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Lake Blog, Photos & Video
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Sunday, May 31, 2009
First Slalom Set VideosThursday Night Red Tail Lake got its first real slalom ski sets.
See the video links here.
This video was taken from inside the boat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A6TsE1UUWk
and this video was taken from the end of the lake facing east. Lars Miller tearin it up!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuhNGcweGRk
Also to update other happenings. The lake is about 6' deep and could easily take another
2' for a total of 8' deep!!! That is awesome. Depth makes maintenance and weed control much easier. The forage
crop was swathed over a week ago and is now being baled. Time to start planning our next crop.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Just wanted to show a few photos of a dock being completed with composite decking.
These are the same steel dock frames that have already been purchased and are on site for all three lots at Red Tail
Lake. The contractor is doing a nice job. Notice the Swim/Ski Platform along with the built in locker for soap,
glove, etc storage. Great Idea! The Stabel Family is really going to enjoy this dock.  
5:07 pm edt
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Priorities!We launched the boat yesterday morning and went for a ski. The lake level
is about 4.5 ft. and has about 2.5 more to go. Gosh, it's beautiful out there. Quiet, great views, warm water, even saw a
Red Tail Hawk...but I guess that's expected.
 
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
PrioritiesUnfortunately waterskiing has not been much of a priority lately.
What is wrong with us? Unfortunately, there has been alot to focus on and waterskiing has taken a back seat. While
the lake has been filling slowly and consistently, the forage crop has developed well. The grain has not matured enough
to cut and offer the best quality hay, so the cutting has been delayed for a few more days. That delay does not allow
for sunflowers to be planted early enough, so switching crops to something different is now under consideration. There
are a few other options that look viable with the water source being available in the lake. We'll likely make a decision
on what crop to select as soon as the forage is removed and we can incorporate any remaining stubble. A few different
grain crops and melon crops are available as good options. Also our neighbor was able to get a second well installed
in the lake prior to filling. As soon as he is annexed into the water district, Red Tail Lake will offer additional
water delivery to his parcel. Just another benefit of this farm reseviour.
Even though we have yet to have
a boat on the lake, most people in the local area are already referring to Red Tail as "the water ski lake".
I often wonder if we never skied on the lake, if it would continue to be referred as such.
We did squeeze
in a quick ski out at The Ridge with Marcus Brown and Terry Winter last saturday afternoon. Its really nice to
be around people that love the lake life. Even though skiing is more than a hobby for those families, they still
seem to be loving the sport as much as ever.
With spring work in the area nearing completion, we are looking forward
to what the Red Tail Lake property has in store for the remainder of the summer. Using the lake for its combined
purpose of irrigation and recreation is going to be very satisfying!
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Cinco de Mayo!Well actually I am a day late on that. Cinco de Mayo was yesterday.
What a great week at Red Tail Lake. We have begun filling the lake. All gravity feed surface water out of the
Oroville afterbay. Clean cool water! With no pumping expense. How about that... We get a steady flow
of a couple hundred gallons per minute. No barn burner, but the lake will steadily fill with that amount. On top
of beginning to fill, our neighbors to the North of us had some flooding issues. Since we are several feet below them,
we were able to help mitigate the problem by taking water in the waterfowl pond and sending it further downhill into the lake.
Our retention engineering worked like a charm and help expidite the dewatering for them.
In terms of agriculture,
the grain/forage mix has headed out and that last rain did wonders. Looks like we will get a nice cutting of clean hay.
We are now trying to see which direction to head with our next crop. This rain has backed things up a bit and getting
in sunflowers is not an option prior to May 15th. Several other crop selections to pick from for a summer plan.
With water in the lake, irrigation is now possible through our lake well.
In addition to that our neighbor
installed a second lake well as we came to an agreement to deliver district water though the lake to him. He did a nice
job and will have access to the water as soon as he can get anexed into the water district. Which will be when we get
out of a drought year according the the water district.
On the rec side, the slalom course is installed and
this lake can be used for recreation any day now. It will take another few weeks with the slow water flow to completly
fill, but the lake depth does not require it to be completely filled for use.
It was really beautiful down there
tonight. We had some touchup tractor work to complete our inlet backfilling, and the lake looks awesome. With
nearly 30 inches of water it looks like a lake finally and will show well to all those people who cannot envision what a dirt
hole looks like after being filled.
 
 
3:40 am edt
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