{"id":232003,"date":"2026-03-04T14:18:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T19:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocmulgeewatertrail.com\/?p=232003"},"modified":"2026-04-13T14:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:07:11","slug":"notice-9th-annual-owtp-paddle-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocmulgeewatertrail.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/04\/notice-9th-annual-owtp-paddle-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"NOTICE:  9th Annual OWTP Paddle 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>9th Annual OWTP Paddle 2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/black-bear-ii-tickets-1983908411464?aff=oddtdtcreator\">Click here to purchase tickets.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-232004 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/ocmulgeewatertrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-Black-Bear-300x221.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocmulgeewatertrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-Black-Bear-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/ocmulgeewatertrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-Black-Bear-1024x754.png 1024w, https:\/\/ocmulgeewatertrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-Black-Bear-768x566.png 768w, https:\/\/ocmulgeewatertrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-Black-Bear.png 1210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Join us on Saturday, April 25th, as we paddle the 16.4 mile stretch of the Ocmulgee from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/r5hJudWHH7YivEer9\">Knowles Landing<\/a>\u00a0on Hwy 96 outside Bonaire, GA to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boatlaunchmap.com\/ramps\/j-dykes-georgia-boat-launch-19115\">J Dykes Landing<\/a>\u00a0in Cochran. This is an all day paddle and is expected to take between 6 to 8 hours dependening upon the swiftness of the water flow. Driving distance between the two landings is 22 miles and takes approximately 37 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Registration opens at 7:30 AM at Knowles Landing. A shuttle (included) will depart at 8:30 AM from the take-out at Dykes Landing near Cochran.<\/p>\n<p>Ticket price is $25 per paddler with group rates available for six or more at $20 each.<\/p>\n<p>High water\/bad weather date is May 2, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Boat rental\u00a0<strong>IS NOT<\/strong>\u00a0included in the ticket price.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocmulgeeoutdoorexpeditions.com\/\">Ocmulgee Outdoor Expeditions<\/a>\u00a0is the local outfitter for this event.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Deadline to purchase T-shirts is April 15, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; ACA Insurance forms, and photo waivers must be completed for each paddler at site registration. We will use your on-line registration information to pre-populate these forms as much as possible.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Remember to bring &#8211; and wear &#8211; your Personal Floatation Devices. Insurance requires that PFDs be worn.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>9th Annual OWTP Paddle 2026 Click here to purchase tickets. Join us on Saturday, April 25th, as we paddle the 16.4 mile stretch of the Ocmulgee from\u00a0Knowles Landing\u00a0on Hwy 96 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-232003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-owtp-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocmulgeewatertrail.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocmulgeewatertrail.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocmulgeewatertrail.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocmulgeewatertrail.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocmulgeewatertrail.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ocmulgeewatertrail.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232003\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocmulgeewatertrail.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocmulgeewatertrail.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocmulgeewatertrail.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}