For those of you who love the water, you've gotta make time to head out to Lake Powell in your lifetime. It's GORGEOUS there...just miles and miles of canyons, coves, and open waterways sunk inbetween HUGE walls of red rock. Very cool. And the water is nice & clean, too. We left on Tuesday evening and arrived about 1:00am into a horrific windstorm. It was blowing SO HARD that you literally could hardly stand up, much less see since there is tons of red sand and it just blew right into your eyes. It was ridiculous. We hauled down our camper trailer, a friend hauled down our boat, and some other people brought their boat. So there were 10 of us with 2 boats, one trailer, and some tents. (glad i was in the trailer! ahhh!) That first night everyone who wasn't in the trailer slept in the trucks since the wind was so bad. I seriously did not sleep at all that night since the trailer was rocking so hard from the wind, plus I thought it would blow over and I was scared. What the???
Anyways, that next day we woke up and drove to find our campsite. Very cool spot on the beach, where we could launch the boats and everything without having to drive down to the marina/docks. But all day that freaking wind blew and blew, so as a result of NOT being able to be outside for more than 2 minutes, ALL TEN PEOPLE where hanging out in my trailer. Now my trailer is not that big!! You put 4 people in there and it's rather crowded. I seriously thought I was going to flip out on everyone after a few hours of claustrophobia and listening to all those people and not being able to move. My only salvation was that I had brought a book, and I tried to slip away into book world and forget about my aching back since I hadn't moved all day. By late afternoon, I had had it. I totally had a breakdown. I started crying on the couch to Reuben (the others were out putting up their tents) and I couldn't stop. Well, it kept on blowing all through the next night, too. But then, ahhhhh, hallelujah, the next morning the wind died down and we were left with PERFECT weather for the rest of the trip. Mid 80's during the day and in the 60's at night. It made the rest of the trip totally appreciated!!!
We had our friends Chris, Kami, and their new baby, Kaden, sleep in the trailer with us for the trip. Their baby is so good and he's so adorable! It actually made me want mine to hurry up and come out so I can play with him and snuggle with him, too. Anyways, we'd hang on the boats all day. The boys tried wake surfing (yes, their is such a thing) and a few of them were able to get it down. Roob did really good, but wasn't able to let go of the rope since he needed a bigger wake to ride. There also was lots of wakeboarding, swimming, and getting pulled in a tube behind the boat. I couldn't do any of the "fun" stuff, but I did let Roob pull me in the tube and it was SO FUN. Kami and I rode together and I swear I haven't laughed that hard in ages! But Roob went pretty slow so we wouldn't bang up the poor Baby Jones too much.
We had hoagies for lunch everyday, but then for dinner we'd head back to our campsite and made some good ol' fire grilled food. We had steak, pork chops, bratwursts (I had a hotdog), hobo dinners, etc. Very yummy! Then we'd do huge bonfires and grill marshmallows and stuff. Some of the guys we went with were CRAZY and made "gas bombs" out of plastic/glass bottles and would fill them with gasoline, poke a hole in the cap, and literally set the bottle IN THE FIRE. Can I tell you "BAD IDEA JEANS"!!! (joke from SNL) Myself and one other girl were way too paranoid and stayed in the trailer during all the gas playing festivities b/c I did not want to get my eye blown out or anything. Why are boys so dumb? Luckily, no one was hurt, but you couldn't pay me enough money to get me to hang outside during all of that. It was crazy! The gas would build up so much pressure that it would spew like 10 feet out the top of the bottle through the hole in the cap!!! One bottle they did shot in the air like 50 feet! I was freaking out! But it was cool to watch from afar and in a safe place! Once I find my camera I'll post some pics!!
Anyways, that next day we woke up and drove to find our campsite. Very cool spot on the beach, where we could launch the boats and everything without having to drive down to the marina/docks. But all day that freaking wind blew and blew, so as a result of NOT being able to be outside for more than 2 minutes, ALL TEN PEOPLE where hanging out in my trailer. Now my trailer is not that big!! You put 4 people in there and it's rather crowded. I seriously thought I was going to flip out on everyone after a few hours of claustrophobia and listening to all those people and not being able to move. My only salvation was that I had brought a book, and I tried to slip away into book world and forget about my aching back since I hadn't moved all day. By late afternoon, I had had it. I totally had a breakdown. I started crying on the couch to Reuben (the others were out putting up their tents) and I couldn't stop. Well, it kept on blowing all through the next night, too. But then, ahhhhh, hallelujah, the next morning the wind died down and we were left with PERFECT weather for the rest of the trip. Mid 80's during the day and in the 60's at night. It made the rest of the trip totally appreciated!!!
We had our friends Chris, Kami, and their new baby, Kaden, sleep in the trailer with us for the trip. Their baby is so good and he's so adorable! It actually made me want mine to hurry up and come out so I can play with him and snuggle with him, too. Anyways, we'd hang on the boats all day. The boys tried wake surfing (yes, their is such a thing) and a few of them were able to get it down. Roob did really good, but wasn't able to let go of the rope since he needed a bigger wake to ride. There also was lots of wakeboarding, swimming, and getting pulled in a tube behind the boat. I couldn't do any of the "fun" stuff, but I did let Roob pull me in the tube and it was SO FUN. Kami and I rode together and I swear I haven't laughed that hard in ages! But Roob went pretty slow so we wouldn't bang up the poor Baby Jones too much.
We had hoagies for lunch everyday, but then for dinner we'd head back to our campsite and made some good ol' fire grilled food. We had steak, pork chops, bratwursts (I had a hotdog), hobo dinners, etc. Very yummy! Then we'd do huge bonfires and grill marshmallows and stuff. Some of the guys we went with were CRAZY and made "gas bombs" out of plastic/glass bottles and would fill them with gasoline, poke a hole in the cap, and literally set the bottle IN THE FIRE. Can I tell you "BAD IDEA JEANS"!!! (joke from SNL) Myself and one other girl were way too paranoid and stayed in the trailer during all the gas playing festivities b/c I did not want to get my eye blown out or anything. Why are boys so dumb? Luckily, no one was hurt, but you couldn't pay me enough money to get me to hang outside during all of that. It was crazy! The gas would build up so much pressure that it would spew like 10 feet out the top of the bottle through the hole in the cap!!! One bottle they did shot in the air like 50 feet! I was freaking out! But it was cool to watch from afar and in a safe place! Once I find my camera I'll post some pics!!
2 comments:
That looks amazing there! I have never been there, but hope to when the Carma gets a few years older. You look SO GOOD too! You are so beautiful!!! and you look cute holding a baby. I can't wait for your little one either!!! WHY are boys so crazy. That sounds like something Michael and his brothers would do and it scares me to death!
I SOOOO want to go there someday! It looks so beautful and sounds like a blast. The bombs are something Jared would TOTALLY do! He does that kind of stuff all the time.
Post a Comment