When you live in Phoenix, you take advantage of the beautiful weather in December, to get out on the water. I spent two days recently exploring Lake Pleasant, which is located just northwest of Phoenix. This was Ticaboo's first trip on Lake Pleasant. I wasn't familiar with this lake, except for some sailboat racing I did years ago.
The lake is fed by the Agua Fria River and water that is pumped from the Colorado River. Water is stored in Lake Pleasant before being released into the Central Arizona Project Canal, which takes the water south, as far as Tucson. Most of the water is used by the cities of Phoenix and Tucson but the water is also used for irrigation. The attached pictures are of the Agua Fria River arm of the lake, which winds for miles through narrow canyons.
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