tourism: Lake Powell - Colorado River Spring Runoff May 2008
- 04/17/08 04:31 AM
The last numbers have been posted prior to Lake Powell's annual elevation rise. The National Weather Service and the Bureau of Reclamation are predicting Lake Powell will see a 50 vertical foot rise in elevation from now until around July 4th when it peaks. When full Lake Powell has 1960 miles of shore line, so trying to imagine what a 50 foot wall of water around that looks like can be daunting. With the drought that has been ongoing most of the last 8 years, this is great news! Lake Powell is the savings account of water, while Lake Mead downstream, is the … (1 comments)
tourism: Lake Powell, Colorado River Spring Runoff Part 2
- 04/17/08 04:19 AM
The last numbers have been posted prior to Lake Powell's annual elevation rise. The National Weather Service and the Bureau of Reclamation are predicting Lake Powell will see a 50 vertical foot rise in elevation from now until around July 4th when it peaks. When full Lake Powell has 1960 miles of shore line, so trying to imagine what a 50 foot wall of water around that looks like can be daunting. With the drought that has been ongoing most of the last 8 years, this is great news! Lake Powell is the savings account of water, while Lake Mead downstream, is the … (0 comments)
tourism: Page, AZ makes the Top Ten List of Outdoor Life's Best Places To Live
- 03/24/08 05:09 AM
Page, Arizona placed in the top ten of Outdoor Life's April 2008 cover story, "Best Places to Live - Top 200 Towns For Hunters & Anglers" Page placed as one of the lists "Supertowns" Outdoor Life has 5 million readers and was started in the late 1800's. So, how did Page make this list? Simple - it's an awesome place!! According to the article ~ “Once a gritty company town whose fortunes were tied to dam construction and power production, Page has diversified into a tourist Mecca. Good food, interesting stores and stunning viewsheds,” "Homes are expensive here, but this is one of the … (2 comments)
tourism: Colorado River Spring Runoff and Lake Powell Part 1
- 03/09/08 06:54 PM
Seven of the last eight years the water flowing into Lake Powell from the Colorado River, and upper basin tributaries, has been in the state of drought. 2002 saw only 25% of average inflow in to the lake. Average is such a misleading word when used in describing events in the desert. Not much average happens here. This year looks like, while not the end of the drought, to at least be a good water year. As of March 2, 2008 snowpack conditions above Lake Powell are at 124% of normal. Lake Powell is a huge water storage tank. After … (2 comments)
tourism: Night Skys In Big Water Utah are hard to beat
- 03/01/08 07:24 PM
Astronomy was never one of my strong suits. We had a telescope many years ago but sold it. Recently my son has gotten seriously interested in astronomy, and some of the pictures he is getting using a realtively inexpensive telescope and his Canon XTI are pretty astounding. Technology has certainly changed the accessibility to do things like this. One of the great things about living in Big Water is the lack of light pollution. The stars really shine here. Some of the photos he is taking are using exposures of up to 4 minutes. A laptop, a webcam, a small motor … (5 comments)
The last numbers have been posted prior to Lake Powell's annual elevation rise. The National Weather Service and the Bureau of Reclamation are predicting Lake Powell will see a 50 vertical foot rise in elevation from now until around July 4th when it peaks. When full Lake Powell has 1960 miles of shore line, so trying to imagine what a 50 foot wall of water around that looks like can be daunting.
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