Lake Powell has always been a destination of choice for my family. My grandparents had a couple of boats that we would tow down there, pile all of our stuff on, and head down the the lake. They have been doing this since the water level started rising after Glen Canyon Dam was completed in 1963. I am not sure how many times my Grandparents have visited Lake Powell since, but I know it is something like 60 or 70 times. Well, nowadays they can't get around as well as they used to, so we decided to have one last hurrah at Lake Powell with them. In order to facilitate this we actually rented a houseboat! Unheard of in all of those trips! We always just camped on the side of the lake somewhere.
It was so luxurious to have a kitchen to cook in. A sink, stove, and microwave!!! A refrigerator!!! Pretty crazy stuff.
It was so fun to see everyone there. Everyone of my grandparents' descendants within a reasonable driving distance of Lake Powell came. My girls were in cousin heaven!
The water was too chilly in October for anyone to really enjoy swimming (at least for me), but it was still so fun to be there!
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| Grandpa and the kids get to eat at the table. |
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| Tumbleweed bonfires are awesome! |
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| So are little kid dance parties on the top deck! |
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| Of course we still had to go exploring canyons--our favorite activity at Lake Powell. |
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| We tried to tell Ellie that the water would be too cold to swim, but she had to jump in with her cousins. She immediately got out again! |
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| Warming up after her polar bear dip! |
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| The kids got ahold of the camera a few times. Sometimes their shots are kind of fun. |
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| Cheesy cheese. |
An interesting aspect of this trip for us was driving to Lake Powell from the Arizona side. We met up at Hall's Crossing while the others launched the boats at Bull Frog Marina. It was fun to see the new scenery. Still love beautiful Utah, even if I live in AZ now.
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| The drive on the AZ side. |
One crazy part of the drive was when the pavement just ends, and you have to drive switchbacks up this cliff on a dirt road. There were a couple parts where the road just kind of caves away on the edge. Not to mention that there are no barriers of any kind and the drop is straight down. Got my heart pumping!
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| The cliff with switchbacks! |
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| I just have to share this was how Miriam fell asleep on the way to and from Lake Powell. What a sweetie! |
Good memories! Love my family!
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