09/20 - Lake Powell 2014 Gathering

I think that looks like the same spot we all beached last year (on the right of the photo)? If so, wow, what a difference a little water makes. Nice photo!
 

We are off the lake!

We spent our entire time on the lake between Bullfrog and Dangling Rope! Three days at Iceberg, ten days at Little Oak, and the last night at Slick Rock. Swimming, kayaking and fishing every day! Thanks to Dr. Bob and Marie for letting us hang around so long!

We left Slick Rock Canyon this morning at 9:30 a.m. and got to Bullfrog Marina about noon. Retrieval was not good - a strong crosswind made it devilishly difficult to get the boat on the trailer, but with perseverance, we succeeded.

On to Stan's Drive-in in Hanksville, where we ate of the "forbidden fruit" - I had a double bacon cheese burger with fries, and Patty had a garden burger with onion rings! We got off the lake just in time - there was a thunderstorm / flash flood warning for tonight on the lake, and we experienced a bit of it driving from Hanksville to Price. We were treated to lightening, driving rain, high winds, and low visibility. We are now scumpo in the Price Walmart parking lot with the curtains closed and the Webasto turned up! It is raining like crazy here but we are dry and warm in the "boaterhome"!
 
Hi Guys,

We would like to go to Lake Powell 2015 or 2016. Spend a few weeks down there and take in some other sights like Grand Canyon, etc. We have good friends who would like to do this trip with us in their land RV. For the Lake Powell bit, would they be able to pitch a tent on the shore or are there snakes, scorpions, and other nasty creepy crawlies to worry about?

Martin.
 
Do you mean pitch a tent on shore from their RV? Or come along with you in the boat and then camp on shore?

If the former, there aren't that many places I know of to access the shoreline from a road RV. A few, such as Lone Rock (near Wahweap) and the campgrounds at Wahweap and Bullfrog, but not many (or maybe not any) in the bulk of the lake.

If the latter, I have seen many people camped on shore from boats all over the lake. I'd want a zip-up-able tent to keep the various creepy crawlies out while sleeping (including mice, of which there are plenty). But there are lots of nice sand beaches to camp on right near where you would beach or anchor a C-Dory (no tides and the river level doesn't typically fluctuate daily).
 
Hunkydory":1xw9rfwk said:
Brent & Dixie, right after you two left Forgotten Canyon, I walked up to the fire pit above where we all had the boats on shore & a snake mostly hidden in the sticker weeds along the trail had me hi stepping for a few moments until I realized it was a golfer instead of a rattlesnake.

Jay
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Must have been too little to play in the Ryder Cup!
:shock: :mrgreen: Sounds like a great time, maybe next year.... :lol: Now that Jim and the Blonde are without a boat, maybe they'll come stay at our place on the C-Bay and take care of our kitties!

:?: :idea: :cat :cat :cat :cat
 
Sunbeam":w7724tf5 said:
Do you mean pitch a tent on shore from their RV? Or come along with you in the boat and then camp on shore?

If the former, there aren't that many places I know of to access the shoreline from a road RV. A few, such as Lone Rock (near Wahweap) and the campgrounds at Wahweap and Bullfrog, but not many (or maybe not any) in the bulk of the lake.

If the latter, I have seen many people camped on shore from boats all over the lake. I'd want a zip-up-able tent to keep the various creepy crawlies out while sleeping (including mice, of which there are plenty). But there are lots of nice sand beaches to camp on right near where you would beach or anchor a C-Dory (no tides and the river level doesn't typically fluctuate daily).
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Thanks for the reply Sunbeam. Our friends would leave their RV with the boat trailers where ever we launch from. They would travel with us on the boat in the daytime, then pitch their tent on the beach for the night. So it sounds promising and doable.

Cheers,
Martin.
 
Martin, your friends could pitch a tent and camp just about anywhere you could get them ashore. And you could beach nearby for the evening campfire! Definitely do-able! This is a "must see" destination, and for us, a regular if not annual destination!
 
Just got back after 2 weeks on the lake. Made it to Bullfrog Marine, but there was so much to do and see on the south end of the lake that that is as far as we wanted to go. Next trip, we will launch at Bullfrog or Halls and travel up lake. I hope everyone had as good a time as we did.
 
We had a great time with the gang on Lake Powell. We learned a lot and meet a lot of friends. When we come back next year we hope to be better prepared. Thanks to everyone that helped us. We really enjoyed our time there.

Flint and Leslie Firestone
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Flint and Leslie, it was GREAT meeting you guys, and we hope to hook up with you in the not too distant future in Marathon!

Flint":17pm5thq said:
We had a great time with the gang on Lake Powell. We learned a lot and meet a lot of friends. When we come back next year we hope to be better prepared. Thanks to everyone that helped us. We really enjoyed our time there.

Flint and Leslie Firestone
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Another great gathering at Lake Powell. It was great to see C-Brats we have met in the past and meet some new ones. Sue and I were on the lake for 11 days from Thursday 9-18 until Sunday 9-28. We launched from Halls Crossing and went south to Oak Canyon to meet the group on Saturday. We then worked are way north with five others to Escalante River, Iceberg Canyon and Forgotten Canyon. We said good bye to everyone on Wednesday and worked our way north up to the entrance to Farley Canyon. We had great weather up until our last night anchored out on Saturday near Halls Crossing. We had a little bit of wind, rain, thunder and lightning to end our stay. I added some of the photos I took to my C-Swell album under Lake Powell Gathering September 2014. I added a few to the Lake Powell 2014 album that Tyboo Mike set up.

Bill
 
We enjoyed our first Lake Powell Gathering and wanted to thank everyone who welcomed us!

Our story is similiar to the Anderson's in that we left the lake on Saturday except we spent a few nights in Reflection Canyon and Iceberg on the trip back to BullFrog. We took out about 2:30 in the afternoon and the weather was looking real dicey. We experienced large desert thunderstorms, heavy rain and flooding on Hwy 24 on the way into Green River. It rained heavy through the night and were glad to be dry and safe as we "boaterhomed" at the state line of Colorado.

I'm curious of those who stayed on.....how was the weather? The waterfalls off the canyons were probably enormous.

Thanks to all again!
Scott
 
Thataway-Thisaway, is off the lake after 24 days. First week in San Juan Arm, and got up to about 40 miles, before debris make passage difficult. Good anchorage at Piute Canyon. Met up with Pat and Patty, Steve and Diana in Iceberg. Great time with those folks! Too bad about Steve's steering. We stayed with the Andersons for the next couple of weeks and a great time was had!

Pat and I have solved all of the issues of cruising Lake Powell--just takes money to get away from the dependance on the world's worse ice!

We met up with other friends for the last few days in Warm Creek Bay up where Planet of the Apes was filmed, where we had our 3rd storm of the trip.

The Boss anchor (10 lbs) worked much better than the 14 lb plow, and will be our anchor (along with the Fortresses). I will do a tutorial on anchoring at Powell (with photos) when I get a better connection and time.

Fishing was bad--Too warm! Temp Monday AM was 57, going to be in the 40's in a few days.

Great to see old friends and make new ones.

We had food left for another week, but got a message that our credit card was compromised--we have enough $$ to get home--but lots of ends to tidy up!!

The boat has been CLR ed. A coat of wax on the accent color, and bow for protection. Wheel bearings are packed and we roll back to Pensacola in the AM.

More comments and photos later.

Thanks to all who participated, and Chris for the organization!
 
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