For living near Lake Powell my whole life, I really haven't spent enough time there. Since my sister and her family have a boat, I went on three trips with them this summer and fell in love. It's really a beautiful, calm, serene and fun place (unless a storm comes up fast which it did once). The first trip was camping at Lone Rock. Cody and Shelley took their camp trailer and everyone was situated nicely. I took Monterey, Canon and Sophie and Mom and Dad just for the day. Sheldon and Sara Anne came with their family and it was a party.
Sheldon wanted to take dad on the boat and it was great but it was a little difficult getting dad onto it. Finally Sheldon just picked him up and stepped into the boat with him. Dad weighs 255 pounds and so I was impressed! It's nice to have big, tall and strong brothers
We checked out the dam
Dad with Sophie and Canon
The Wahweap Marina with it's incredibly big and expensive houseboats
Lone Rock which is where we camped. During the month of June and half way through July, the lake fills up about a foot a day and so you have to keep your campsite away from the water a ways
Gena who is five is fearless on the water
Cute Sophie
Shelley looks great at 8 months pregnant
The second trip to Lake powell
Just a couple of weeks later we went out again only this time it was just overnight so they left the camp trailer behind and we just drove out with the boat and camping gear
Sarah and Sequoia
We went up the lake about 40 miles to camp and Cody found this crawdad
The kids were "cliff jumping"
Cody tried a little fishing but didn't catch anything
Gracy was singing "Let it Go" with all her little heart. It was adorable!
That afternoon we checked out a cave
Gena was so cute with her hat
I found my favorite place was on the back of the boat. I even slept there out under the stars for the first time in years. There was an incident years ago, camping with five of my little children that involved throwing up, no flashlight and no water that kept me from wanting to camp ever again. I am now officially cured. It helps that I didn't have any children to take care of on this trip
Darling Seqouia made and brought me this yummy smore after dinner
Sequoia and Sarah slept in the bow of the boat and we played cards before bed
The next morning was extremely beautiful and the lake was really calm though we had winds through most of the night
After breakfast we took off for Rainbow Bridge
The way in was very narrow in places
It's a good thing we went early because the dock was separated in a spot from the winds and they closed it down later for repairs. As is was we had it to ourselves
It's the worlds largest natural bridge and incredible!
I've been to Arches National Park and Canyonlands National Park and never seen anything quite like this. It was amazing and well worth the trip!
There is a dinosaur track right there at the end of the trail to Rainbow bridge. You just have to look for it
After that we went to Dangling Rope Marina for a treat
Cute Jace
Then we went back to the camp to swim, eat lunch and pack up but watch those clouds
By the time the kids got over to cliff jump and we had taken these pictures, Cody realized a storm was coming fast and so we packed up camp as fast as we could. I think it only took us about 20 minutes and we were in the boat trying to out run the storm
This is what it looked like when we left
I think we got everybody but Jace in there
We out ran the storm and went back to Lone Rock to swim and eat lunch on the boat. We just parked the boat and jumped. It was really fun
Even I got into it. I didn't lose my glasses by the way. They were still attached to the top of my head when I got out luckily!
Gracy decided she wanted more sunscreen on after we docked the boat and Cody went to get the vehicle
Trip 3
We stayed at Lone Rock on this trip as well only in a camp trailer.
It has a beautiful view
We found a cave and did this
We hiked Rainbow Bridge again and saw the dinosaur track which is behind where I am taking the picture from
We did some of this
and this
I took a kayak out to Lone Rock exploring and went around it. That was fun
Camp
Then we did this
This
And even this!
