And Then The Rains Came

Much of the work at Lake McKinley has been completed. Dredging is done, the new spillway is in place and the roads around the lake are now open.

We've had a lot of rain the past few days, time to take a look at what the lake looks like.

I knew there would be some water, but wow! It looks like a lake again.

This is the new spillway. Instead of going over the dam as the old spillway did, it now goes under the dam.

No more driving through shallow water in the old spillway or not being able to go around the lake at all when the water was too high.

I'd like to walk the path below the dam to see what it looks like now. Maybe when it is a little drier. 

I was surprised to see this new house on the southwest side of the lake.

Apparently it was built during the time the road around the lake was closed.

The first photo of the lake was from the SE side looking North.

This one is from the west side looking SE.

There is still work to be done on the jetties and I believe there is to be a pier for fishing and swimming. Waiting to see what that looks like.

It's good to have the all the improvements - including new blacktop on the road on the east side.