Sunday, December 04, 2005
State of Draper Lake
Howdy neighbor,
I took my Kayak the "redout" on a ride around Draper lake this morning.
The lake is higher than I have seen it in 2 years.
There are lots of dead pines around the edge of the lake . One interesting thing I saw at the north east end fully covered in 3 feet of water are some flowering (yellow) plants. The sunlight is still reaching the flowers .
Also the lake has cut a small channel of approx 150 feet in length into the back side of our preserve area . And you have to step over a foot of water along the dune path to the beach.
If we cannot protect the preserve area before the next "H" season , I do not see how this area can remain as is. I think it is possible that the hurricanes will breach the ragged preserve area dunes and then the lake will over run this area until we have another drought period along this coast.
I took my Kayak the "redout" on a ride around Draper lake this morning.
The lake is higher than I have seen it in 2 years.
There are lots of dead pines around the edge of the lake . One interesting thing I saw at the north east end fully covered in 3 feet of water are some flowering (yellow) plants. The sunlight is still reaching the flowers .
Also the lake has cut a small channel of approx 150 feet in length into the back side of our preserve area . And you have to step over a foot of water along the dune path to the beach.
If we cannot protect the preserve area before the next "H" season , I do not see how this area can remain as is. I think it is possible that the hurricanes will breach the ragged preserve area dunes and then the lake will over run this area until we have another drought period along this coast.