lacy@hplabs.UUCP (07/28/83)
#N:hplabs:12200001:000:560 hplabs!lacy Jul 28 09:15:00 1983 I spent July 23/24 on Lake Powell - Glen Canyon Dam. The weather was perfect and the lake was beautiful! I've been on the lake 5-6 times since 1978 and have seen it at different levels. It is now full so some of those perfect camp sites are under water. The lake is actually over its maximum design level. Full is defined to be 3700 feet elevation and it was 3707.77 on 7/23. It reached is max on 7/14 - 3708.34 ft. It's business as usual at the lake. The fish are not biting but the water skiing is great and the water is always a delight. Sharon Lacy
tom@rlgvax.UUCP (Tom Beres) (07/30/83)
From everything I've heard about the canyon before the dam was built,
if you think the lake is great, you should see whats UNDER the lake!
- Tom Beres {seismo, allegra, brl-bmd, mcnc}!rlgvax!tom
PS hooray for the monkey wrench gang!lacy@hplabs.UUCP (Sharon Lacy) (07/30/83)
#R:rlgvax:-92000:hplabs:12200002:000:467 hplabs!lacy Jul 30 13:27:00 1983 Re: Glen Canyon was pretty before they filled it You're right of course, thats clear if you look below the dam. Far be it from me to suggest that electric power, flood control, irregation and cleaner water justified filling Glen Canyon, but I don't intend to let that stop me from enjoying it! By the way, the number of people who have seen Rainbow Bridge since the dam was built is 2-3 orders of magnitude more than saw it before the dam was built. Sharon Lacy