Lake Powell Day 1

The players:

Conrad Willis-Grandpa

Anna Eddington-Step Grandma

Rick Eddington-Anna's son

Suzanne Richards-Anna's niece

Jared Eddington-Anna's Grandson

Gary Clark-uncle

Kim Clark-aunt

Geoff Meyers-uncle

Connie Meyers-aunt

Matthew Meyers-cousin (11)

Norman Willis-Dad

Robin Willis-Me!

Here is the first installment about my trip to Lake Powell. Lets just say that it was amazing! The first day I drove down with my dad and we stopped at Goblin Valley on the way down. It is so unique looking that many films have been made here. You truly seem as if you're on another planet.

When we got down to Bullfrog Marina we met up with the rest of my relatives. Anna has a timeshare on the houseboat in which we stayed. Our generator wasn't working so we stayed hooked up to shore power the whole week. Luckily we had a small day boat to take our daily adventures.

Tuesday we started out by going on a short ride heading more north up Glen Canyon. We passed through Moki Canyon and Forgotten Canyon. It was so humbling to see such marvelous landscapes and amazing canyon walls. It makes you feel so small viewing something so magnificent and large. A majesty too difficult to describe. It was up Forgotten Canyon that we hiked up to some restored ruins called Defiance house. It was a pretty steep hike but short. This was also where I found a giant mound of sandstone that was covered in lizards. I tried to catch one but I am much too slow. Wearing my chacos on this hike was hazardous because there were so many pokey weeds that got into my feet. I was never able to get two of them out and still feel one of them in my foot if I step a certain way. Weird. Glad that it isn't infected though. On the way out of Forgotten Canyon we stopped at the floating restroom.

That night I made Hawaiian haystacks for dinner. They were a hit. Such a good thing to bring because it was mostly all canned foods so we didn't have to use a really big cooler. I'm going to keep that in mind for something different at a camp out sometime.

Rick was the one that brought down the small day boat. He's also a aficionado of star gazing so we were able to see Jupiter and 2 moons through his telescope that night. Anna kept calling it a microscope. It was funny and I kinda made a joke about it with Suzanne (Anna's niece)

I was also to start reading Jane Austen's Mansfield Park. Which reminds me I still need to finish that!