.3139496

Valdosta Country Club

[Trees reaching for every sunbeam 30.8983288, -83.3144226]
Trees reaching for every sunbeam 30.8983288, -83.3144226

[Darker trees reaching 30.8983879, -83.3144226]
Darker trees reaching 30.8983879, -83.3144226

[Access path 30.8980064, -83.3141098]
Access path 30.8980064, -83.3141098

[Sun starting to sink a little 30.8979892, -83.3141022]
Sun starting to sink a little 30.8979892, -83.3141022

[Access path? 30.8965339, -83.3142319]
Access path? 30.8965339, -83.3142319

Stillhouse Branch Confluence

[Stillhouse Branch 30.8959427, -83.3147049]
Stillhouse Branch 30.8959427, -83.3147049

[Coming out of the Country Club, 30.8959427, -83.3147049]
Coming out of the Country Club, 30.8959427, -83.3147049

[Movie: Stillhouse Branch (1.5M), 30.8959427, -83.3147049]
Movie: Stillhouse Branch (1.5M), 30.8959427, -83.3147049

[Looks like you could paddle quite a ways up Stillhouse Branch]
Looks like you could paddle quite a ways up Stillhouse Branch

[Gretchen on the river, seen from Stilhouse Branch 30.8955650, -83.3147964]
Gretchen on the river, seen from Stilhouse Branch 30.8955650, -83.3147964

Last stretch

[Back to the Withlacoochee River, 30.8938427, -83.3188171]
Back to the Withlacoochee River, 30.8938427, -83.3188171

[Betty and Gretchen almost there 30.8938427, -83.3188171]
Betty and Gretchen almost there 30.8938427, -83.3188171

Double Bridges

[US 41 bridge downstream 30.8932800, -83.3185959]
US 41 bridge downstream 30.8932800, -83.3185959

[Embankment east, US 41 bridge]
Embankment east, US 41 bridge

[Embankment west, US 41 bridge 30.8927192, -83.3188934]
Embankment west, US 41 bridge 30.8927192, -83.3188934

[Gretchen and Betty seen from under the US 41 bridge and power line 30.8926811, -83.3188324]
Gretchen and Betty seen from under the US 41 bridge and power line 30.8926811, -83.3188324

Valdosta Gauge

[USGS gauge, between US 41 bridges on west bank 30.8926620, -83.3188476]
USGS gauge, between US 41 bridges on west bank 30.8926620, -83.3188476

[They made it under the bridge 30.8928051, -83.3188705]
They made it under the bridge 30.8928051, -83.3188705

Out of Valdosta again

[Tree top 30.8911629, -83.3201523]
Tree top 30.8911629, -83.3201523

[Log in tree, 30.8911629, -83.3201523]
Log in tree, 30.8911629, -83.3201523

[Another interesting tree top 30.8896923, -83.3218612]
Another interesting tree top 30.8896923, -83.3218612

[This was a big obstacle when water was lower, 30.8896923, -83.3218612]
This was a big obstacle when water was lower, 30.8896923, -83.3218612

[Can hear them from here 30.8883553, -83.3228226]
Can hear them from here 30.8883553, -83.3228226

[The little creek where we put in on a previous trip, 30.8883553, -83.3228226]
The little creek where we put in on a previous trip, 30.8883553, -83.3228226

[Park bench, 30.8883553, -83.3228226]
Park bench, 30.8883553, -83.3228226

From land

[Gretchen and Betty coming around the last log jam 30.8875732, -83.3239441]
Gretchen and Betty coming around the last log jam 30.8875732, -83.3239441

[Boats on the grass 30.8875408, -83.3239441]
Boats on the grass 30.8875408, -83.3239441

[Cameraman setting up]
Cameraman setting up

[Getting ready for final picture 30.8875599, -83.3239822]
Getting ready for final picture 30.8875599, -83.3239822