Powell Trip 2010

Another year and another Lake Powell Trip over the UEA weekend. This year Debbie and I had Angie join us along with Eric and his friend Sam Hicken. The weather was great and the water still warm (71 degrees). We camped below Gregory Butte near our campsite last year on a nice sandy beach. The winds were calm and the moonlit night was just right. The second day after a morning ski we boated up West Canyon until we could go no farther. Getting from the boat to the head of the canyon was difficult requiring us to swim and wade through nasty debris for about 50 yards. Our efforts were rewarded with a beautiful hike up the narrow canyon. It had running water in it from springs up canyon. We hiked for about an hour up into a beautiful slot section full of clear cold water. The swim in this section was really neat and cold! No photos of this because I didn't carry the camera up with me. We arrived home on Saturday quite late as we stayed on the lake until dark. We missed the other members of our family and hope they can join us in future trips.