Lake Powell and the 4th!

Last week we had the chance to go to Lake Powell with Brody's dad and family! I was extremely excited to get out for my first real vacation of summer 2010! I was also excited to improve my tan :)

Here we are on the way down in the car!

I actually took a lot pictures on this trip! I documented well for once. We spent 4 days on the water. We laid out, tubed, wake boarded, explored and drank tons of water!

Here I am, excited for the first day of boating.


Token picture of B and I.

Lake Powell has some great scenery. Brody loves the red rock that encircle the massive lake. And it is massive. I don't know of any other lake that you can go for 2 hours and still not even come close to the other side!

Here, Brody is showing off his skills!

It is famed that Brody was once a great wake boarder. His old age and inactivity has caught up to him a bit though. He was way sore after these tricks. I, on the other hand, did not grow up boating and have an unnecessary fear of anything water. I decided to be brave on this trip though and attempt to do more on a wake board than just riding behind the boat. I attempted to swerve back and forth. The first time I did, I was met with disaster. I totally face planted and knocked my head against the water. So much for that. Later I exited the wake, but then crashed when I tried to come back in the middle! So much for becoming a talented wake boarder. I guess I try again next year!

Here is our little camp site. It was scorching hot the whole time so sleeping was a little hard. We did have some great meals cooked by Brody's dad. I guess I am ok with the whole camping thing, just as long as I don't see the bugs and we have restrooms (which we did have). It was fun to just be outdoors, since I spend my whole life in Provo in an office.


One of our exploring expeditions led us here! We had to swim through part of the lake, through a swamp of trees and then climb up the hill shown above. I wish I had a picture of the forest that we waded through. I felt like Rambo. I slipped on a rock and got my token Lake Powell injury. No one else seems to hurt themselves every year that we go!

These are the ancient drawings on the side of the rocks. Its kinda cool to think people actually lived there thousands of years ago.

The little houses they built are still intact. It was a really cool thing to see. It was worth me swimming with my camera held above my head just so I could get some good pictures. Swimming with just one arm is quite difficult (just in case you didn't know)



So since we were there for the 4th, we got to watch a firework show! The fireworks weren't the best I'd ever seen, but it was fun to watch them shoot up over the water.

And finally to the last day of our trip. The last day we rode on the boat for 2 whole hours to get to this place and then 2 hours back. It is called San Juan and they go there to get glassy water, perfect for wake boarding. The funny thing was, Brody had been complaining about choppy water the whole time, but somehow when we found perfect water, he was too sore to wake board. Sad day.

We were tired of the sun at that point and were burning, hence the Tshirt.

So that was our boating trip! We head to Nauvoo to spend time with the Woffinden clan next week. It is Brody's first time staying with my whole family for an extended period of time. I'm excited to see how he does!