Lake Roosevelt

Pulled from Lake Roosevelt this AM at Gifford. What a glorious lake. We cruised her from China Bend to Grand Coulee dam and return. Marvelous weather, beautiful scenary. Sorry not to be able to meet with others, but we had a great time with Chris on Rana Verde and Pat and Patty on Daydream -- a perfect time together.
 
OK, so you made it down to the dam...the lower lake will have to wait for another occasion for us! But indeed, this was a perfect time - just too short for us!


El and Bill":1y1kd9rm said:
Pulled from Lake Roosevelt this AM at Gifford. What a glorious lake. We cruised her from China Bend to Grand Coulee dam and return. Marvelous weather, beautiful scenary. Sorry not to be able to meet with others, but we had a great time with Chris on Rana Verde and Pat and Patty on Daydream -- a perfect time together.
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Pat --
Sure fun to view the photos you posted -- nice slideshow and a great review of our time together on Lake Roosevelt. Thanks for the posting. (Oh -- and it looks as though some of those photos were taken by a geologist, eh?)
 
Sorry to miss the Ladysmith event but we elected a few months back to join some family for their annual boating trip to Roosevelt. We are launching from Hunters park early on the 22nd and will be staying on the boat off the shore of Rogers Bar Campground (north shore Colville land) where my sisters family is camping with their fishing boat through the 26th.

Just read Bill and El's trip report plus other info sites and starting to get the packing and prep in order. It will be the first time we have used the boat in fresh water.

Should be warm and fun, stop by for a cold one if your floating by.

Greg
 
Have fun Greg, Cindie and family! I love that lake and lived not too far away for a couple of years and really enjoyed it. Careful on the Colville side of the lake. Enforcement was notorious for ticketing people for minor offenses like beaching without a permit, or using bbqs not physically attached to the boat. Gotta make a buck I suppose. Its such a fun lake I'm a little envious
 
It is an amazing place right under a lot of people's noses for sure. I love the rainbow fishing. There area lot of big ones down by Spring Canyon and a quick video search online will tell how to get them. I didn't get to go this year when I visited relatives in Spokane as we had a wedding and funeral to go to all over the northwest, but I won't miss it next year. You guys that have not gone and live close should consider it as it really is a pretty cool place.
 
I am one of the guilty from the PNW, have not been on that lake. I have driven by some of the shoreline and thought about what might be out there I couldn't see from the road. This doesn't look like the year for me either, but I would certainly consider it for 2016. Maybe we need to look at a PNW lakes Grand Slam and include, something like:
Lake Union and Lake Washington
Roosevelt
Chelan
Pend Orielle, ID
Priest, ID


I have been on all but Roosevelt at one time or another, and exploring it sounds fun.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon

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One of our favorite cruise lakes. Get there if you can and give yourselves some time to travel slowly and enjoy. Like Pat and Patti (and the Rana Verde crew) eleven years seems like yesterday. What a great lake to share with such great folk.
 
We did a short 5 day exploration trip complete with a little fishing, swimming, and hiking around. We had some crawfish dinner and a general good time based out of the Rogers Bar area. The boat did great and after this trip and the Broughtons trip we are going to pickup a 12v small freezer soon just to free us of the troublesome need for ice. We will only make ice with it for the double coolers.

A few pics here:

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Greg
 
Like that sandy beach. Looks warm too. I also checked the Broughton pix. Nice. Wondered if you towed with the dink up and the canvass out. Must work OK?

Harvey
SleepyC :moon

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Yep we tow at 60mph and under with the dinghy on the rack and the canvas all up. That canvas is not desiged to come down and was instead designed for strength. If I had to take it all down each time, I would use the boat a lot less. We are up to 42 nights in 1.5 years and that doesn't happen without some boat process efficiency.

Greg
 
Thanks Greg, I wondered about how it would do. I have towed with my "Alaskan" up on the aft rack, at 60 or less. Tied on tight, it does not move. Had one of the tie down patches come off, and it still was solid as a rock.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon

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hardee":2bl18ftp said:
Thanks Greg, I wondered about how it would do. I have towed with my "Alaskan" up on the aft rack, at 60 or less. Tied on tight, it does not move. Had one of the tie down patches come off, and it still was solid as a rock.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon

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Tied on tight is the operative phrase. Don't ask me how I know. :wink

Oh and nice trip Greg and Cindi.
 
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