09/24 - Lake Powell 2011

Discovery · Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 9:47 pm Post subject:

I can help with the photos.

Tex skiing in Oak Bay

Sharon skiing in Oak Bay

Yes, you can ski with a CD-22 at 3650' elevation.

Jay, I will try to get more pics posted.

I filled the boat up today. We went 215.3 statute miles and used 86.6 gallons of gas. 2.486 statute miles per gallon. Mostly cruising at 23 MPH, but some fishing at 2 to 3 MPH.

Brent

Hunkydory · Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 11:21 pm Post subject:

Thanks Brent. Don't know if it was that day or another when I road shotgun with Tex & Sharon & didn't operate the camera correctly so no photos. Imagine Tex will be happy to see yours.

Good shots of the petrified wood. Have seen many like it near the tops of the mountains in the wilderness areas south of Yellowstone Park.

Jay

texasair · Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 12:30 am Post subject:

We decided to not make the run up the Colorado due to time and fuel issues.
The behind the door aux fuel tank is this winters project.

We did make it all the way up the San Juan until we churned mud near Clay Hills Crossing where the entire river dropped over a 2-3 foot waterfall from the desert floor.

We have that photo and a couple of good ones of Jay and Jolee on the Mokai in Secret Canyon that I will try to get posted soon.

Good campsites on the San Juan were few and far between, but the fishing was outstanding. This is the 3rd year in a row that I have fished with the Yamamoto Green Curly Jigs that were recommended by Stix Tackle shop in Page 3 years ago and they continue to catch the small mouth bass.

Tex and Sharon

El and Bill · Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 3:57 pm Post subject:

When we rafted down the San Juan River, Clay Hills Crossing is where we took out of the river. Seems, with a waterfall, it is still where the river meets the lake. Glad you enjoyed the run up the old river canyon to Clay Hills - consider a raft run down thru the Goosenecks to the lake and see the other 'side' of the river.

texasair · Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 4:08 pm Post subject:

Our favorite spot on the San Juan is way up river at the Pagosa Hot Springs in Pagosa Springs, Colorado.

El and Bill · Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 1:00 pm Post subject:

Yes, the San Juan at Pagosa Spings is beautiful.

We have other memories of the San Juan - over 50 years ago, the first 'home town' for El and I after we were married, was on the banks of the San Juan River - Farmington, NM. Our oldest son was born there. Fond memories.

Chris · Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 10:22 pm Post subject:

Well, finally got boarded...by a rodent, a mouse who woke Terry up by running across her arm while laying in the v-berth. Her yell sure scared the heck out of me! Got the little guy trapped and off the boat the next morning so all was well again...or so we thought! Boarded again 2 nights later and this time it woke Terry up by biting her on the finger, "Yowza he has sharp teeth" she said and ended up calling him Chomper. Lucky for me she's a trooper and got back into bed to finish the night's sleep. Set traps on the trip home the next day and caught him by the next morning. He ate through many food packages, chips, bread, nuts, oatmeal...you name it! We had our frisbee out, but we were too close to the beach and think he jumped on the swim step. Interesting experience that's for sure and another reason to sleep out on the hook!

Hunkydory · Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 1:01 am Post subject:

Chris,

We didn't put any frisbee's out & brought the boat up side ways to the beach & left the boarding ladder out over night. Some times it just pays to be lucky Laughing

Man, the telling of the tale when we were there of it going across Terry's arm was bad enough. Must of been quite a wake up when it bit her. Can think of worse though. If that big spider that I found crushed in my chair would have instead crawled up on top of my leg while sitting around the fire.

Jay

Chris · Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 9:27 pm Post subject:

Reply from Terry:

First, did you see the pictures of the mouse that I posted?

Second, what big spider?!

Hunkydory · Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 10:08 pm Post subject:

Saw the mouse picture & yes chomper is an apt name for it Thumbs Up

Especially after being munched on during the middle of the night. Now for the spider. With me being arachnophobic of them the over 2" one I found crushed in The seat of my rocking camp chair the morning after we sat around the fire appeared to me to be at least 6" across with fangs double Chompers teeth. After that I never stopped looking for another to appear until I got into the truck to come home. Just hope I never brought any here back with me

Jay

Pat Anderson · Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 1:16 am Post subject:

Chris, interesting story on Chomper! We have never had an unwanted boarder but you might recall when Jim and Laurie had the ringtail cat on Laurna Jo! We think Baxter is maybe a bit of a deterrent to the critters!

Chris · Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 12:18 pm Post subject:

I would think that "The Dog of the Desert" would be a bit of a deterrent...but I never expected Terry would be an attractant!
Seriously...I think the animals are conditioned to look at boats as grocery stores...pretty easy pickings compared to the desert. And I'll take a mouse any day compared to a ringtail!

Cview · Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 1:09 pm Post subject: Mouse Boarding

We had a mouse in the cabin our first night at Powell. I woke up when I heard it trying to get into our loaf of bread on the counter. It was persistent. We'd turn out the lights and it would come out again and go for the bread. We put a piece of bread in a plastic bag, turned out the lights and when we heard him in the bag, I whomped down a bucket over him. I must have hit him with the rim of the bucket as it killed him. Best I can determine, it was a Great Basin Pocket Mouse. It looked just like Chris' Chomper.

Tony

Casey · Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 5:44 pm Post subject:

Tony,

Be careful. PETA, Sierra Club, Friends of the Animals, Friends of the Earth, Earth First, The Lake Powell Constabulary, the EPA, DOE, DOJ, HUD, DOD, CIA/DIA, the FED, and various other's may consider the Great Basin Pocket Mouse and endangered specie. ...and the one you 'bonked may have been part of a federally funded breeding project. Did it have a teeny, tiny collar with a GPS antenna? Be Careful.

You may have inadertently upset the balance of Nature and power in the Western Hemisphere. Be very Careful.

On the other hand; with a little garlic salt they can be rather tasty (but crunchy).

Casey
(retired National Park Ranger ... lest I offend anyone)

Captains Cat · Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 5:55 pm Post subject:

Don't forget the catsup! Mr. Green