Boating at Ruedi Reservoir

Coming in for take out at the boat ramp.  That's Patti waiting with the trailer in the water to hook us up to the Tahoe.
It was a lovely day to just hang out, listen to music and munch down on Patti's gormet creations, watch the sailing regatta and enjoy.

The Bureau of Reclamation built the Ruedi Dam and Reservoir in 1968.  Ruedi is part of the Fryingpan- Arkansas Project which diverts water from the head waters of the Fryingpan and the Roaring Fork Rivers to the Front Range (Denver).  The dam is 285 feet high and 1,042 feet long and impounds 102,000 acre feet of water with a surface area of 997 acres.