For quite a few years now, I've been wanting to take the family to Lake Powell but since we aren't really a boating family it just never made it to the top of the vacation destination list. Last year, Lisa went with the Pace's and had such a great time and suggested we should do it. We figured if we had the Pace family expertise, we could do it. Dennis and I spent two weeks in Europe and flew in on Sunday night. Jessica flew in from Virginia. Mindy and Jeran came in from North Carolina. We had a couple of days to get all the shopping done and loaded up. Most of us made it down to the lake on a Wednesday afternoon and we set up camp at Stanton Creek.
The water was great.
We had tubes,
an inflatable island
Everyone got a chance to ride in the boat, wakeboard, and play on the PWC's.
Lisa had to work a little harder than the rest of us to stay cool but she never complained.
A little storm blew in while all the kids and dad's were out exploring. This is what camp looked like when they got back. Lisa and Cameron's tent and the shower tent rolled a bit. Most of the other tents had to be flattened so that they wouldn't blow away. Our pop-up shade got all bent out of shape on it's first tumble but the guys did some pretty sturdy tie downs and the two shades did fairly well except for during this little gust.
Our other mishap we won't show any pictures of (partly because I don't have one and partly because it would be to gross.) Jeran smashed his finger under a rock while building a hot tub.
a boat and canoe, (Pace's)
a rubber raft, and two jet skis (rented for 24 hours)
Everyone got a chance to ride in the boat, wakeboard, and play on the PWC's.One morning, almost everyone took a trip up to a slot canyon and did a little hiking, exploring, and cliff jumping.
Lisa had to work a little harder than the rest of us to stay cool but she never complained.
A little storm blew in while all the kids and dad's were out exploring. This is what camp looked like when they got back. Lisa and Cameron's tent and the shower tent rolled a bit. Most of the other tents had to be flattened so that they wouldn't blow away. Our pop-up shade got all bent out of shape on it's first tumble but the guys did some pretty sturdy tie downs and the two shades did fairly well except for during this little gust.
Our other mishap we won't show any pictures of (partly because I don't have one and partly because it would be to gross.) Jeran smashed his finger under a rock while building a hot tub. It tore the fingernail mostly off, cut it up pretty bad and later we found out it was also broken. Cameron's mom,Liz, has been an EMT for 20 years so she was on top of things really quickly. Mindy and Jeran, Liz and Cameron spent several hours at the emergency clinic. It was wonderful to have their experience and skills during the trip.
We had a wonderful time and it was nice to be able to all have some fun and relax together. With all the directions that the kids are going, who knows when we will have a chance to all get together again.
