The
Sixth Annual BIG Little River Paddle Race,
this Saturday April 28th, at Reed Bingham State Park between Adel and Moultrie, GA.
You can just paddle, or you can join the
people seriously training for the
There are prizes in a wide range of categories
(solo, double, male, female, ages, etc.).
This morning I was on
The Morning Drive with Steve Nichols on 105.9 FM WVGA, Valdosta, Georgia,
which Steve says reaches 100,000 people.
We talked about
all the things we said we would: Troupville cleanup, water trails, paddle race, film festival,
songwriting contest, outings, and more.
Here’s
the video extracted from WVGA’s facebook live.
Suwannee Riverkeeper on Steve Nichols Drive-time Radio 2018-04-24
Video by Black Crow Media for WVGA 105.9 FM, Valdosta, GA
I don’t know why the video is mirror-flipped, but below are a few stills right-way around.
If you want to see the whole morning’s video, it’s
on the show’s website.
This interview runs about -23:40 to -1:20.
Scott James had already been talking to WWALS Outings Chair Phil Hubbard
about the
BIG Little River Paddle Race Saturday morning at Reed Bingham State Park,
so he knew some good questions to ask on his Talk 92.1 FM Radio show this morning.
Scott also had this morning’s Valdosta Daily Times, which
has a nice writeup on the paddle race on the top of page 5A.
Remember to register
online
or at the event Saturday morning.
On-site registration is at Red Roberts Landing, from Exit 41 on I-75.
You do not have to actually race, you can just paddle.
But the long-time winner has some real competition this year,
with multiple people training seriously to win that $50 first place prize.
You could win one of many other prizes, for young, old, male, female,
or single, double, or triple kayak or canoe.
Come on down and paddle, eat the lunch grilled by Phil Hubbard,
and bid in the silent auction!
And you can get tickets for the
kayak raffle, either at the race or
online.
Last year paddling the Withlacoochee River Charlie Walker fell in
before we got to Langdale Park, but he’s dried off now
and ready for the
BIG Little River Paddle Race.
As we discussed this morning on
KIX 99.5 FM,
come on down to Reed Bingham State Park between Adel and Moultrie
Saturday morning at 8AM,
and stay for the the grilled lunch and the silent auction.
You do not have to train by paddline upstream;
you can just paddle the excellent course three miles downstream
past cypress, pines, great blue herons, turtles, and fish.
Don’t pet the alligators and they won’t bother you.
Remember to register
online
or at the event Saturday morning.
And you can get tickets for the
kayak raffle, either at the race or
online!
You don’t have to race, but some paddlers are training big-time,
so come on down 8AM Saturday morning to Red Roberts Landing
for the
BIG Little River Paddle Race,
the grilled lunch, and the silent auction.
The Little River is so low that if you fall in, you can just stand up.
Remember to register
online
or at the event Saturday morning.
After racing or just paddling,
you can eat grilled lunch afterwards,
while bidding in the silent auction
at the Fifth Annual BIG Little River Paddle Race at Reed Bingham State Park
between Adel and Moultrie, Georgia,
and you can year about it in your car 8:15 tomorrow morning with
Steve Nichols on WVGA 105.9 FM.
When:
8:15AM Wednesday, April 26th, 2017
Where:
105.9 FM WVGA, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia
What:
Suwannee Riverkeeper John S. Quarterman
on
The Morning Drive with Steve Nichols
about the paddle race, Wanee, fertilizer runoff, solar power, and yes, I’ll mention the pipeline.
I’ll be on the radio 8AM this Thursday April 27th talking about that
and related matters, such as WWALS is now also Suwannee Riverkeeper, with
Scott James on his Talk 92.1 drive-time radio show,
out of Valdosta, Georgia.