Journeys of Sacagawea
May 2004 Colorado river Lake Mohave Page 2
Date | 5/23/04 5/26/04 | Engine hours | 6.9 |
Weather | Clear, mid 80's to 90' | Fuel on board | 12.5 gal |
Wind | 10 to 20 knots from the southwest | Fuel used | 8.4 gal |
Water Conditions | lake level 643 feet 72F | Miles traveled | 94 |
Willow Beach is 52 miles from Davis dam and 11 miles from Hoover dam by water. Willow Beach area has prehistory as a trading center and meeting place. I took 93 from Henderson Neveda across Hoover dam then about 15 miles south of the dam is Willow Beach road. You will have your boat and car inspected by guards before you are allowed to cross the dam.
Spotted these Bighorn sheep while hiking up a canyon | |
The sheep really blend with the rocks. | |
South of Willow Beach about 6 miles. |
Heading south from Willow Beach |
South of Willow Beach about 4 miles |
Black canyon ends at mile 46 from Davis dam |
North of Willow Beach, Three miles downstream from the dam you come to Ringbolt rapids, named because you can see the ringbolt about 75 yards above the rapids, on the Arizona side. There was no rapids at the water level of 642 feet above sea level. |
Waterfall about two miles from dam |
Bypass tunnel for Hoover Dam. |
Hoover Dam | |
Hoover Dam as close as you can get these days |