What a difference two months makes..... Back in early October the water level on Abraham Lake was at its peak. At Preachers Point, the water was right up into the trees. Two months later, in early December and the water level has dropped significantly. Obvsiously this lake is a reservoir, and the water is slowly released over the winter months, both for flood control and to generate electricity. Its gotta be at least 20 feet lower than it was the last time I was here. This is the same grove of aspen trees, almost exactly two months apart.
Most of the lake remains open, but at Preachers Point, where these snapshots were taken, it is starting to freeze. There was about 3 or 4 inches of ice and the bubbles were starting to form. Before you know it all the winter tourists... known locally as "Bubblers"... will be heading out to see the annual spectacle.
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