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Just got back from holidays, we had a great time down in the states, we definitely did our part to strengthen
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My buddy has an X Star and he has a house down in Havasu where he winters his boat, so his family and our family decided to hit a couple of lakes on the way down. Our first stop was 'Gates to the Mountains' in Montana. Very scenic, the kids dropped their boards in the water in the gorge and got a set in each, it was fairly windy, you would go around a bend and it would be nice and calm, the next bend it was like driving into a gale force wind. And it was raining off and on that day as well. Very scenic though. Next we dropped the boat into Lake Powell, again we had rain and wind ( couldn't believe it, basically in the desert and we were getting rained on). The ramp at this place was about 1/4 mile long down to the water, very low levels, we went out to lone rock, and the kids jumped off there for a while and then we wandered to the dam, again very cool. When we pulled out of the water, we went and toured the dam for a while and then headed to Williams and took the train to the Grand Canyon, none of us had ever been before. This was unreal, you see pictures of it, but it doesn't come close to doing it justice. When we got there, the rescue crew was just hauling a guy up the side after he crawled over to get his kid who had apparently fallen over onto a ledge. Both were okay from what we heard. Next stop was Havasu, water levels in the lake were good, we trailered to the California side and dropped into the river at Topock 66. That was an absolute mud hole, they don't tell you that the water is down when they're taking your launch fees, knew we were in trouble when he pulled into a slip after we unloaded, and only made it halfway in to the slip before getting hung up in the mud. Went for a tour on the river and did some more wakeboarding, got to Needles and couldn't believe how low the water was in the river, docks were sitting on gravel. At the end of the day the water had dropped a little more, my buddy clipped a rock with his prop, luckily no damage, get the boat loaded, and the trailer got locked into some dillweed's trough that they dug powering their boat onto their trailer. Buddy's brand new fenders got bent getting out of the hole, and the prop guard bars had mud hanging off them. Went in to complain to the management, they just told him that it wasn't their fault that the water was low. Buddy was fairly riled up and said no it's not your fault that the water is low, BUT if your charging a fee, you should be telling people that the water is low, or have a stake in the water with foot numbers painted on so that the boat owners can tell if it's safe for them to launch their boat. Other than that bad experience, the water levels in the lake were great, the canal level was high, there was no beach where there usually was beach for beaching your boat. lots of wakeboarding and surfing, bit of a shocker to come from 46c in Havasu to 16c here at home.
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My buddy has an X Star and he has a house down in Havasu where he winters his boat, so his family and our family decided to hit a couple of lakes on the way down. Our first stop was 'Gates to the Mountains' in Montana. Very scenic, the kids dropped their boards in the water in the gorge and got a set in each, it was fairly windy, you would go around a bend and it would be nice and calm, the next bend it was like driving into a gale force wind. And it was raining off and on that day as well. Very scenic though. Next we dropped the boat into Lake Powell, again we had rain and wind ( couldn't believe it, basically in the desert and we were getting rained on). The ramp at this place was about 1/4 mile long down to the water, very low levels, we went out to lone rock, and the kids jumped off there for a while and then we wandered to the dam, again very cool. When we pulled out of the water, we went and toured the dam for a while and then headed to Williams and took the train to the Grand Canyon, none of us had ever been before. This was unreal, you see pictures of it, but it doesn't come close to doing it justice. When we got there, the rescue crew was just hauling a guy up the side after he crawled over to get his kid who had apparently fallen over onto a ledge. Both were okay from what we heard. Next stop was Havasu, water levels in the lake were good, we trailered to the California side and dropped into the river at Topock 66. That was an absolute mud hole, they don't tell you that the water is down when they're taking your launch fees, knew we were in trouble when he pulled into a slip after we unloaded, and only made it halfway in to the slip before getting hung up in the mud. Went for a tour on the river and did some more wakeboarding, got to Needles and couldn't believe how low the water was in the river, docks were sitting on gravel. At the end of the day the water had dropped a little more, my buddy clipped a rock with his prop, luckily no damage, get the boat loaded, and the trailer got locked into some dillweed's trough that they dug powering their boat onto their trailer. Buddy's brand new fenders got bent getting out of the hole, and the prop guard bars had mud hanging off them. Went in to complain to the management, they just told him that it wasn't their fault that the water was low. Buddy was fairly riled up and said no it's not your fault that the water is low, BUT if your charging a fee, you should be telling people that the water is low, or have a stake in the water with foot numbers painted on so that the boat owners can tell if it's safe for them to launch their boat. Other than that bad experience, the water levels in the lake were great, the canal level was high, there was no beach where there usually was beach for beaching your boat. lots of wakeboarding and surfing, bit of a shocker to come from 46c in Havasu to 16c here at home.
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