09/15 - Lake Powell September Cruise

CAVU · Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 10:46 pm Post subject:

Harvey,
During the week I was cruising with the group, the water temps were consistently 76-77 degrees, sometimes a little warmer in the shallow bays. Air temps were about 90 daytime with lows about mid 60's overnight. Humidity was very low-10-12% which made the temps very comfortable.

hardee · Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 1:21 am Post subject: temps info

Thanks Ken, sounds just like what my wife is looking for. Hot

Harvey
SleepyC Moon

Pat Anderson · Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 8:58 pm Post subject:

Now, I saw a whole lot more people than just me with cameras at Lake Powell...where are all your pix? Get them posted to Cruises and Events | Lake Powell 2008, folks!

Tony Ferris · Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 2:09 pm Post subject: Lake Powell Photos

I met a few of you the last two weeks at Lake Powell and would like to thank all of you for letting me examine your C-Dorys and get more of an idea what I'll have when I finally get my own.

Jody Kidd was great, showing Emily and I the details of Voyager. I can only hope to have a C-Dory as nicely outfitted one day. We met Brent and Dixie near the confluence of the San Juan and got to see Discovery. What a great boat! All C-Dory owners seem to be so friendly!

Unfortunately, with the high speed of our houseboat (6mph) we weren't able to catch up to the main C-Pod, but we heard many of you on the radio, especially Bill in Halcyon, but apparently we weren't able to get our radio signal back. Maybe next time.

In our two weeks at the lake we did a great deal of hiking, fishing, and releaxing. If you'd like to see additional pictures of Lake Powell, they can be found in several temporary albums I've stored on my webpage. I'll be removing them and adding them to a more permanent album sometime this fall or winter. Here's an example of the beautiful sites we were able to see over our two weeks:

This is a waterfall at the back of Wilson Creek.

I hope you especially enjoy the photos I took while hiking through the lush greenery of Deep Canyon, which is one of the prettiest hikes you'll find in Lake Powell.

More pictures can be seen here:

http://www.ferrises.com/Sep2008-01
http://www.ferrises.com/Sep2008-02
http://www.ferrises.com/Sep2008-03
http://www.ferrises.com/Sep2008-04
http://www.ferrises.com/Sep2008-05
http://www.ferrises.com/Sep2008-06
http://www.ferrises.com/Sep2008-07
http://www.ferrises.com/Sep2008-08
http://www.ferrises.com/Sep2008-09
http://www.ferrises.com/Sep2008-10

Again, thanks to those of you we met who let us examine your wonderful boats.

Tony

hardee · Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 7:00 pm Post subject: kBeautiful place

Ken, thanks for the info, the photos are really making me drool. What a great place to spend the fall cooling off period.

Harvey
SleepyC Moon

El and Bill · Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 8:54 pm Post subject:

Great pictures, Tony. Sure sorry we missed you, but next time, eh?

And, Pat, in case you missed our pictures:

http://www.geocities.com/bill_fiero/lakepow08.htm

Pat Anderson · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 4:30 pm Post subject:

There are a few more pix in the Lake Powell 2008 album from Ken and Jane Trease (Cavu). Here is one:

And another:

Tony Ferris · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 5:12 pm Post subject:

Bill/Pat,

Sorry I missed you both. I go to Powell all the time, so hopefully I might make it next year. What would be even better would be to make it next year in a C-Dory!

You guys should go up the San Juan. That's the BEST part of the lake! Not many people, not many boats, great fishing, and some of the best hiking available. The hike up Deep Canyon was superb. I'd never been as far as I went this year. Next year maybe I'll go further.

Here's a hike you might enjoy too:

http://www.ferrises.com/peekaboo

Up to the top of the Peekaboo Arches, which are shown here:

and here:

All have a nice day!

Tony

getzold · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:13 pm Post subject: Lake Powell pictures

WOW - these are incredible pictures. What a trip! Too bad that I will be on the Great Loop for the next couple of years and not able to make it out home to Utah until 2011.

I certainly envy those who have been able to do this by boat.

Gerry Etzold

flrockytop · Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 9:28 pm Post subject:

Here is a SATELLITE view of Rainbow Bridge from SPOT TRACKER at location the picture was taken.

.........VIEW FROM THE GROUND

Pat Anderson · Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 11:01 am Post subject:

So, when you are taking pictures FROM your boat, there tend not to be very many pictures OF your boat! But Bill was kind enough to fix that! Here are a bunch of pix of Daydream and crew (and others) at Lake Powell, courtesy of Bill...

El and Bill · Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 6:49 pm Post subject:

Actually, Pat, most of the pictures are by ace photographer, EL.

hardee · Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 8:28 pm Post subject: Thanks for making the memories.

Pat, Thanks for bringing those up.
El & Bill for taking them.
And the whole group for providing a very interesting and appealing trip report. Thanks for making the memories.

Harvey
SleepyC