I thought I would post a few pictures from our fun vacation to Lake Powell. We met our good friends the Husteads at the Wahweap Marina at 9:00 Friday morning. That was after we were all up all night packing and driving. Once we got there, we weighed down the boats to the maximum capacity and headed out to look for somewhere to camp. We drove around trying to find the perfect campsite that was sheltered from the wind and was away from the open water. We found an awesome spot that had a houseboat right around the corner so we thought we would look some more. 3 hours later we realized that the original spot was the perfect spot and we went back there. Thankfully no one had set up camp there yet. The moms got dropped off with the "stuff" and the guys headed back to the marina to pick up more of our stuff. It is amazing how much you think you need when you are camping with no water, no toilets, no nothing in the middle of nowhere. We enjoyed every minute of it though and I surprised my self by being able to stand not having any sort of bathrooms or water.
Things we learned:
- Red ant bites hurt!
- The best way to kill red ants is to pour gasoline on the sand and burn them.
- Gasoline burns for a really long time.
- If you light a lantern at night, every gnat in the whole state will come to check it out.
- It stinks when gnats touch the lantern and burn.
- The docks at Dangling Rope Marina half-way up the lake will burn your feet and leave blisters if you don't wear shoes.
- The ice cream at the previously mentioned marina was delicious and perfect to cool everyone off.
- Every boat will break at least one thing when you are 50 lake miles away from help.
- It is a very good idea to have someone that knows everything about boats camping with you (thanks again Jason!)
- You won't have enough time to do everything.
- You will want to go back the second you leave. That place is amazing.
After we left Lake Powell we decided to drive through Zion National Park to get back to the freeway. We just didn't realize that it would cost so much to do so. It costs $25 to enter the park. We also didn't realize that if you pull a boat trailer through the park they charge you an extra $15 because they have to completely shut down the tunnel to allow you to go through one-way. Despite that, it was beautiful. We hope to go back and actually take the tour up Zion canyon. All we did was drive by.... We bought the National Parks Pass after seeing those two charges so look for a lot of traveling in the next year to our national parks!
Here are some pictures:
At Zion... waiting for the rangers to close the tunnel so we can go through
The boys tubing
I love this picture... finding a crack in the sheer walls to back a boat into
Rainbow Bridge... we boated all the way up there to find out the docks were farther away from the bridge than we thought.
The only family pic we took... on the docks at Rainbow Bridge
I'm going to miss this view!