Lake Powell – Page, Arizona

We left Lake Navajo and headed to Page, AZ and Lake Powell on Sunday, Sept 8^th for a two-week stay. My sister Marcia and brother-in-law Mike joined us and we also met our friends from Albuquerque, Kris and Jan. We all arrived at the same time and picked out our campsites in Wahweap Campground.

 

Our friend Wendy flew in from Colorado on Tuesday and spent five days with us. The first few days of the week it rained off and on, hard enough to cause minor flooding and close the main entrance road to the park. It finally cleared off and we went to Antelope Canyon, just outside of Page, on Friday.

 

 

On Saturday, Sept 14^th, we took our boat and went 42 miles up lake to Dangling Rope marina where enjoyed ice cream and great views of the lake.

 On the way back, we spotted this guy at Antelope Point marina enjoying himself with a water-powered jet backpack.

We celebrated my 65^th birthday at Fiesta Mexicana with dinner and a surprise dessert.

On Monday, Sept 16^th, we went on a guided fishing trip. We met the guide at 6AM and the sun was just coming up. We caught stripers, small mouth bass, and a couple of catfish. Our guide picked out the fish to keep and we threw about 20 back into the lake.

 

Tuesday, I went water skiing, an annual ritual to celebrate my birthday. Later that week, we got some great photos of the harvest moon.

My sister Janet, her wife Nancy, and their friend Shirley arrived on Friday for a 2-night visit. Janet and Nancy had hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and back earlier in the week.

We left Lake Powell on Sunday, Sept 22^nd, and headed back to Colorado to get our boat winterized and put away until next year.

Steve & Julie Cornelius