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Hagan Bridge, Franklinville, Withlacoochee River 2018-02-11 [Up]
Two new fallers,
an
unscheduled creek upstream,
the
Withlacoochee River Roundabout
(some around it twice),
a
nice drizzle,
and a fine time was had by 19 paddlers from 2 years old to 70-plus
on the balmy winter
Withlacoochee River, Sunday, February 11, 2018.
For more description, water levels, etc., see WWALS blog post.
Early boats, 10:06:03, 31.0136400, -83.3013600
Unloading two more, 10:15:33, 31.0137800, -83.3014300
Safety lecture by Phil Hubbard, 10:21:25, 31.0137700, -83.3015200
Movie: Safety lecture, 10:21:26, 31.0137000, -83.3015000
Cathy Smith heading upstream, 10:32:46, 31.0137700, -83.3017800
More water than expected, 10:35:06, 31.0143600, -83.3021700
Cathy Smith above Hagan Bridge, 10:35:08, 31.0142100, -83.3019400
Confluence selfie with Cathy Smith and Hagan Bridge, 10:35:13, 31.0143700, -83.3020600
Cathy Smith entering, 10:35:50, 31.0143600, -83.3020100
Not cut by beaver, 10:41:16, 31.0146270, -83.3024290
Bend to the left, 10:42:36, 31.0154360, -83.3026440
Cathy Smith coming along, 10:42:38, 31.0153580, -83.3025530
Movie: Got some flow, 10:42:42, 31.0155370, -83.3026660
Nice old tree, 10:44:06, 31.0160150, -83.3033470
Here she comes, 10:44:06, 31.0160200, -83.3033420
Path? 10:45:01, 31.0162130, -83.3035190
Beaver slide? 10:45:03, 31.0162110, -83.3035240
Need bigger culverts, 10:45:06, 31.0162340, -83.3035000
Onwards, 10:45:10, 31.0162350, -83.3035000
X marks the spot, 10:45:11, 31.0163670, -83.3033500
Natural tannic foam, 10:46:01, 31.0166890, -83.3035700
Foam swirls, 10:46:02, 31.0166900, -83.3035700
Island, 10:46:04, 31.0167630, -83.3035700
Deer feeder, 10:46:10, 31.0168180, -83.3036130
Beaver gnaw, 10:46:53, 31.0170480, -83.3036450
Bubbles, 10:47:33, 31.0186250, -83.3037580
Movie: Can we do it, Cathy? 10:47:34, 31.0188270, -83.3037470
Movie: Look it that! 10:48:39, (7.7M), 31.0188300, -83.3037470
Y tree, 10:48:47, 31.0189560, -83.3038650
Movie: Just when you think you're all the way through, 10:54:36, (13M), 31.0190020, -83.3039400
Hollow tree, 10:56:04, 31.0190850, -83.3041330
Portrait tree, 10:56:05, 31.0190850, -83.3041300
She made it! 10:56:07, 31.0190840, -83.3041330
Cypress knees (and marker?), 10:57:05, 31.0184780, -83.3037570
Cathy up the last rapid, 10:57:06, 31.0184700, -83.3037570
Movie: Here the phone rang, 10:57:09, 31.0184800, -83.3037570
Movie: Picked up one bottle, 11:07:21, 31.0144050, -83.3018040
Bottles from the creek, 13:56:47, 30.9814298, -83.2680318
Following Gretchen, 11:08:51, 31.0130900, -83.3015360
Cathy and the palmettos, 11:08:52, 31.0130900, -83.3015370
Movie: Upstream to Hagan Bridge, 11:57:41, 31.0130910, -83.3015360
More boats, 11:14:42, 31.0114990, -83.3017180
Wrested vegetation, 11:41:44, 31.0055670, -83.2955170
A good sport, 11:41:45, 31.0055660, -83.2955170
Stump and bend, 11:43:21, 31.0044270, -83.2941540
Downwards, 11:43:24, 31.0044260, -83.2941540
No wrested vegetation, 11:43:25, 31.0044270, -83.2941550
Palmettos, 11:43:27, 31.0044250, -83.2941550
Gretchen and the tarp, 11:46:32, 31.0022870, -83.2916310
Tarp closeup, 11:46:33, 31.0022860, -83.2916310
Chair and path, 11:46:57, 31.0022850, -83.2916320
Movie: Tarp, Gretchen, path, 11:46:59, 31.0022840, -83.2916310
The bench, 11:50:58, 31.0013959, -83.2903024
Upstream, 11:51:14, 31.0011706, -83.2904081
Tom Potter, 11:51:15, 31.0011766, -83.2903275
Tree leaning right, 11:52:31, 31.0010597, -83.2907921
Trees leaning left, 11:52:32, 31.0010597, -83.2907921
Almost wrested vegetation, 11:52:34, 31.0010597, -83.2907921
Fancy deer stand, 11:54:11, 31.0009276, -83.2905266
Gnarled dead tree, 11:56:05, 31.0012032, -83.2897702
Gnarled context, 11:56:20, 31.0013290, -83.2897860
What's in here? 11:57:41, 31.0013160, -83.2897813
Confluence, 11:57:44, 31.0013160, -83.2897813
Looking in, 11:58:28, 31.0018009, -83.2898324
Turning downstream, 11:58:41, 31.0017836, -83.2898326
Left bank, 12:04:11, 30.9984370, -83.2892200
Up left, 12:04:18, 30.9982440, -83.2891670
Right bank, 12:04:16, 30.9982990, -83.2893060
Tom Potter below right bank, 12:04:20, 30.9981150, -83.2892530
Gretchen upstream, 12:04:22, 30.9981449, -83.2891101
Here?, 12:14:11, 30.9935313, -83.2851348
Hard to see, 12:14:12, 30.9935311, -83.2851348
Need to catch up, 12:14:15, 30.9935311, -83.2851348
Others behind, 12:14:18, 30.9935054, -83.2850525
Bench under, 12:15:04, 30.9932463, -83.2845860
River swing, 12:15:14, 30.9932081, -83.2844912
Looking back, 12:16:00, 30.9929550, -83.2843951
Ahead, 12:16:03, 30.9929550, -83.2843951
Water was higher, 12:16:51, 30.9929550, -83.2843951
Beach, 12:18:26, 30.9918802, -83.2834607
Bank, 12:18:28, 30.9918779, -83.2834216
Pine roots, 12:21:41, 30.9918601, -83.2826639
Leaning trees, 12:21:43, 30.9918601, -83.2826639
Overhanging branches, 12:24:12, 30.9912319, -83.2810456
Movie: Try not to get caught, 12:24:14, (40M), 30.9912318, -83.2810456
Tree and stream, 12:24:39, 30.9908784, -83.2805645
The foam, 12:26:23, 30.9908784, -83.2805645
Tannin comes from oak leaves, 12:26:31, 30.9899906, -83.2792276
Sticks can get you, 12:26:33, 30.9899450, -83.2793169
More foam, 12:32:24, 30.9898288, -83.2772046
Unperturbed, 12:32:26, 30.9898288, -83.2772046
Snags, 12:32:27, 30.9898288, -83.2772046
Second swim for Tiffany, 12:34:13, 30.9891076, -83.2769613
Dan Phillips, 12:35:29, 30.9895124, -83.2774694
Yay, she's back in, 12:35:35, 30.9894444, -83.2772222
All righty then, 12:35:39, 30.9894444, -83.2772222
More wrested vegetation, 12:37:26, 30.9895124, -83.2774694
Nice tannin color, 12:52:53, 30.9894175, -83.2757408
Resurrection fern, 12:52:54, 30.9894175, -83.2757408
Kindly bent to ease, 12:52:55, 30.9877974, -83.2736486
All ages, 12:55:14, 30.9876485, -83.2719289
That way? 12:55:15, 30.9876485, -83.2719289
Island? 12:55:42, 30.9876608, -83.2719583
Movie: About the Cornelius house, 12:55:49, (6.7M) 30.9876608, -83.2719580
Movie: Coming back around, 13:40:25 (12M), 30.9876608, -83.2719580
Fern and palmetto, 12:59:18, 30.9873769, -83.2713050
Must be this way, 12:59:22, 30.9873769, -83.2713050
Following, 12:59:37, 30.9863889, -83.2702778
Return of wrested vegetation, 12:59:41, 30.9863979, -83.2704649
Keep paddling, 12:59:43, 30.9863730, -83.2704681
Really wrested, 12:59:44, 30.9863730, -83.2704681
Nice lichen, 13:00:29, 30.9863284, -83.2704406
Lichen and fern, 13:00:31, 30.9863284, -83.2704406
That tree looks familiar, 13:00:37, 30.9859518, -83.2708515
Gretchen welcomes us back, 13:04:25, 30.9859518, -83.2708515
OK, has to be this way, 13:04:28, 30.9859518, -83.2708515
Easy to get caught under there, 13:04:32, 30.9859518, -83.2708515
Or go the wrong way, 13:05:48, 30.9874349, -83.2718255
Movie: Mark it on the map!, 12:16:49, (42M), 30.9874348, -83.2718250
Easy to get caught, 13:12:06, 30.9850000, -83.2722222
Better exposure, 13:12:10, 30.9850483, -83.2722536
How about this way? 13:14:19, 30.9842919, -83.2717559
OK, 13:14:22, 30.9842919, -83.2717559
Can we loop this one? 13:14:28, 30.9841667, -83.2716667
Probably, 13:18:14, 30.9839587, -83.2715522
Rain gear, 13:18:17, 30.9839587, -83.2715522
Turning, 13:18:19, 30.9839587, -83.2715522
Down, 13:20:22, 30.9839580, -83.2715522
Another, 13:20:24, 30.9839589, -83.2715522
Take out one at a time, 13:25:21, 30.9817354, -83.2683219
Waiting their turn, 13:25:44, 30.9813889, -83.2677778
Hauling boats, 13:31:31, 30.9815728, -83.2680023
Movie: Boats above bridge, 13:31:33, (11M), 30.9815728, -83.2680022
Boats and vehicles, 13:36:08, 30.9812823, -83.2680063
A bit steep, 13:36:34, 30.9813950, -83.2679930
Downstream from bridge, 13:38:58, 30.9813860, -83.2676550
Upstream from bridge, 13:39:33, 30.9813580, -83.2677570
East from the bridge, 13:40:21, 30.9814590, -83.2675640
Still hauling boats, 13:40:36, 30.9814500, -83.2676930
Movie: Sitting on the bridge, 13:40:59, (13M), 30.9814500, -83.2676900
Still more boats, 13:44:42, 30.9814312, -83.2677717
Beatriz Potter, 13:44:54, 30.9814312, -83.2677717
Tom Potter and the smallest child, 13:45:03, 30.9814312, -83.2677717
Dylan Phillips wearing the banner, 13:44:12, 30.9814500, -83.2676930
Tom Potter says wait, 13:49:42, 30.9812764, -83.2679089
Say karst, 13:49:55, 30.9812764, -83.2679089
Everyone so serious, 13:50:01, 30.9812764, -83.2679089
And one more, 13:50:20, 30.9811111, -83.2677778
Bobby McKenzie and the last boat, 14:08:05, 30.9814298, -83.2680318
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