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I may try New Hope Friday. I think the water level will be manageable by then. Hoping for good water quality, taking some of the grandkids probably. Seems weird it is June already, been out a bunch of times, but not on Jordan yet.
Let me know how it is. We MAY give Jordan a shot on Sunday.
I will let you know for sure. I am most likely avoiding Jordan on weekends until they open all ramps, but maybe things will calm down some. Just a crazy combo of events; covid, flooding, people cooped up, cheap gas, boat sales up.. all we need is a rumor of sunken pirate ship filled with lost gold at the bottom of the lake.
Yeah one wouldn't think 4 ft would be anything major. Granted I think we went and it was 221ft and the ramps were under about 6-8ft of water.
Sounds good! Let me know how it goes. We're doing the pool tomorrow as we have to be home early for something the wife has to do. We're going to attempt to go somewhere Sunday. Likely early if we do go. Harris has been getting continually worse. I think because Jordan has been so flooded. Hopefully the rain today is a non event.
We went out after lunch, maybe 1:30.
Perfect weather the rest of the day. New Hope ramp had 15 or 20 cars and trailers. Water was clean, no visible debris. Level is high, the gate has a sign that the docks are under water, but the level is not an issue. This pic is us pulling one of the grandkids on a ski trainer . The little kids love this thing, very stable, even while standing. Ebenezer is seen in the background.
Nice! So the docks were still underwater? We were planning to go tomorrow, but little one got bit by a bug of some nature. Had a weird reaction. Took him to urgent care and got a steroid creme. Need to keep it dry for a couple days. I'm actually pretty wiped from being out in the heat all day today, so I'm not too bummed. Could use a bit of a rest.
No, sorry, I wasn't clear. The sign at the gate says docks were underwater, but they weren't at New Hope. Had no problem launching there. We cruised by Ebenezer, and there seems to be quite a bit of trash/debris at the top of the ramps that will need to be removed.
Well, the boss was ready early, so we went to New hope. Bit of a line at the gate, the ramp was doing a brisk business.
What time was that? We generally try to get to the ramps by 8:30 to try and beat the crowds.
Maybe 1030 at the gate.
That's good to know. Even getting out late we're generally there by 9. Was the same last year.
Ha! Being our 6th time out I am that newbie. I lightly tapped the docks today at Rollingview. Just enough to let them know I was thinking of them.
