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Post Icon Posted: Feb. 21 2005,7:54 pm Post # 1 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Thought I'd share a few pix from this past week-end.... :good
We went to Havasu for the President's Day Week-End, and I took a side trip up to Needles on Sunday 2/20/05.....

The desert is GREEN....not brown...!!!


Sunday was beautiful....not a cloud in the sky... :good


Some lucky Boy Scouts on a canoe trip down the Gorge....

Edited by shueman on Feb. 22 2005,11:24 am
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Post Icon Posted: Feb. 21 2005,8:01 pm Post # 2 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Everything above the bridge is VERY SHALLOW....not a powerboat on the river all day.... :eek

UpRiver from the Needles bridge....


DownRiver from the Needles bridge...


You could probably WALK ACROSS...!!!

Edited by shueman on Feb. 22 2005,11:25 am
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Stopped at Park Moabi....talked with "TY" at the store.... :good

The ramp is coming along, going to be 100ft wide and NO BUMPERS... :good   The are bringing in 30' x 55' flexible concrete for the bottom of the ramp, then pouring the new launch ramp after that.....TY said it looks like LATE APRIL to complete the work.



Floats around the construction....


Moabi Lagoon....
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Post Icon Posted: Feb. 21 2005,8:12 pm Post # 4 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Doesn't look like Jack Smith will be ready for awhile... :eek


They have raised the outside wall and back-filled it in....


Needles Marina is "high & dry" as well, just waiting for the river flow to return....no work in progress....
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Post Icon Posted: Feb. 21 2005,8:40 pm Post # 5 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Damn that sucks the big one :angry Sure hope they let the water flow before the end of April!.. :eek

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Post Icon Posted: Feb. 22 2005,2:37 am Post # 6 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Quote (shueman @ Feb. 21 2005,7:54 pm)
Some lucky Boy Scouts on a canoe trip down the Gorge....

Thanks for sharing these pics! :good  This one really caught my eye because that's how I visited Havasu for the first time.  It was around 1976 or so and my troop canoed from Needles to the London Bridge.  That's when I realized I wanted a boat with power. :rotflmao  Back in those days it was a bunch of 18 - 21 footers on that lake. :D





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Post Icon Posted: Feb. 22 2005,4:19 am Post # 7 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Good pic's Shueman,Hopefully they get the work done before they start letting the water out of the dam.Looks like a nice day on sunday! How was saturday weather,and fire works show. :good

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Post Icon Posted: Feb. 22 2005,7:06 am Post # 8 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
I have never seen the water level that low.

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Post Icon Posted: Feb. 22 2005,9:37 am Post # 9 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Thanks a million for the shots Shue! :good

Looks like I should have gone thata way over the weekend. The high desert was a bit muddy! :rolleyes

I sure do hope the water starts flowing soon. I hear the jet boat tours may go belly up over this!! :stupid

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Post Icon Posted: Feb. 22 2005,11:18 am Post # 10 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Thanks for sharing shueman, amazing how low the water is. Our recon trip to Roosevelt got cancelled due to vehicle maintence complications :break

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Quote (AZKC @ Feb. 22 2005,11:18 am)
Thanks for sharing shueman, amazing how low the water is. Our recon trip to Roosevelt got cancelled due to vehicle maintence complications :break

That's a bummer...   :angry   If it weren't for bad luck..... :(
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Quote (GlassMan @ Feb. 22 2005,9:37 am)
Thanks a million for the shots Shue! :good

Looks like I should have gone thata way over the weekend. The high desert was a bit muddy! :rolleyes

I sure do hope the water starts flowing soon. I hear the jet boat tours may go belly up over this!! :stupid

We headed out Sat and got POUNDED by rain to Barstow... :eek   Once on the I-40, things dried out until we hit Barstow on the way back on Monday.... :good

The Victorville to Barstow 3-lane expansion is just about done....thankfully... :beat  Nice wide lanes, shoulders, and it looks like MORE lanes to be available in the center... :beer
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Such a peaceful picture here..those Boyscouts should have a great time...how often do they get to spread accross the river like that and not be in danger. Such a nice part of the river right there...good sandy beaches to kick back on.

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Thanks for sharing shueman, amazing how low the water is. Our recon trip to Roosevelt got cancelled due to vehicle maintence complications :break

That's a bummer...   :angry   If it weren't for bad luck..... :(

See back when I was younger I worked at this mirror factory and I was on the bowling team ;) And one Xmas I got this new bowling ball and took it to work to show the guys and well lets just say............................ :rolleyes I've got a few years of bad luck left :rotflmao  :break  :rotflmao

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Quote (AZKC @ Feb. 22 2005,11:18 am)
Thanks for sharing shueman, amazing how low the water is. Our recon trip to Roosevelt got cancelled due to vehicle maintence complications :break

That's a bummer...   :angry   If it weren't for bad luck..... :(

See back when I was younger I worked at this mirror factory and I was on the bowling team ;) And one Xmas I got this new bowling ball and took it to work to show the guys and well lets just say............................ :rolleyes I've got a few years of bad luck left :rotflmao  :break  :rotflmao

:rotflmao  :rotflmao  :good  :beer
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That's some funny chit!. :good  :laugh  :laugh
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Hey.  Im going up to the river this weekend.  If I launch in Havasu do you think I could make it to Topac, or no way?????

Thanks

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Maybe if your boat is a jet, Just be careful. :cool

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Hey.  Im going up to the river this weekend.  If I launch in Havasu do you think I could make it to Topac, or no way?????

Thanks

McC,
You should be able to go through the Gorge ok, but I would stay south of the I-40 bridge; it's pretty low from there north.  Can't get into Golden Shores for cocktails either, as I know it.... :(

They are projecting to up the flow out of Davis to around 3,000cfs by th 12th, but that's still "half" the normal... :eek

Have fun....the weather looks to be a lil iffy, but mid 70's if things clear out... :good
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