Troupville, Little River Confluence, shoals, creeks, and Spook Bridge 2019-06-15

WWALS Watershed Coalition

WWALS Watershed Coalition, Inc. (WWALS) is Suwannee RIVERKEEPER® WWALS advocates for conservation and stewardship of the surface waters and groundwater of the Suwannee River Basin and Estuary, in south Georgia and north Florida, among them the Withlacoochee, Willacoochee, Alapaha, Little, Santa Fe, and Suwannee River watersheds, through education, awareness, environmental monitoring, and citizen activities.

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Troupville, Little River Confluence, shoals, creeks, and Spook Bridge 2019-06-15 [Up]

The first day of #PaddleGA2019 was a fun day, with a confluence, greetings by VIPs, creeks, small rapids, Valdosta's notorious Withlacoochee Wastewater Treatment Plant Outfall, one bad water quality reading (not there), swimming, an even more notorious fracked methane pipeline, and Spook Bridge, with a pet deer across the river. Thanks to The Langdale Company for that takeout and the Port-A-Potty pit stop location, and thanks to the Battery Source for the loan of the golf cart to WWALS.

-jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®

You can join this fun and work by becoming a WWALS member today!

Pictures

Troupville Boat Ramp

Load 'em up, 07:51:54, 30.8515032, -83.3476099

Movie: Getting in boats, 07:51:58, 30.8515600, -83.3476800

Pouring down the ramp, 07:54:15, 30.8515300, -83.3476700

Golden water, 07:54:24, 30.8514900, -83.3477000

Trip Naturalist

Bret Wagenhorst, WWALS board member, 07:54:17, 30.8515500, -83.3477600

Bret Wagenhorst on the water, 07:54:17, 30.8515500, -83.3477600

A font of information, 07:56:12, 30.8511700, -83.3480700

Drone flyer

At Boat Ramp, 07:51:56, 30.8514900, -83.3475600

Upstream, 07:51:58, 30.8515100, -83.3476700

Heading downstream

There they go, 07:54:26, 30.8513600, -83.3478300

Around the bend, 07:56:09, 30.8505300, -83.3484300

Vikings!

Here they come on the Little River, 08:04:34, 30.8469948, -83.3475821

There they go down the Withlacoochee, 08:05:18, 30.8469900, -83.3477500

Little River Confluence

Upstream on the Little River, 08:06:01, 30.8472000, -83.3476121

Paddleboard at Confluence, 08:06:15, 30.8471699, -83.3476121

Land Between the Rivers

Helen Tapp at the ready, 08:02:00, 30.8476511, -83.3481006

Rob Ottley, 08:05:43, 30.8471200, -83.3475400

Coming ashore, 08:06:17, 30.8470617, -83.3475944

Gathering, 08:10:16, 30.8470617, -83.3475944

Listening, 08:10:24, 30.8470617, -83.3475944

VIPs

Donald O. Davis (pink shirt) Museum, Tim Carroll (green) Valdosta, Bill Slaughter (coral) Lowndes County, 08:11:57, 30.8470000, -83.3475400

Movie: Welcome to Lowndes County!, 08:12:39, (384M) 30.8470000, -83.3475400

Bret Wagenhorst and Bill Slaughter, 08:20:34, 30.8471400, -83.3474900

Helen, Don, Tim, Bill, Bret, 08:20:47, 30.8470000, -83.3475400

Helen, Bret, Don, Bill, Tim, 08:21:33, 30.8470000, -83.3475400

Don Davis, Tim Carroll, Bill Slaughter, paddlers 08:25:44, 30.8471369, -83.3474575

Fans

Paddlers like fans, 08:16:04, 30.8470000, -83.3475400

Rob Ottley with fans, 08:20:53, 30.8470000, -83.3475400

Happy paddlers, happy Helen, 08:21:11, 30.8470000, -83.3475400

A well-outfitted paddler, 08:21:16, 30.8470000, -83.3475400

Fans and pictures, 08:21:29, 30.8470000, -83.3475400

More coming, 08:22:02, 30.8470000, -83.3475400

Gwyneth Moody

Don Davis, 08:27:11, 30.8471209, -83.3475174

Bill Slaughter, 08:27:13, 30.8471209, -83.3475174

Movie: Valdosta and Lowndes County meet Paddle Georgia, 08:27:13, (341M) 30.8471209, -83.3475174

Helen Tapp, Tim Carroll, Bill Slaughter, Gwyneth Moody, John S. Quarterman, 08:31:01, 30.8472140, -83.3476880

Tim Carroll (Valdosta), Bill Slaughter (Lowndes County), Gwyneth Moody (Paddle Georgia), John S. Quarterman (Suwannee Riverkeeper), 08:31:16, 30.8472140, -83.3476880

Don Davis, Helen Tapp, Tim Caroll, Bill Slaughter, Gwyneth Moody, John S. Quarterman, 08:32:11, 30.8472140, -83.3476880

Greeted by Rob Ottley, 08:26:29, 30.8471369, -83.3474575

Gwyneth departs, 08:33:34, 30.8472140, -83.3476885

Still more

Rob Ottley fanning, 08:34:11, 30.8472142, -83.3476880

WCTV

Emma Wheeler, Bill Slaughter, Tim Caroll, Don Davis, 08:39:42, 30.8471739, -83.3475598

Emma Wheeler, Bill Slaughter, Don Davis, Tim Carroll, 08:40:27, 30.8471739, -83.3475598

Helen Tapp and Emma Wheeler, 08:42:12, 30.8471304, -83.3475775

Emma Wheeler talking to paddlers, 08:45:08, 30.8471306, -83.3475775

Emma Wheeler, Rob Ottley, Helen Tapp, 08:48:25, 30.8471881, -83.3477238

WWALS

Gretchen Quarterman, 08:40:13, 30.8471739, -83.3475598

Gretchen Quarterman, Bill Slaughter, 08:42:03, 30.8471304, -83.3475775

Donuts

Rob Ottley and Helen Tapp, 08:40:15, 30.8471739, -83.3475598

Golf Cart

Gretchen driving VIPs, 08:44:00, 30.8472100, -83.3475200

Don and Helen photographing golf cart VIPs, 08:44:11, 30.8472100, -83.3475200

Gretchen starts it up, 08:44:23, 30.8472100, -83.3475200

Thanks to The Battery Source, 08:44:45, 30.8472100, -83.3475200

Dwindling numbers

Gold and blue water, 08:45:30, 30.8470600, -83.3476400

Returning from upstream Withlacoochee, 30.8470300, -83.3476400

Around the confluence, 08:46:43, 30.8470100, -83.3477100

More back from upstream Withlacoochee, 08:49:50, 30.8471881, -83.3477238

Invasive exotic

Tallow plant, 08:47:36, 30.8470900, -83.3475400

Pine Mountain crew

Tom H. Johnson Jr., 08:47:55, 30.8471200, -83.3476300

A family of paddlers, 08:48:15, 30.8471881, -83.3477238

T2, 08:48:50, 30.8471881, -83.3477238

Winding down at the confluence

Emma Wheeler, WCTV, 08:52:45, 30.8471400, -83.3475500

Wait, there's more, 08:54:25, 30.8472400, -83.3476800

Paddler seems malnourished, 08:58:35, 30.8471616, -83.3475423

Donald O. Davis

Movie: History of Troupville, 08:59:06, (456M) 30.8471616, -83.3475423

Movie: River names, (232M) 30.8471616, -83.3475423

Lots of paddlers

T2 & Mary Caroline Pindar depart, 09:14:29, 30.8470700, -83.3476100

Still more coming down, 09:21:21, 30.8472400, -83.3477000

Joe Cook Arrives, 09:23:07, 30.8471500, -83.3475900

Joe Cook

Helen Tapp, Converse Bright, Don Davis, Joe Cook, 09:36:22, 30.8471300, -83.3475400

Ed Hightower, Helen Tapp, Converse Bright, 09:36:23, 30.8471700, -83.3475500

Loch-Winn Branch

Upstream to Loch-Winn Branch, 11:11:16, 30.8416297, -83.3509144

Downstream of Loch-Winn Branch, 11:11:09, 30.8416297, -83.3509144

Deadfall upstream of VMW RR Bridge site, 11:13:02, 30.8414105, -83.3530515

Near Scruggs Lake

Scruggs Branch?, 11:15:12, 30.8400930, -83.3543360

Left bank (Lowndes County), 11:15:13, 30.8400929, -83.3543357

Limpkin

On shadow, 11:17:08, 30.8395500, -83.3549000

Lighted, 11:17:11, 30.8395500, -83.3549000

Hard to spot, 11:17:02, 30.8395500, -83.3549000

WWTP

Movie: Withlacoochee River, (2.5M) 30.8363800, -83.3589700

Movie: WWTP Outfall, 11:23:17, (15M) 30.8362200, -83.3592400

Straight across, 11:24:21, 30.8361896, -83.3594755

City of Valdosta Outfall Sign, 11:24:30, 30.8360800, -83.3595300

Sand

Bluff, 11:37:39, 30.8373861, -83.3654927

Bend left, 11:37:42, 30.8373861, -83.3654927

Private Boat Ramp

Right bank, 11:42:28, 30.8392228, -83.3720940

Across, 11:42:36, 30.8392228, -83.3720940

Shoals

Small ones, 11:44:53, 30.8394300, -83.3717500

Movie: Shallow Shoals, 11:45:01, (11M) 30.8397100, -83.3718300

Strainer, 11:46:35, 30.8397400, -83.3719400

More shoals, 11:46:40, 30.8400000, -83.3733800

Choppy but no problem

Upstream, 11:53:42, 30.8400900, -83.3732500

Left bank upstream, 11:53:47, 30.8400400, -83.3731800

Boats in the distance

Caught them, 11:59:48, 30.8302900, -83.3804500

Spring Branch

Swimmers, 12:09:54, 30.8284400, -83.3849100

Joe Cook photographing, 12:15:26, 30.8281100, -83.3850000

Sampling fish, 12:16:46, 30.8282700, -83.3851300

Water cannon, 12:19:52, 30.8285700, -83.3854900

Kinderlou Shoals

Well, if they made it...., 12:27:43, 30.8282096, -83.3915991

Somebody pulled over, 12:27:45, 30.8281700, -83.3919000

Deadfall

Oak on left bank, 12:29:45, 30.8269692, -83.3929856

Plywood in water, 12:29:47, 30.8269690, -83.3929850

Tea water

Land access?, 12:31:04, 30.8255400, -83.3935300

Looks like it, 12:31:06, 30.8255400, -83.3935500

Canopy River

Muddy tea, 12:33:11, 30.8256461, -83.3950352

Log on left bank, 12:33:15, 30.8255545, -83.3950045

Limestone

Undercut, 12:34:14, 30.8257829, -83.3958895

Partial canopy, 12:34:16, 30.8257829, -83.3958895

Stright on, 12:34:34, 30.8257829, -83.3958895

Spring or creek

Outfall of Kinderlou Lake?, 12:34:43, 30.8257829, -83.3958895

Across, 12:34:53, 30.8257829, -83.3958895

Movie: Kinderlou Creek?, 12:34:53, (12M) 30.8257829, -83.3958895

More undercut, 12:35:29, 30.8258171, -83.3965967

Kinderlou Shoals 2

Upstream, 12:38:35, 30.8268600, -83.4003000

Canoeing ahead, 12:38:39, 30.8273900, -83.4011200

Bret the boat wrangler

Possible private access, 13:02:23, 30.8287100, -83.4154600

Moving along

Outlet of upstream pond?, 13:18:18, 30.8224300, -83.4200300

Idyllic, 13:19:22, 30.8214252, -83.4212964

Pit stop

T2 to Port-A-Potty, 13:32:45, 30.8162700, -83.4249100

Millrace Creek

T2 & MCP, 14:26:14, 30.8145500, -83.4377000

Joe Cook returns, 14:27:12, 30.8147300, -83.4373100

Paddling down

Following Joe Cook, 14:37:57, 30.8180070, -83.4439980

T2, 14:38:03, 30.8180070, -83.4439980

Rotten egg branch

Strong hydrogen sulfate odor, 14:48:22, 30.8183397, -83.4494719

Testers ashore, 14:44:56, 30.8182800, -83.4493000

T2 photobomb, 14:45:15, 30.8182700, -83.4493000

Across, 14:45:44, 30.8182400, -83.4494900

Joe Cook arrives, 14:45:52, 30.8183400, -83.4494000

More boats coming, 14:46:31, 30.8183000, -83.4496700

Testing the water, 14:48:22, 30.8183397, -83.4494719

Barely shoals

Upstream, 14:53:50, 30.8157200, -83.4505100

Downstream, 14:53:52, 30.8157200, -83.4505100

Rippley, 14:53:59, 30.8156500, -83.4505200

Creek 03110203000801 or 03110203000800

Canoeing, 15:02:51, 30.8099574, -83.4506239

Across, 15:02:58, 30.8099574, -83.4506239

Swimmers

Above pipeline, 15:24:34, 30.7958900, -83.4518200

Frac-out location

T2 floating above, 15:32:11, 30.7955799, -83.4526539

T2 over pipeline, 15:32:43, 30.7955799, -83.4526539

Sabal Trail signs

Right bank (Brooks County), 15:33:49, 30.7955200, -83.4526800

Left bank (Lowndes County), 15:34:04, 30.7953000, -83.4523700

US 84 Bridge

From the pipeline, 15:33:55, 30.7953200, -83.4526300

US 84 Shoals

With deadfall, 15:38:02, 30.7945500, -83.4531800

Right was not optimal, 15:44:10, 30.7939232, -83.4536950

Movie: Tom H. Johnson Jr., 15:44:10, (80M) 30.7939232, -83.4536950

Movie: Stay to the left, (15M) 30.7938200, -83.4533400

CSX RR Bridge

From below, 15:48:03, 30.7930100, -83.4534100

RR ties, 15:48:07, 30.7929400, -83.4534500

Pier, 15:48:10, 30.7929000, -83.4533200

Downstream, 15:48:05, 30.7928100, -83.4534100

Bridges upstream

CSX RR and US 84 highway, 15:48:14, 30.7922200, -83.4532500

Gator?

Nope, 15:50:06, 30.7919800, -83.4530900

Spook Bridge

Around the bend, 15:50:36, 30.7913600, -83.4525800

Spooky in the distance, 15:50:54, 30.7913600, -83.4525800

Upstream can't see other bridges, 15:50:43, 30.7914396, -83.4526380

Spook Bridge landing

Zoom, 15:51:46, 30.7908289, -83.4518955

Distance, 15:51:41, 30.7908288, -83.4518953

Beached boats

Rows and rows, 16:01:42, 30.7895009, -83.4510122

Gretchen Quarterman, 16:01:47, 30.7897800, -83.4504400

Gretchen and the boats, 16:01:54, 30.7894900, -83.4511100

From Spook Bridge

More boats upstream, 16:07:00, 30.7898166, -83.4515325

Boats landing downstream, 160725, 16:07:25, 30.7897200, -83.4516500

And more boats incoming, 16:07:40, 30.7929400, -83.4533700

Mary Caroline Pindar, 16:08:09, 30.7898075, -83.4518044

Graffiti and beached boats, 16:08:53, 30.7898075, -83.4518044

The takeout slope, 16:09:06, 30.7898292, -83.4518374

A boat starting up, 16:09:23, 30.7898335, -83.4518317

Pet Deer

Joe Cook photographing the pet deer, 16:09:54, 30.7898433, -83.4517402

The pet deer, upper right, wearing collar, 30.7896800, -83.4518700

Deer watching boats, 16:10:05, 30.7898394, -83.4517145

More boats going up, 16:10:27, 30.7898368, -83.4517120

Trek to the road

Gretchen and Mary Caroline, 16:17:53, 30.7899999, -83.4497044

Grassy Pond

Registration, 18:34:20, 30.6551112, -83.2359651

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WWALS Watershed Coalition, Inc. (WWALS), est. 2012, is an IRS 501(c)(3) non-for-profit charity.
WWALS advocates for conservation and stewardship of the surface waters and groundwater of the Suwannee River Basin and Estuary, in south Georgia and north Florida, among them the Withlacoochee, Willacoochee, Alapaha, Little, Santa Fe, and Suwannee River watersheds, through education, awareness, environmental monitoring, and citizen activities.
Since 2016, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER® is a project and a staff member of WWALS as the Waterkeeper Alliance® member for the 10,000 square mile Suwannee River Basin in Florida and Georgia.