Opinions on a couple CA lakes

[gwhite94]

Shuswap is beautiful!!!! I can see where going anywhere farther than that would be difficult. That is exactly what Lake Powell feels like to those of us who live nearby. Mead has nothing to offer over Powell, except it is a bit warmer in the off-season.

Since Pow wow has not come back yet, I will show what Lake Powell looks like:

Tall this looks like Last Chance Bay area? Great picture!!!!

[talltigeguy]

Tall this looks like Last Chance Bay area? Great picture!!!!

Yes, Last Chance Bay. I wish I could say I took the picture, but I just googled something quick, not knowing if the OP had any experience with it.

This year, the goal appears to be for the NPS to let most of the water go downstream to Lake Mead, which has been suffering. I hope that they will leave enough water to keep the cut open. They dredged it out deeper last year, so I am hopeful that there is a good chance it will stay open. The cut is currently 17 feet deep, but the lake is dropping pretty fast. Good news is that the Colorado River Snowpack is at 104% of normal. We need above normal in order to get the lakes to increase, but it beats being below normal.