Lake Powell - May 2009

I swear that we can never go to Lake Powell with out having an eventful time! This year was no exception. Billy actually had to work all weekend, so I ended up just going down with his family without him. We left on Friday, and drove down in the rain. There were flash floods across the roads and rock slides everywhere! Things weren't looking to great for a good weather weekend. When we finally got there, our group hadn't even taken the houseboat out of the slip yet! We ended up spending all night Friday in the slip. We had yummy dinner and watched Top Gun. I don't remember that movie being so cheesy, and the chick that plays the love interest is not even cute at all! At least the music was good :)

At one point I swear it was snowing :)

It rained all night long, and Saturday wasn't any better. The 40% chance of rain really meant rain...all day...non stop. It was so cold and we had nothing better to do so we stayed in our beds and watched movies on the top of the house boat ALL DAY. We managed to watch Australia (which I thought would have been a great movie if the guy in the boat next to us hadn't of had his power washer going super loud during half of the movie!), Wedding Date, Failure to Launch, Finding Nemo, Jaws and Girls Girls Girls, no its not a dirty movie...is an old Elvis movie! This was my view for the majority of Saturday. Although it was disappointing to miss a day out on the water, it was surely a great day for relaxing!

We had some middle of the night entertainment that night. A couple from the house boat next to us got in a heated argument at about 12:30 am, and come to find out the girl had just been caught cheating on her husband, and he wasn't too happy. About 3:30 he finally threw her cell phone into the lake (which is how he found out...via text snooping) and they gave up and went to bed. I'm sure every person in the slip that night heard their entire argument!

Thankfully we woke up Sunday to a beautiful day! We got up early and left the slip to find a camping spot. It was still a little chilly but I managed to get a killer short line while on the boat waiting for the houseboat while saving our spot! We got some good tanning in and even got in the water and kneeboarded! The water was still pretty freezing, but once you were in it, it wasn't too bad.

Sunny & Hannah
Sunny, Me, Samantha and Tonya

Hannah, Monica, and Whitney

Monday we got up early and went for a boat ride to Escalante to check out a few of our favorite spots now that the water is alot higher, and toshow Jordan and Tonya our favorite Indian ruins. Its a little bit of a hike, but it was nice to burn some calories after eating like we do on this trip!

Making the hike

A view from the top

This picture just made me laugh :) Whit and Jordan


On the way down. This pic shows how steep it is, and you can see the little steps the Indians carved out into the side of the hill. We think this hike is high, but you have to remember when the Indians made it there was no water! I can't believe that they built their homes that high!

Then for the most eventful portion of our trip. Come Monday afternoon it was time for me, Whit and Jordan to head home. We loaded our stuff into the boat, and noticed a little storm cloud rolling in. We decided that we could beat the cloud and head over....wrong! The storm spread like crazy and we got caught in huge swells and white caps. I thought we were going to sink for sure! Water was coming in over top of the boat. It was like being on a really bumpy rollercoaster... think Wild Mouse at Lagoon X10! It was amazing to watch the smaller and bigger boats behind us, being beat around by the waves! Although it wasn't raining, Jordan and I managed to get soaking wet, along with all of our bags, pillows, and sleeping bags! We made it to Halls Marina and decided to stop and wait out the storm. While we were there the ranger got 3 mayday calls of sinking boats! SCARY! Luckily the storm passed quickly and we were able to get to the boat ramp and get out of there to get warm!

** MORE PICS TO COME!**

As I said, it is unlikely for us to take a trip to Lake Powell that isn't eventful, but that is certainly why we keep going! These trip are what make our summers fun and interesting! We will being going again soon I'm sure!