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Cliff Williams / The Herald Under the watchful eye of wildlife, the first paddlers of the Alabama Great 650 made their way through Wetumpka on the Coosa River Monday morning. Before daybreak Salli O. Donnell passed under the Bibb Graves Bridge marking 232 miles on the river since Saturday. After sunrise solo paddler Trey Reeves followed by the tandem of Matt Taylor and Myles Sumerlin passed through. Throughout Monday and into Tuesday more paddlers will follow the Coosa on the way to the Gulf.

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