Lake Powell

[girlpowder]

I have come off that lake when no boat should have been out there. We were "footing "glass all afternoon long, when we went to leave and hit the main body it was NASTY......Being in a Ski boat when every wave is coming over the bow (with enough water to wash you off the "dog box") is not a fun experience. I still thank the big guy above that we weren't in an open bow.

We've had the same experience on Lake Powell and once at the Gorge. Very amazing to go from glass and then giant waves I thought only the ocean could produce. One of our trips in Powell last season about made the kids never want to boat again. They were so scared and we were also thanking the big guy above for not having an open bow. Holy, friggin huge waves. The nose of the boat was straight up and then it would slap down so hard. The kids were in the cuddy screaming and bawling their heads off. That was the longest trip we've ever had across Halls to Bullfrog Bay. I wish I had video, it was intense forsure.

The storm at the Gorge produced giant waves and we lost visibility, with a hail storm. Short vid of it. Not the worst of it of coarse, To busy holding on.
I don't know how we didn't hit land. Sledhead and his friend navigated the boat safely.

We love boating, after all it is on melted snow right?

 

[gibsonman]

Me old school style

My nieces first trip to powell
My super man impression

Gotta love powell in September

 

[JohnnyQuestUtah]

Old, Old School

Spring of 1987..........

peace-


johnny

 

[sledhead ut]

The caves down at LP are AWESOME.............

 

[sledhead ut]

We love the Rincon area
Always good water there.

 

[Top]

I've always wanted to go there..............

 

[sledhead ut]

I've always wanted to go there..............

Well drag your sorry azz down here and let's get er done.

 

[goforbroke]

I'm taking my family there the second week of September out of Bullfrog. Renting a houseboat. Any pointers for a good place to park and explore/ski?
Here's a pic from yesterday

http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp174/smith3442

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How do I get it to show?

 

[Freak]

keep an eye out for my wakeboard. guess you do need to strap em in afterall.... DOH!

 

[sledhead ut]

goforbroke:
It depends on how many miles you want to put on the House Boat. I would head down to Ice Berg or Slick Rock area. Good camping and great water.
About 20 miles each way.

BTW: where were you skiing? Looks like Deer Creek
But my first guess would be Utah Lake after seeing where you're from.

 

[WXNic]

keep an eye out for my wakeboard. guess you do need to strap em in afterall.... DOH!

ditto on that, ran the boat to gas up w/o the cover and hit that cattle guard just before A&W. board must have popped out, we came back a few minutes later and it was gone. maybe it ran off into the desert w/yours.

 

[WXNic]

we usually head just around the corner to halls creek bay. makes for a short boat ride to the marina if you need more stuff and pretty good sites. we've had awesome water there.

nice pic, i tried to get my wife to run down there w/me this evening, but it was a no go - apparently not warm enough yesterday would have been perfect.

 

[sledhead ut]

Fixed it for ya.

 

[DRAPE]

Nice pic! I can only imagine some major shrinkage

 

[WXNic]

"like a turtle! there was shrinkage in the area"

 

[Yamadoo04]

Here is a few pics of us @ Sand Hallow. This is the next closest thing to tubing at our cabin in the winter.

 

[DRAPE]

Dude, how do you ride a tube? Those things beat the shiz out of me every time. Especially when the wife drives me

 

[sledhead ut]

I love to watch people beat the piss out of themselves on those things. We've been known to stop the boat and watch on many occasions.

 

[Scott]

BY REQUEST:

BTW, a typical looter DOES look back to see his own spray.

 

[UtahEdge]

My family has a house on the beach up at Bear Lake. That is where we spend most of our time.