Hogan Lake 2006 compared to this year

So I was saving pictures to my flash drive and came across these pictures from April to March 2006 of the lake. WOW! This was the year of all the flooding in a lot of areas in California, Valley Springs was one of them. I remember it being nonstop rain it seemed for a couple of months. We had heard that Valley Springs was being flooded and that you couldn't even get threw on one of the main highways due to water. So me and the boys took a drive up there to take a look and of course it was still raining when we went. We haven't been as spoiled with the level of water as we were the summer of 2006. The hike to the water from the barn was a hop, skip and a jump and we could leave the boat in the water if we wanted to go have lunch or just take a break because we were so close. The lake was so full it felt like they added another lake to the lake that was already there. Other areas of the lake like the road to the boat launch were completely submerged, parking lots were completely under water and there is a great bike, running, walking trail along the lake that had parts of it under water as well. This year the water is about where we are use to it being, maybe even a little lower I'm not sure but it is still great to go skiing on.



So right here Garrett would be in water. Just a few more feet when the water did go down a little by summer 2006 we had our little beach area during the day. It seems all or nothing with the rain when you compare these pictures huh.