Hemenway Boat Launch - Lake Mead Historic Low Water

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  • @rvertv
    @rvertv  2 роки тому +5

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  • @Resounded
    @Resounded 2 роки тому +4

    Hi Russ,,, Mark and Brenda here... Guess what ? We are finally getting out of Henderson... Leaving in 3 days.. Sold home... Forever gone from the Dead Pool Lake Mead ! Going up north where there is water... Can't live in the desert without water... Great Video Russ !

  • @evelynwinchester4726
    @evelynwinchester4726 2 роки тому

    That boat launch was really something. Thank you. You're fun to listen to. Good sense of humor.

  • @diamondmarineservice
    @diamondmarineservice 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you RVerTV for giving our shop a shout out during the Formula’s being craned into the lake.
    Appreciate you making the time and informing everyone the way you do.
    -
    We are located in Boulder City
    And we are a full service boat shop
    Everything from family boats to go fast boats.
    We subscribed to you, hope you wouldn’t mind following us back!
    Stay safe on the road friend.

  • @Threadsandjars
    @Threadsandjars 2 роки тому +10

    Back in 1968 we had a 42' Hatteras on Lake Mead, and docked there at Hemingway Marina. Many great memories for quite a few years. It breaks my heart to see how low Mead is. Your video was one of the best I've seen there, especially the crane lift of that yacht. Be healthy, stay safe and many blessings, Morgan

  • @SenatorBulworth
    @SenatorBulworth 2 роки тому +44

    Based upon the documentation you've been providing, Russ, my uneducated eye tells me that the situation is rapidly deteriorating. My bet is that Hoover Dam will be out of the power generating business very soon.

    • @howdareyu
      @howdareyu 2 роки тому +4

      They say another 60 days or less

    • @trewten5579
      @trewten5579 2 роки тому

      Boulder city has one of the largest solar power plants in the nation, that's probably why they are letting the Hoover Dam go they don't need it for power anymore.

    • @FrankBullitt390
      @FrankBullitt390 2 роки тому +1

      @@trewten5579 Lol

    • @JM-mh1pp
      @JM-mh1pp 2 роки тому

      @@trewten5579 oh yeah sure, cause that is the one thing that modern societies have so much they can just shut down a major plant ...power.

    • @1STGeneral
      @1STGeneral 2 роки тому

      @@trewten5579 Modern nighttime solar...Yep dusk till dawn no lights in Vegas...Works for me

  • @lloydbaker6988
    @lloydbaker6988 2 роки тому +3

    Hey , Hey, It's RVerTV Russ, YEA Thanks for another video on lake mead, Your To Cool For School My Friend. 👍

  • @hesterpotts9987
    @hesterpotts9987 2 роки тому +9

    Thanks, Russ for the continuing coverage on Lake Mead. Truly historic and sad conditions.

  • @timsterrett2417
    @timsterrett2417 2 роки тому +2

    I would be pulling my boat out , soon it will become part of the desert very sad, nice video Russ have a good day!!!

  • @pandorasullivan777
    @pandorasullivan777 2 роки тому

    Wow, you were at the right place, at the right time! Great footage Russ!

  • @gekarlendonila847
    @gekarlendonila847 2 роки тому +1

    great and awesome to see your yacht uncle paul!!love from the philippines ❤️❤️

  • @jesscarey7666
    @jesscarey7666 2 роки тому +1

    Howdy Russ! Appreciate the videos!

  • @artmurphy4991
    @artmurphy4991 2 роки тому

    Thank you Russ

  • @jessicakirsh
    @jessicakirsh 2 роки тому

    Thanks for these updates. This is nuts!

  • @jeffs4483
    @jeffs4483 2 роки тому +6

    The boat towards the end with a crane. What a fool.

  • @juliebradford2999
    @juliebradford2999 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks for Sharing! Everything is possible. Beautiful boat in the air.

  • @travelguy1564
    @travelguy1564 2 роки тому +5

    I've got pictures of us jumping off that water intake from 1982! It was about 40 feet to the water - now, almost 150 feet to the ROCKS!

  • @johngentry8736
    @johngentry8736 2 роки тому

    Great Video.! Thanks for sharing.!

  • @markal6004
    @markal6004 2 роки тому

    Very educational, thank you. So unbelievable what they had to do to launch at the only boat launch left.

  • @kimfowler9864
    @kimfowler9864 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks Russ! Sad to see this water way vanishing away

    • @rvertv
      @rvertv  2 роки тому

      You and me both!

    • @monkeybarmonkeyman
      @monkeybarmonkeyman 2 роки тому

      @@rvertv Too many taking too much... you could see this coming way back in the late 90's.

  • @shellyrusek8035
    @shellyrusek8035 2 роки тому

    That is one BIG boat launch!!! Great video Russ.

  • @glamperjan
    @glamperjan 2 роки тому

    That is one cool boat Russ!

  • @oldladysusie3009
    @oldladysusie3009 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks so much for showing us. I went many a day in the 80's. I remember the carp. Great views!

  • @jentillman200363
    @jentillman200363 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you so much for your videos. I watch them all the time and used several of your recommendations for our trip this summer.

  • @sandratessem9980
    @sandratessem9980 2 роки тому

    WOW!! Great video. This is history. Stay hydrated.

  • @WBJAdventures
    @WBJAdventures 2 роки тому +1

    very cool

  • @brendaburns3674
    @brendaburns3674 2 роки тому +1

    Enjoy all your videos but gotta say we've really enjoyed you taking us along this past week on lake Mead. 👍 Thanks

  • @dorisbuchmann4164
    @dorisbuchmann4164 2 роки тому

    Historic stuff, and informative, thanks!

  • @Ed-ICE-Berg
    @Ed-ICE-Berg 2 роки тому +1

    Allway's Enjoy your Video's Thank you doing a good Job

  • @darlenestout7548
    @darlenestout7548 2 роки тому +1

    Wow what a awesome video. So sad about the lake 😢

  • @stephend.mixell2042
    @stephend.mixell2042 2 роки тому

    Russ your the man. What great videos. quality work and I enjoy listening to your narrative. You have a laugh like my longtime friend Rod. He has a boat, I am not sure where all he has been with it. Looking forward to more videos. Save journey.

  • @lucyfoster8624
    @lucyfoster8624 2 роки тому

    Russ. Hi! Thank u for showing this piece of Lake Mead history. What an adventure!

  • @nimou777
    @nimou777 2 роки тому

    Thanks Brother for the updates! Keep on rolling. Peace Love and Many Blessings from Northern Arizona!👍✌️❤️🙏🙏🙏😇✨️

  • @desertrose9499
    @desertrose9499 2 роки тому

    Thanks!

    • @rvertv
      @rvertv  2 роки тому +1

      Thank You very much for your support

  • @Lithrone1
    @Lithrone1 2 роки тому

    Man, talk about the right place at the right time!

  • @suesnow8227
    @suesnow8227 2 роки тому +49

    Why would anyone want to pay that much to float a boat that size in a lake that is disappearing? I’m not trying to be judgmental, just trying to understand……

    • @jjano2320
      @jjano2320 2 роки тому +7

      Farmers kept planting wheat during the dust bowl. Ever hopeful the drought would end this year.

    • @williamlind32
      @williamlind32 2 роки тому +8

      Just shows there's no shortage of "Gilligan" boat owners ! Unbelievable !!!

    • @mattdykes5166
      @mattdykes5166 2 роки тому +9

      Eventual insurance claim is all I can figure

    • @jamesscott1932
      @jamesscott1932 2 роки тому +4

      That lake is still huge.

    • @sussudioharvey9458
      @sussudioharvey9458 2 роки тому +8

      The video left before the boat was completely lowered. The guy next to it was only in water up to waist. That boats draft has to be more than a few feet. And people with boats with really shallow drafts and experienced are getting hung up on shelves on the lake. What was the owner even thinking since the lake is going down. I expected the opposite... more people pulling their boats out.. not in. Too much money and not enough sense I guess.

  • @blake7186
    @blake7186 2 роки тому

    well that was a treat. great video

  • @glamperjan
    @glamperjan 2 роки тому

    Love this! I'll be in Custer SD in Sept. Safe Travels!

  • @ramontoro
    @ramontoro 2 роки тому

    Excellent video Russ , completely different and educational, thanks for your excellent job from Puerto Rico

  • @carlarowland1813
    @carlarowland1813 2 роки тому

    That was definitely awesome watching that boat get crayned all the way to the water 💦 that was just totally awesome great video russ

  • @suzannenelson919
    @suzannenelson919 2 роки тому

    I would have loved to have seen the inside of that Boat! That was an amazing launch. Great video!

  • @ksr1177
    @ksr1177 2 роки тому

    This is the first time I’ve seen something like that your camera work was amazing keep up the great work. I love watching your videos and seeing all the cool places you go. Sad to see the lake disappearing spent many years boating on that lake.

  • @SPak-rt2gb
    @SPak-rt2gb 2 роки тому +1

    That was one crazy boat launch! So now you're going to Utah to see the Great Salt Lake before it dries up. Safe Travels

  • @spencerbergquist781
    @spencerbergquist781 2 роки тому

    That was just amazing.

  • @deekelley891
    @deekelley891 2 роки тому +7

    That just seems ridiculous-so much money and it’s going to have to come out the same way. I’d have long ago pulled my boat and relocated.

  • @gregmorgan340
    @gregmorgan340 2 роки тому +5

    Why would you leave your boat there ? I would of pulled mine out months ago .

  • @markrobertson9015
    @markrobertson9015 2 роки тому +1

    When you drive through Vegas you will see where all the water went to..they used and used and never put it back what a shame back in the 80' s and 90' s you couldn't see the other side.thank all of the construction for using it up.thanks for the video the boat ride the other day looked so sad another lake gone lake Powell gone it's a dry bed now the great salt lake is almost gone.numerous lakes in CA gone.safe travels to you.

  • @nancycain4434
    @nancycain4434 2 роки тому +1

    Omgosh, that was a good video. I can't imagine what that cost to get that boat in the water.At this rate there won't be any water in 5 years.

  • @stephenbrown3763
    @stephenbrown3763 2 роки тому

    Hey Russ!!! "HAPPY TRAVELS NORTH"!!!

  • @charlenemariecoraninmemory5130
    @charlenemariecoraninmemory5130 2 роки тому +2

    You are a genius video producer and I'm now supporting your channel Very in depth You should be sending these to the Vegas news stations or getting air time on TV very very detailed That zoom pan out of the lake and the fact that marina is almost hitting that island is amazing Thanks for these videos

  • @wdjones4735
    @wdjones4735 2 роки тому

    That was quite a boat launch! Thanks for sharing👍🏻

  • @S.E.C-R
    @S.E.C-R 2 роки тому +1

    Wow, the crane launch was amazing. You’re lucky to have been there, I haven’t seen it anywhere else yet!

    • @jaysantos536
      @jaysantos536 2 роки тому +3

      Actually that footage was rather boring. It would have been better if the boat slipped out of the harness and crashed. LOL

  • @mariainman3618
    @mariainman3618 2 роки тому

    Wow...... Thank you for that cool video

  • @j.l.salayao8055
    @j.l.salayao8055 2 роки тому

    Nice coverage of Leaky Mead! Thank you for your service in the rv and outdoors community. Keep on the less traveled path. Stay safe.

  • @wilbertdrake5214
    @wilbertdrake5214 2 роки тому

    😍 praying for you guys out there 🙏 ❤ 💙 😢

  • @kimberlyshalaby1134
    @kimberlyshalaby1134 2 роки тому

    🙋Hello Russ! The satellite picture really told the truth. Lake Meade was a great asset to the area years ago. Never thought they'd see this day where the levels would drop. Those fish were nice size. This is history in the making. I hope you have a wonderful weekend. Stay cool!👍

  • @WEHenry
    @WEHenry 2 роки тому

    Enjoyed the lk. Tours it is sad though, but looking forward to your Utah trip be safe Mr. Russ👍

  • @juanmarta5205
    @juanmarta5205 2 роки тому

    Aloha...thanks for the info and videos.

  • @jobarnes5683
    @jobarnes5683 2 роки тому +1

    We’ve had drought here in Australia too, but recovering. So shocking to see how rapidly the water is dropping! How will Las Vegas cope if this trend continues? Must be worrying. Have been following your wonderful, casual, travel for quite a long time now. So informative and couch watching the history of America with you helped us through our lockdowns in recent times! Thanks Russ, Jo and Den from Melbourne!

    • @jaysantos536
      @jaysantos536 2 роки тому +1

      Las Vegas is scheduled to CLOSE on Dec. 31, 2025. Evacuation is mandatory by October 1, 2025 unless you work at a hospital, police department or fire department.

  • @charleshicks3492
    @charleshicks3492 2 роки тому +2

    Great video, I think Capt Paul is missing as many marbles as the lake is missing water😎😎😎😎👍👍👍👍👌👌👌

  • @Go4Corvette
    @Go4Corvette 2 роки тому +17

    Very sad 😔 to see 👀 😢 the lake like this, and it seems like a big waste of money 💰 to launch a boat into that lake right now 😕. Hard to see how anyone can really afford to do this and make the money legally 😆. Thanks for the update, Russ

    • @domcizek
      @domcizek 2 роки тому +1

      SOME PEOPLE HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY, THAT BOAT COST AT LEAST OVER 1 MILLION DOLLARS

    • @michaelgarrity6090
      @michaelgarrity6090 2 роки тому +1

      It sure is crazy to be putting a boat IN the lake under these conditions, more like it's time to do the last ever HAUL OUT! As tough as the boat insurers are these days, I am surprised that all the companies are not telling boat owners that they should be pulling out the boat if they want coverage to continue. That will probably soon be coming.

  • @itsthehumidityyall8303
    @itsthehumidityyall8303 2 роки тому +1

    I could be wrong but the NASA picture of July 2022 looks to show the Colorado River cut off from Lake Mead. Far left side of the photo, correct? Am I wrong?

  • @stephbrandenburg9957
    @stephbrandenburg9957 2 роки тому

    What team work!

  • @LoneWolf01844
    @LoneWolf01844 2 роки тому

    Love your videos keep up the great work it's so sad about Lake Mead.

  • @chimpazilla
    @chimpazilla 2 роки тому +13

    Omg that crane launch! I’ve never seen anything like it. My ex and I spent every summer at Lake Mead back in the mid to late 90s. We stayed at the Gold Strike Inn (now Hoover Dam Lodge) and we always launched at Hemenway. It’s unrecognizable now and it is beyond sad to see the lake disappear. Thanks for your wonderful videos!

    • @jaysantos536
      @jaysantos536 2 роки тому +5

      WHY would dude want to launch that boat there? Within six months he won't be able to get it out!

    • @patfranks785
      @patfranks785 2 роки тому

      Mother nature taking back what was hers.

    • @patfranks785
      @patfranks785 2 роки тому +3

      @@jaysantos536 He will, but it's going to cost him another $5+k. My guess is they worked on the boat and they need to test it. You are right, it makes NO sense to put that big of a boat in the lake now.

    • @jaysantos536
      @jaysantos536 2 роки тому

      @@patfranks785 If dude has that much cash to WASTE I'm guessing he might want to consider hauling that boat north 400 miles and dropping it into LAKE TAHOE instead. I hear that lake is "slightly" deeper than Mead right about now. LOL

    • @truelies3690
      @truelies3690 2 роки тому +1

      Was there at Hemenway in summer of 1978, man what a different world there then as compared to now. Clear clean sparkling water then. Not much people either. Very scary situation now. No one really knows how it will all end up.

  • @pc-yx9uh
    @pc-yx9uh 2 роки тому

    thanks for filming the boat launch/landing. Very interesting.

  • @lindawoody8501
    @lindawoody8501 2 роки тому +25

    Lake Mead dropped almost two inches in the past two days. Accelerating. Due to drought, much much less coming down from Glenn Canyon Dam at Lake Powell, Colorado River downstream uses, and the V shape of the lake. Very sad. Very surprised at the huge boat being able to actually crane to launch. Soon that will be how the remaining big boats get taken out of the water, I bet.

    • @deekelley891
      @deekelley891 2 роки тому +13

      And instead of putting more concrete and infrastructure,’they should be closing and evacuating it.

    • @Michael-sb8jf
      @Michael-sb8jf 2 роки тому +9

      If I had a boat docked at that marina that isn't "permanent" I'd be done there within a week to evacuate it

    • @charlenemariecoraninmemory5130
      @charlenemariecoraninmemory5130 2 роки тому

      @@ms.construed1305 what scientists havn't revealed to the public is tetonic plates are pushing upwards cause a buckling in the earth's crust and strangling that area causing a blockage that's why the waters going down but they don't want to start a panic but that's what's happening the inner core of the earth is heating up especially with the influx of solar flares hitting us on a daily basis think of it as a microwave oven heating from the inside I watch dtechs videos too

    • @josephschaekel5293
      @josephschaekel5293 2 роки тому +3

      @@ms.construed1305 may be very possible. No rain falling north of Mead . Also no rain north of Powell. So if Pow dosen't let water out no water can get to Mead . Rain over Mead for runoff won't help much . The rain Mead needs to raise water levels must be farther north of Powell.

    • @tomdavis3038
      @tomdavis3038 2 роки тому +3

      No way. It’s in a desert and it always was. There’s too many cities (here talking to you Vegas) drawing off of it. I’m on Colorado and I can tell you the Colorado river is running just fine. But it’s a finite resource

  • @joeblow3939
    @joeblow3939 2 роки тому +2

    Russ, you should sell coffee cups with just the base and hole for your finger and call it the lake mead coffee cup.
    Just like the Florida snow globe with just a carrot and a few pieces of coal in a snow globe. Big seller👍👍
    Thanks for the update.

    • @apolloskyfacer5842
      @apolloskyfacer5842 2 роки тому +1

      Get onto this Russ. I reckon Joe's idea is a winner !

  • @RockyRacoon123
    @RockyRacoon123 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks for bringing us along on your road trip. Maybe on your next video you could insert a map showing where you’re going?

  • @debispilker4392
    @debispilker4392 2 роки тому

    Very interesting! Thanks for the videos!

  • @sircampbell1249
    @sircampbell1249 2 роки тому +3

    The new tunnel under the Lake draining it ?

    • @domcizek
      @domcizek 2 роки тому

      NO, THEY ONLY USE 4 PERCENT OF THE WATER, VEGAS RECYCLES 90 PERCENT OF ALL IT'S WATER I N THE WHOLE TOWN

    • @sircampbell1249
      @sircampbell1249 2 роки тому

      not saying Vegas is using the water but did the construction unground tunnel is it draining the lake ? Seem the water start dropping much faster as they where building it..

  • @lisagarritt6218
    @lisagarritt6218 2 роки тому

    Hi Russ we are watching from Greeneville TN.. have you ever been here? If not you should come visit!!..😊😊

  • @williamd4707
    @williamd4707 2 роки тому +3

    Water level is amazing enough. More amazing is the number of residences being built in Southern California. Construction of those homes alone requires massive amounts of water from grading through concrete structures and then the home owners. Not to include green spaces and swimming pools. Just a reminder that everything you see that is green and growing is not native and all plants and trees are imports. California use to be grassland and semi arid and semi desert with an average rainfall of 7 to 8 inches per year. Since Hoover Dam and the L.A. aqueduct both of the early part of the 1900's has created this Eureka of California. The drive for gold of 1849 is only superseded for the drive for water of this century. High water tables and and very shallow wells was the key element of the early 1900's until the 1980's. Water depletion and deeper wells along with the drought is truly a triple threat to the Southwest. Great video.

    • @howdareyu
      @howdareyu 2 роки тому +1

      And to think, who still wants to live in California anyhow?

  • @shiftintohigh5564
    @shiftintohigh5564 2 роки тому +1

    Nice report, Russ. They are gonna drain it dry.

  • @susanstrickland6774
    @susanstrickland6774 2 роки тому +1

    Very sad for that whole area. Having a boat is always a big expense, but having to launch like that ... wow. Can't imagine. Definitely history in the making. 🙂👍

  • @denisek292
    @denisek292 2 роки тому +2

    Thanks for the informative video. It’s shocking seeing how long the boat ramp has become. I was holding my breath as the huge in-board/out-board boat was being trailered. You’re right…only experts could achieve that feat in water so shallow.

  • @henrywardell4635
    @henrywardell4635 2 роки тому

    GOD BLESS , UNITED STATES AMERICA , RUSS , RVerTV FANS. WE LOVE RVerTV - GRAND JOURNEY THRU - U.S.A. - GRAND VIDEOS - GRAND MUSIC. GOD SEND RAIN ; REFILL COLORADO RIVER/ HOOVER DAM. THANK YOU RUSS.

    • @domcizek
      @domcizek 2 роки тому

      NO, WE NEED SNOW IN THE ROCKEYS TO FILL THE COLORADO TO FILL LAKE POWELL THEN LAKE MEAD, FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS , THE WATER HS BEEN GOING DOWN SINCE 1990 WHEN I WAS THERE IT WAS FULL UP TO THE TOP , SOMETHING TO SEE

  • @Alana6275-v5x
    @Alana6275-v5x 2 роки тому

    That was cool to watch.

  • @SmittyAZ
    @SmittyAZ 2 роки тому

    Seriously, thanks for sticking that one out. I wonder how may LV Boat Owners don't even try to launch now-a-days due to the extra trouble?

    • @SmittyAZ
      @SmittyAZ 2 роки тому

      @@rogersmith7396 It looks like Cottonwood Cove and that's not too far of a drive. Just forget the fuel prices.

  • @vivh6254
    @vivh6254 2 роки тому

    Love your audience ❤️🐟🐠

  • @A.Martin
    @A.Martin 2 роки тому +5

    what they need for large boats is to unhook a trailer from the vehicle (couldn't easily with that one though) and have the trailer on a winch anchored to the ground and just winch the trailer as far as you need down in to the lake for the boat to float.

    • @simonsms410
      @simonsms410 2 роки тому

      Agree 100 %
      Just a food from the tow ball to the trailer is fine.
      I have done the same in the winter with ice on the ramp.

  • @dalecarney2581
    @dalecarney2581 2 роки тому

    Wow amazing video as always keep them coming this history

  • @BrendaHaltom-cs6ck
    @BrendaHaltom-cs6ck 9 місяців тому +1

    This is so sad! I pray for healing rains from heaven!❤️🇺🇸🙏🚙

  • @timf6916
    @timf6916 2 роки тому

    Cool video, nice Boat.

  • @desertrose9499
    @desertrose9499 2 роки тому +2

    "Ring around the collar" 🤣 I used to go to that Marina when it was up by Boulder Beach. Used to go there to feed the fish and ducks. A few years ago the Marina was moved to current location. Fed the fish back in 2018. There were hundreds of them. How sad. I cannot believe how low it is! So surprised they aren't trying to do anything about it. Are they? Looks like it could be dry by next year 🤔 we need it for water and electricity. They must have a plan. Thank you for all you videos on Lake Mead. We certainly appriciate all you do Russ. Safe travels. Stay cool 😎 Great video.

    • @domcizek
      @domcizek 2 роки тому

      NO PLAN, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT THEM TO DO, MAKE RAIN??? THAT IS WHAT IS NEEDED FOR ABOUT 4 YEARS OF STEADY RAIN, AND PLENTY OF SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS FOR ABOUT 4 YEARS,

    • @desertrose9499
      @desertrose9499 2 роки тому

      @@domcizek All caps like yelling. Are you ok? Of course we need rain. That goes without saying. Go yell at someone else.

    • @domcizek
      @domcizek 2 роки тому

      @@desertrose9499 SORRY, THIS IS NOW WEB 3.0, I LOVE CAPS, BAD EYESIGHT, AND NO, YOUR NOT GETTING ANY RAIN FOR A LONG TIME OUT THERE, PROBABLY ABOUT THE TIME THE OCEAN RISES AND COVERS NEVADA AND ARIZONA

  • @BearwoodBrown
    @BearwoodBrown 2 роки тому +1

    Las Vegas has a third inlet at dead pool depth the very bottom only cost a few billion

  • @geraldarcuri9307
    @geraldarcuri9307 2 роки тому +1

    Well, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. To my eye, the desert has never been beautiful. Add a few hundred miles of reservoir, it's still the desert. Hot, dry, brown. To those who like this sort of thing, I say, "Enjoy". For all of us, what has happened to Lake Mead is a tragedy. An unfolding catastrophe.

  • @wheresthebeefwherestheprob9951
    @wheresthebeefwherestheprob9951 2 роки тому +1

    I would be terrified to put my huge beautiful expense yacht into the lake now! It's soooo many islands right under the waters.

  • @susanboatman7913
    @susanboatman7913 2 роки тому +1

    Utah sounds cool Russ. They're many National Parks in Utah. Its an absolutely gorgeous state.

    • @agems56
      @agems56 2 роки тому

      Yes, but very dry in another way!

  • @floridaphil611
    @floridaphil611 2 роки тому

    I take it thats the only lake around Las Vegas?? Incredible boat launch...thank you for the footage.🤓

  • @greganderson2013
    @greganderson2013 2 роки тому

    Hey Russ can travel along southwest Colorado this year, your not to far away from where your at now and you have plenty of summer left. love your videos keep up the good work

  • @robinscarborough6969
    @robinscarborough6969 2 роки тому

    This is total crazyness!

  • @RandysFiftySevenChevy
    @RandysFiftySevenChevy 2 роки тому

    Good job on this, earned a sub

  • @RussellALeenders
    @RussellALeenders 2 роки тому +2

    SOON,,, they will put WHEEL'S on the Desert Princes for Tours,, correct?

  • @j-marie4006
    @j-marie4006 2 роки тому +2

    For that kind of money how long was that guy planning on being out on the lake?

  • @artmonin1071
    @artmonin1071 2 роки тому

    So all the man made lakes in vages dryed up to or are they pumping water to them from the lake ??

  • @richardl.7390
    @richardl.7390 2 роки тому +1

    Ha Ha ! They changed the name from "Lake Mead" to "Lake Mud" ?? Are you serious ?? LOL ! I saw this exact species of fish resting on the weir of Hoover Dam in the 1980's. Water remains surprisingly clear though. My friend in Las Vegas told me they see 113 - 115 deg F these days in Summerlin ... HOT ! They need A/C simply to "survive". You will probably take Interstate-15 to drive to Utah but you should take US 95 north of Vegas and climb up Mount Charleston, the place to be in summer in the Las Vegas Valley. Was "Captain Paul" one of those Russian oligarchs ?
    Splendid video as usual, Russ ! RICHARD

  • @desertrose9499
    @desertrose9499 2 роки тому +1

    Is the water green from algae? Is that algae bad algae?

  • @jdoe981
    @jdoe981 2 роки тому

    Yay heading to my state next. Be sure to come to St. George!

    • @domcizek
      @domcizek 2 роки тому

      I HEARD ST GEORGE HAS OVER 10 GOLF COURSES, USING LOTS OF VALUABLE WATER, STRANGE AND SAD

  • @Delphisun1
    @Delphisun1 2 роки тому +2

    I am confused.... Knowing the lake is drying up, no sign of relief, why would anyone launch a boat like that in the lake now?

    • @williamhaynes7089
      @williamhaynes7089 2 роки тому +1

      because you have so much money you can afford to.