Join us for a leisurely Sunset and Full Moon Paddle. There may be bats.
When: Gather 6:20 PM, launch 6:50 PM, moonrise 7:43 PM, sunset 7:21 PM, end 8:45 PM, Friday, September 29, 2023
Put In: Banks Lake Boat Ramp, 307 Georgia 122, Lakeland, GA 31635, in Lanier County, on the Alapaha River Water Trail (ARWT).
![[Banks Lake Boat Ramp, sunset, moonrise 2022-09-10]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-09-29--banks-lake-full-harvest-moon/many.jpg)
Banks Lake Boat Ramp, sunset, moonrise 2022-09-10
Thanks to “friendly, bubbly” Meredith Crosby for leading this outing, to Rebecca Galardo for reporting on it, to Tony Galardo for taking her out in the Lanier EMA boat to do that, thanks to James Barnes, Lanier County Code Enforcement, for unlocking the boats, and thanks to Lanier County for letting WWALS rent the boats to paddlers for free.
![[WWALS Banks Lake Full Sturgeon Moon Paddle in Lanier County Advocate]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-08-01--banks-lake-full-sturgeon-moon-lanier-advocate/many.jpg)
WWALS Banks Lake Full Sturgeon Moon Paddle in Lanier County Advocate
Plus of course thanks to everyone who paddled on the Banks Lake Full Sturgeon Moon Paddle, 2023-08-01. The next full moon paddle is at the end of August: Banks Lake Full Blue Supermoon Paddle 2023-08-30.
For more WWALS outings, see:
https://wwals.net/outings
Rebecca Galardo, Lanier County Advocate, Banks Lake paddling event held August 1, Continue reading
Update 2023-08-29: Cancelled: Banks Lake Full Blue Moon Paddle 2023-08-30.
Join us for a leisurely Sunset and Full Moon Paddle.
This will be the only blue moon of 2023 (second full moon of a month), and is expected to be the biggest and brightest supermoon this year. It will be the third supermoon of this year, “when the moon’s orbit is closest to Earth at the same time the moon is full.”. According to NPR, this will be the only blue supermoon of 2023, and there won’t be another until 2032.
There may still be bats.
When: Gather 7 PM, launch 7:30 PM, moonrise 8:08 PM, sunset 7:58 PM, end 9 PM, Wednesday, August 30, 2023
Put In: Banks Lake Boat Ramp, 307 Georgia 122, Lakeland, GA 31635, in Lanier County, on the Alapaha River Water Trail (ARWT).
![[Sunset 2023-03-07, Moonrise 2018-12-22; Full Blue Moon Paddle, Banks Lake, Lakeland, GA 2023-08-30]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-08-30--banks-lake-full-blue-moon-paddle/many.jpg)
Sunset 2023-03-07,
Moonrise 2018-12-22;
Full Blue Moon Paddle, Banks Lake, Lakeland, GA 2023-08-30
Join us for the first leisurely Sunset and Full Moon Paddle of August, 2023, led by first-time outings leader Meredith Crosby.
There will probably be bats, but we don’t guarantee those, and sometimes we can’t see the moon, either. But usually everybody enjoys floating about on the lake on a summer evening.
Don’t pet the gators, and they won’t bother you.
When: Gather 7:30 PM, launch 8 PM, moonrise 8:56 PM, sunset 8:27 PM, end 10 PM, Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Put In: Banks Lake Boat Ramp, 307 Georgia 122, Lakeland, GA 31635, in Lanier County, on the Alapaha River Water Trail (ARWT).
![[Right this way, gator, sunset, boats in the dusk, 2020-06-05]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-08-01--banks-lake-full-sturgeon-moon/many.jpg)
Right this way, gator, sunset, boats in the dusk
2020-06-05
Join us for the first leisurely Sunset and Full Moon Paddle of summer 2023. With bats!
When: Gather 7:40 PM, launch 8:10 PM, moonrise 9:26 PM, sunset 8:40 PM, end 10:30 PM, Monday, July 3, 2023
Put In: Banks Lake Boat Ramp, 307 Georgia 122, Lakeland, GA 31635, in Lanier County, on the Alapaha River Water Trail (ARWT).
Continue readingUpdate 2023-06-16: Cancelled due to weather reports.
More: 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
Update June 15, 2024: Banks Lake Full Strawberry Moon Paddle 2024-06-21.
Thunder and lightning made quite a display to the south, but never came over Banks Lake, while we paddled out to see the sun set, the bats fly, and the moon rise over the cypress trees.
Plus we saw Mars and Venus.
![[Banner, boats, storm, bats, Venus, Mars]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-06-03--banks-lake-full-strawberry-moon-pictures/many.jpg)
Banner, boats, storm, bats, Venus, Mars
Thanks to Gee Edwards for leading this Banks Lake Full Strawberry Moon paddle for WWALS, Saturday, June 3, 2023. Thanks to everyone who paddled, and to Banks Lake Outdoors and the Lanier County Commission for providing boats.
There are more pictures below.
See also facebook photosets by Continue reading
Update 2023-06-09: Pictures: Banks Lake Full Strawberry Moon –jsq 2023-06-03.
Join us for a leisurely Sunset and Full Moon Paddle, with bats!
When: Gather 7:30 PM, launch 8 PM, moonrise 8:28 PM, sunset 8:32 PM, end 9:30 PM, Saturday, June 3, 2023
Put In: Banks Lake Boat Ramp, 307 Georgia 122, Lakeland, GA 31635, in Lanier County, on the Alapaha River Water Trail (ARWT).
![[Photos: John S. Quarterman, Paula Williams, 2022-06-14]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-06-03--banks-lake-full-strawberry-moon/many.jpg)
Photos: John S. Quarterman, Paula Williams, 2022-06-14
Here’s what they wrote:
We are excited to welcome our new member, WWALS Watershed Coalition, to the Southern Georgia Black Chambers! Their vision is to promote a healthy watershed with clean water that is swimmable, fishable, and drinkable. WWALS is an educational nonprofit charity that advocates for the conservation and stewardship of various river watersheds throughout South Georgia and North Florida. Join us in supporting WWALS and their efforts towards environmental monitoring and citizen activities in the area. Learn more about WWALS Watershed Coalition is Suwannee Riverkeeper and their work at www.wwals.net.
![[Southern Georgia Black Chambers welcomes WWALS]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-04-27--southern-georgia-black-chambers/343659309_3088303201476688_7080911220336717673_n.jpg)
Southern Georgia Black Chambers welcomes WWALS
“Thank You! We are excited to join and work on projects together,” wrote WWALS Executive Director Gretchen Quarterman.
And please come to
Juneteenth at Reed Bingham State Park Beach, 11AM to 3 PM, Saturday, June 17, 2023, for food, activities for children, and boating with stunt adults!
https://wwals.net/?p=61855 Continue reading
Update 2023-06-16: Cancelled: Juneteenth at Reed Bingham State Park, Little River, Reed Bingham State Park Beach, 2023-06-17
Food and activities for children will be provided by Fannie Gibbs and Macedonia Community Foundation and Jenard S. Asthma Foundation.
WWALS will provide boats for new paddlers at this gathering of people from Brooks, Cook, and Tift Counties, Georgia, and beyond in celebration of Juneteenth.
![[Boating and family fun at Juneteenth 2021]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-06-17--juneteenth/many.jpg)
Boating and family fun at Juneteenth 2021
WWALS will provide stunt adults to go with any children 16 or under so they can boat, in case their parents don’t want to paddle. Continue reading
![[Sunset, Moonrise, 2019-07-16]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-07-03--banks-lake-full-buck-moon/many.jpg)
![[Outing Cancelled]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-06-17--juneteenth/manycancelled.jpg)