It was a fine warm fall day for the Grand Bay Hike,
on the boardwalk through wet savannah and cypress and blackgum swamp
at
Grand Bay Wildlife Management Area,
which is on the
Alapaha River Water Trail.
Thanks to Bret Wagenhorst for organizing this outing.
Carol Cleary Herndon also posted a facebook album.
These pictures are from Gretchen Quarterman’s facebook album.
More outings coming up: Continue reading
Thanks to all WWALS members on this Thanksgiving Day!
Thanks for coming on outings,
for helping build the water trails,
for following the Valdosta wastewater situation,
for tracking down recent corporate agricultural land purchases,
and for helping fight an unnecessary pipeline and promote clean energy!
Lots of outings are coming up, starting with a hike that needs no boats, at Grand Bay Wildlife Management Area between Valdosta and Lakeland. Then a brief paddle on the Little River and a much longer one on the Alapaha River, plus the Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail logo contest Continue reading
Update 2016-04-03: Extra Withlacoochee outing by popular demand.
Coming up soon!
See the WWALS calendar for any more events already scheduled.
All these outings are in Georgia. Which is a switch, since Continue reading
A nice cloudy day on the iconic Suwannee River, with a ghost bridge. Pictures by Gretchen Quarterman on the November 22nd 2015 WWALS Outing from Florida 6 to Cone Bridge Road.
Click on any picture for a bigger one. Continue reading
We saw the ruins in October; here’s a picture when it was still standing.
Picture from
Hamilton County, by
Marsanne Petty,
on
page 13 (Richard McCulley); found by Chris Mericle.
The caption reads: Continue reading
We’ll float down the Suwannee River to this spot Sunday afternoon: come join us!
Picture from
Hamilton County, by
Marsanne Petty,
on
page 12; found by Chris Mericle.
A nice Sunday afternoon from Suwannee Campsites to Suwannee River State Park.
WWALS held an informal outing for visitor Johanna deGraffenreid, Coastal Campaign Manager for Gulf Restoration Network, where she’s so newly hired she doesn’t have a picture on their staff page yet. You’ll be able to see her in action when Continue reading
Update 2023-06-22: More Pictures: WWALS on The Rocks between Lakeland and Hotchkiss, Alapaha River 2015-07-11.
Pictures by Gretchen Quarterman of the
11 July 2015 WWALS outing on the Alapaha River.
Happy paddlers and an owl!
Lots more outings coming up, from the Little River to the Suwannee, the Alapaha again (continuing our exploration of the Alapaha River Water Trail), to Grand Bay, the Okefenokee Swamp, and of course the Withlacoochee River, where we went most recently last month.
-jsq
You can join this fun and work by becoming a WWALS member today!
From Gretchen’s facebook album.
Update 2016-02-19: Water is high and fast, so expert paddlers only, come early, and be ready.
Continuing our exploration of the entire
Alapaha River Water Trail,
we’re into the longer stretches, including this one.
When: 8AM Saturday 20 February 2016
Put In: GA 135, MILE 106.5, Atkinson County side, 2.8 miles south of Willacoochee, GA, Atkinson County.
Take Out: GA 168 (Berrien Beach), MILE 88.24, N side of GA 168, west side of Alapaha River; float downstream under the bridge to the sand beaches, Berrien County
Duration: 18.25 miles. This paddle could take as long as 9-10 hrs.
Shuttle: Probably more than 30 minutes due to distance.
End time: Around 6PM. Yes, really all day.
This outing is Free! But we encourage you to join WWALS today to support our fun outings and important work: /donations/. Continue reading
Paddling upstream was pretty easy, and downstream even easier,
on the Alapaha River from GA 135, Atkinson County side.
Here are a few pictures.
And in February, we paddle much farther, starting at GA 135 again, this time downstream all day to Berrien Beach, Saturday February 20, 2016.
-jsq
