Memorial Weekend at Lake Powell!

We went to Lake Powell for memorial weekend with the Wilsons. It's always a good time when we go out there. The weather wasn't the greatest, which played to our advantage because there were probably about 10,000 less people than there usually is for memorial weekend. I know a lot of people that love to take Sunday drives up the mountain or along the beach or somewhere to get away and enjoy their surroundings. We felt the same, so we went for an hour boat ride up lake to Rainbow Bridge. We weren't disappointed. The drive up was so pretty. The open lake is obviously surrounded by towering cliffs, but going through the canyons is a whole different story. And at the end of the canyon, it was topped off with the arch!. As pretty as the scenery was, the best was yet to come. On our way back to the houseboat, we stopped at Cathedral Canyon, my new favorite place at Lake Powell. Driving back in this canyon was a sight that could never be accurately described with words. The only words I can think of is crazy sick!
The deeper we got, the narrower the canyon walls got. It got to the point where Tony and I had to swim because the boat could no longer squeeze through. I've been skydiving, street luging, skitching on rollerblades behind the mailman, and even snuck up on a living porcupine and ripped out a needle from its back. But swimming up a 4 foot wide canyon that is over 100 feet deep with not knowing what was around the corner now tops the list. we swam for 30 minutes up the canyon while the girls stayed on the boat as it floated around a small area surrounded by cathedral-like cliffs. We kept swimming, until we got to where we would yell and not be able to hear the girls respond. It went from adventure to an overwhelmingly eerie feeling. We thought the girls were in trouble, especially with having watched the movie Taken the night before, the movie was fresh in our minds. But we made it back to the boat with both girls safe, just really hungry...So even though we had hungry, unhappy girls, it was all worth it!

Along with our adventures, we had a few runs out on the ski boat, surfin' and carvin' like crazy! To sum it all up, it was another successful memorial weekend. We're already looking forward to next year's trip!