{"id":1187,"date":"2013-09-20T13:00:35","date_gmt":"2013-09-20T20:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.road2cablog.com\/?p=1187"},"modified":"2013-09-20T13:00:35","modified_gmt":"2013-09-20T20:00:35","slug":"1187","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/20\/1187\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Powell- A Reese Family Tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tBeginning in the late 1960s our family spent many of our vacations boat camping on Lake Powell in Southern Utah.\u00a0 We would pile the four kids, all the food and camping gear in a boat and head up lake.\u00a0 Usually there were four to seven other families in their boats going with us.\u00a0 We saw Rainbow Bridge<\/a>, Hole in the Rock<\/a> \u2013 where early Mormon Settlers lowered their wagons to cross the Colorado River, Cathedral in the Desert<\/a>, Anasazi Indian Ruins, mountain goats, fox, deer, pink frogs \u2013 yes they were pink, lizards and lots of fish.\u00a0 They were really great vacations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

This year I rented a houseboat at Lake Powell and invited my family (3 sons and spouses, 7 grandchildren plus one husband and a fianc\u00e9 and 2 great grandchildren and my \u201cex\u201d (and his wife) to join me for another vacation at Lake Powell.\u00a0 Saturday, June 30 began the caravan to the Lake.\u00a0 We arrived at Antelope Point Marina late in the afternoon and began unloading mountains of food and gear for 20 people into the houseboat and Sunday morning began the great adventure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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Darrell navigated the houseboat through the narrows, past Gunsight Butte, Cookie Jar Rock, Crossing of the Fathers, Camel Rock and up to Rock Creek Canyon where David and Susan had already established a camp for us. \u00a0Darrell, Kevin, Glenn and David secured the anchor lines for the houseboat and then it was time for a swim.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

Mike and Shellee arrived Sunday evening, thank heavens for modern GPS so we were easy to find.\u00a0 Bill, \u201cmy ex\u201d and his wife, Helen arrived on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

Matt and Jen arrived on Monday also. Matt has spent much time and $ restoring a 16\u2019 open-bow boat, which he has named \u201cThat 70\u2019s Boat\u201d.\u00a0 I welcomed him to the boating community where a boat is a \u201chole in the water you pour money in\u201d. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

We spent our time exploring the canyons and all the sights.\u00a0 On Tuesday a visit to Rainbow Bridge, one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, was taken.\u00a0 It is about a one-mile hike to the bridge from where you dock your boat.\u00a0 It really is something to behold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

Back at camp there was a lot of water play including water skiing \u2013 Rachel; Darrell\u2019s daughter skied for the first time. David\u2019s personal watercraft was a favorite activity.\u00a0 Even K.J. my three year old grandson experienced a \u201ctube\u201d ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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My all time favorite spot on Lake Powell is the Escalante River and we did spend one day exploring that area.\u00a0 The water level is almost as low as our first visit so the Cathedral in the Desert and its waterfall was much the same.\u00a0 Because of the low water we could not venture as far back into Davis Gulch to see the petroglyphs and LaGorce Arch. \u00a0It was sad to see that the Indian Ruins on the Escalante had experienced vandalism, the roofs had caved in and we were restricted from exploring them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

I had the movies from our old vacations put on CD\u2019s and played them on the houseboat TV for everyone to see.\u00a0 My grandchildren could hardly believe that Mike had single skied with his foot holding the handles of the ski and his hands on top of his head.\u00a0 Needless to say Mike did not give us a demonstration this time.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

I also took yarn and needles to make knitted scarfs. Shellee, Jen, Carie, Jil, Rachel, Jillianne, and Helen all tried.\u00a0 Some even finished their scarfs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

I must admit a houseboat is very convenient in many ways; especially when several had a bout with a stomach flu problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

We had a great time and it was sort of sad when the houseboat headed back for the marina.\u00a0 Lake Powell is arguably the most scenic lake in America and \u00a0truly a beautiful place to vacation.<\/p>\n\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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