For those of you who think it never rains in Arizona

[Jordy]

This is a popular summer spot between Prescott and Flagstaff, NW of Phoenix.
This is what it looks like pretty much any weekend in the summer:
http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data/500/23srbefore.JPG
This is the same spot last week after all the rain that hit us:
http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data/500/23srafter.JPG

[Her454]

If I remember correctly that is Slide Rock? Used to go there quite often as a kid. Makes me miss my mother as she loved that place.
Thanks for the pics Jordy.

[Havasu_Dreamin]

Great picture Jordy! Really shows the power that can be unleashed after storms like these.

[Jordy]

Yep, that is Slide Rock. Good eye T. I didn't take the pics, just passing them on. :D

[spectras only]

Looks just like North Vancouver now ,hehe

[BarryMac]

Jordy, Does the water make to one of the local lakes or does it go to the ocean???

[Jordy]

Jordy, Does the water make to one of the local lakes or does it go to the ocean???
In a round about sort of way, here is the short version. That is Oak Creek, which runs down and hooks up with the Verde River, still North of Phoenix, which in turn flows into Horseshoe Lake, then Bartlett Lake, both of which don't take alot of rain to go from 50% full to 90% full. They were filling up so fast, that they started letting water out of the dams. Water is still going down the Verde River, hooks up with the Salt River and is held back behind Granite Reef Diversion Dam, which is below the lowest lake in the Salt River Lake chain. You can't boat or anything on it. Whatever isn't diverted into canals for irrigation and drinking water is then sent down the normally dry Salt River bed, which then hooks up with the Gila River, and I believe most of the water soaks into the ground before it hits Mexico.
This series of storms has the normally dry Salt River running for the first time in 11 years or so. At the peak flow it was moving 18,000 CFS.
And that concludes your history lesson for the day.

[Her454]

Yep, that is Slide Rock. Good eye T. :D
I would know that place anywhere! I used to have so much fun there and my parents almost bought a house right up the road in Camp Verde but bought in Parker instead on the river. I took my daughter there about 7 years ago and it was a tourist trap! Not like it used to be......but its still beautiful.

[RiverOtter]

Holy Cow! :jawdrop:

[dirty old man]

thats SEDONA isn't it?

[bocco]

Drove through Flagstaff last Friday night and there was a ton of snow. Lots of fun in a Penske moving truck towing a car trailer.

[Mrs Luvnlife]

I would know that place anywhere! I used to have so much fun there and my parents almost bought a house right up the road in Camp Verde but bought in Parker instead on the river. I took my daughter there about 7 years ago and it was a tourist trap! Not like it used to be......but its still beautiful.
I too used to have a blast there at Slide Rock when I was young....it's amazing to see how popular it has become and I've NEVER seen it with that much water rushing through it!!! :2purples:

[Her454]

and I've NEVER seen it with that much water rushing through it!!! :2purples:
Scary isn't it? :2purples:

[SCUBA STEVE]

Yep, that is Slide Rock. Good eye T. I didn't take the pics, just passing them on. :D
Can't see the pix here at work, but my mother told me we used to go to slide rock back in the day, when we would visit my step Dads family here. I am going to have to revisit one of these days. :p

[Jbb]

That looks like a nice place to visit when its not raining...

[Jordy]

I am going to have to revisit one of these days. :p
We can add that to the Scubas Across Arizona itinerary. :D

[HCS]

Looks like the desert. Does a cactus need water?

[Ziggy]

Yup Slide Rock State Park in Sedona...went there about a year and half ago....got in free with my StatePark pass that we use for Launching at Windsor. :D :D
Thats freaking amazing Jordy---but you can tell that little valley has been well carved by water over the gaBillion years.

[Tequila-John]

This is a popular summer spot between Prescott and Flagstaff, NW of Phoenix.
This is what it looks like pretty much any weekend in the summer:
http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data/500/23srbefore.JPG
This is the same spot last week after all the rain that hit us:
http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data/500/23srafter.JPG
That is CRAZY!!!!

[Kurtis500]

Got my first set of stitches from there as a kid. Slipped and fell on my chin :mad:

[Lake Ape]

jordanpaulk, is that you on the bottom of your posts?
on another note I can't remember the last time I saw Bartlett so high and to see the Salt River running is interesting too! I keep waiting for the bridge to wash out again...