Lake Powell Summer Trip

We returned safe and unsunburned from our Lake Powell trip at the beginning of June. (At least everyone but me managed to stay sunburn free. I was lobster legs from day one because I happened to use expired sunblock. Word to the wise check the expiration date of your sunblock.) Weather was wonderful and the water was nice. The bugs were minimal which is always a plus. The water level had probably dropped at least 30 feet since I had last been on a trip to L. Powell. While we were there the water level was rising about 1 foot per day. So we stayed busy (or I should say the menfolk stayed busy) reanchoring the houseboat.

We managed to find a pretty good spot to spend the majority of our trip. We found some sand and slick rock at Hall's Creek. Real estate was at a premium and you had to be an early riser to find a decent spot to camp. The houseboat was quite nice with all the amenities. It even had central air for AC or heat! However, the speed boat the rental place gave us was less than lake worthy. It was all beat up with the rubber siding coming off at the nose. The gas gauge didn't work. It always said 3/4 tank full. Well that's not too helpful when your actually running on 1/4 tank full. Suprizingly we did manage to pull my large body out of the water on one ski. Mind you everyone was sitting in the front of the boat and there were only 3 other people in the boat. I probably drank twice my weight in lake water before I was eventually up. Todd said that the boat would jerk a little whenever I would ski side to side across the wake. (But I think it did that with everyone else who was pulled by the boat.) Rainer, Todd, Johnny, and Drew all made some waves water skiing and wake boarding. To say the least the speed boat was a crap boat. And so for two full days we had to endure the very cheap seats with the speed boat. Then we went to Bullfrog to pick up Drew. As we are about to leave the marina the boat totally dies on us. Kapoot! We manage to get tied up at the marina. Just as the rental place is closing Drew is banging on the glass doors (kind of like Dustin Hoffman did at the church in The Graduate). After some banging they finally respond to him. One of the guys comes out to see what the problem is. He takes one look at our crappy boat and doesn't even ask another question. He says "Let's get you folks a new boat." I'm sure he also wanted to end the work day. But he politely grabs a brand new boat (not even 20 hours worth of drive time on the boat).
Drew attributes the new boat to his timely arrival, charm, and good looks.
So now we are off feeling like superheros because we gained not only Drew but also a spankin' new boat. All was well for the rest of our trip.Ryan and Jayda were the best of buddies at Lake Powell. The two red heads both in their life jackets loved all of the discoveries to be made on the beach. They were pretty cute together. They even let Anna and I trick them into going for a tube ride. At first they were clinging to us for dear life. Then when I told Ryan to pretend it was like riding a horsey then it was loads of fun.
To summarize, we all had a wonderful time. Good scenery. Good company. Good food. Good weather. And accident free. Dad did a fabulous job as captain of the houseboat. We did miss not having the Nelson clan and Zac, Tracy, and Devon there with us. Hopefully the future will present another opportunity for a Pekrul family adventure at Lake Powell.