Lake Powell

On Monday (7/7), Jeremy and I woke up early and headed to Lake Powell by 8am. The rest of the group stayed in Zion to hike the Narrows (the river walk I talked about in a previous blog). I didn't really want to hike in the water all day, and Jeremy's knee was really hurting him. So, we headed the 2 hours to Lake Powell/Glen Canyon Dam area to kayak for a few hours. The picture of the dam is one we took while driving out to Zion on Thursday. We stopped at the visitor center as our bathroom break. It is pretty huge! We arrived about 9am (Arizona time.. they don't do daylight savings). We rented two sea kayaks (the ones you sit on top) for the day. We slathered on a generous amount of sunscreen before boarding our kayaks. We decided to go see Ice Cream Canyon on of the fingers of the lake. It was about a 1-1/2 hour or more kayak trip past Lone Rock to the small inlet. We had lunch on the way to Ice Cream Canyon. We pulled off at a small area, ate our sandwiches, slathered on more sunscreen, and got back on the kayak. When we sat down for lunch, Jeremy went to sat down. As he placed his hands on the ground to lower himself, he acquired a lot of burrs that left small thorns in his hand. This is him grimacing a smile for the camera as he picks them out. This is Jeremy in the green kayak paddling past Lone Rock. You can see how massive it looks. The Ice Cream Canyon area would have been a great place to explore, if my arms weren't already feeling the workout I was giving them. We made our way back to the Marina at Wahweap in about 2 hours or more. It was cooler on the lake than on land, but still hot. You can see me resting in the picture. We headed back to the campsite and arrived there around 7pm - just in time to join everyone for milkshakes at Blondie's. Afterward, we went to our last Ranger Program titled Oh, you animal. It was about the hidden animals of the park - cougar, badger, skunk, wolf, fox, and more. The Ranger was really good. We also were able to feel the pelts of all of the animals he talked about. We climbed in our tent one last time.

We woke up and headed for La Jara by 8am on Tuesday morning. It was a long, but good trip back. We got home by 6:30pm and had an evening to relax before heading back to work today (Wednesday). Make sure you read the blogs below this one; I had posted about three in one night. Enjoy the pictures!