09/15 - Lake Powell September Cruise

I want to echo Pat's comments about Lake Powell. This was a great cruise. Thanks Chris for organizing it and thanks Bill for all the geology lessons. I also want to thank Rockytop Roger for treating everyone to views of Jupiter through his telescope, and pointing out the International Space Station as it crossed over our campfire. All in all a fantastic cruise. We are still on the road headed home. Yesterday we towed CAVU across Death Valley and really got some strange looks. The temperature on my truck display showed 112 degrees when we crossed. The worst part was the climb out to the west-I was down to second gear at 40 mph and the engine temp was just below the red line. We topped out without having to stop and spent the night in the cool air near Mono Lake, Ca.
 
OK, all my pix have been moved to the official Cruises and Events Lake Powell 2008 album, so the prior link is now broken, and since I can't edit the prior message, I guess I should mention this fact!
 
Laurie and I were diapointed that we couldn't spend time with the group while we were at Lake Powell. The lower unit on our port motor seized after a seal blew and we decided the best course of action was to get Water Lillie back on the trailer since we'd already been on the lake two and a half weeks. We were able to exchange a few words with Bill and El on their way to Rainbow Bridge. Chris was already up canyon and we missed him.
I've posted a few pics of our trip on flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/10169992@N03/
 
"At 5 PM Saturday while headed back to Las Vegas from Orange County on I 15 about midway between Barstow and Baker I spotted a southbound C Dory -- boat hauler had a kayak on the roof. "

That would have been us headed back from Lake Powell!

We did not follow the group on all of their travels but we did enjoy Lake Powell and enjoyed when we got together with the group.

This was our longest trip and time on our CD22. We started with Yellowstone and did the Grand Western Loop of Yellowstone, Tetons, Flaming Gorge, and Lake Powell with a trip to Bryce Canyon thrown in.

In addition to a lot a great views, interesting geology, wild animals, and fun times it was meeting many other fun and interesting C-Dory owners. Karen especially enjoyed meeting and spending time with other C-Dory women and is now more receptive to doing other longer trips.

Thanks to all,
Steve and Karen
 
Wow just got a look at the photos of the cruise ! I can't think of words to discribe how breath taking those photos were ! We don't have rocks that big here.. lol. Looks like you all had a great time ! Tracy
 
We just checked out the photos of the cruise - brought big ol' smiles to our faces! Lake Powell is one of our favorite places, and it would be a treat to see it with an additional 25 feet of water in it... always something different to see.

Thanks for taking the time to post your images, folks - looks like a very good time was had by all.

Best wishes,
Jim & Joan
 
You're welcome...as of right now, those are all my images, all 110 of them! Can't you tell by the number of pictures of Baxter? :lol:

JamesTXSD":29ksih8t said:
Thanks for taking the time to post your images, folks - looks like a very good time was had by all.

Best wishes,
Jim & Joan
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Ok I think I've got the problem with the mice boarding solved. This should do the trick. As the first mouse come up the rope he or she will be caught by one of the traps. This will make that side of the trap heavy and will rotate to the bottom and expose the next two traps. When the next little bugger trys it will get caught in the next trap. Now one trap on each side has a scare crow in it and this should stop them, but just in case if another trys it will get caught in the next trap and will be heavy again it will rotate and expose the next trap. In the morning you will have proof that the little rascals tried and failed to get on board.
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Great idea Jody!

Yes we had a mouse visit our boat in Mountain Sheep canyon. We have not seen any evidence that he stayed onboard. I guess the ctitter was not partial to beans and rice.

Steve
 
The ones I had onboard seemed to like choclate chip cookies. I guess one could also backup the traps with a frisbee for extra security.
 
Pat Anderson":1p7a46wf said:
And Jim, I hear you are VERY familiar with THIS particular view...
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Indeed, Pat... and it's been too long since we've been there. I can vouch that a CD-25 fits in there perfectly. :wink: Nice hosts, aren't they? :D

Best wishes,
Jim
 
Awesome album. Fantastic rock formations and especially the ancient dwellings. Really appreciate you all sharing this trip.

Curious what the water temps were and the day air temps, (high & low). Looked plenty warm to me.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon
 
Indeed they are great hosts! Wonderful lasagna dinner, great evening of converstation, so glad we went!
JamesTXSD":1ahzog02 said:
Indeed, Pat... and it's been too long since we've been there. I can vouch that a CD-25 fits in there perfectly. :wink: Nice hosts, aren't they? :D

Best wishes,
Jim
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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.
 
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!
 
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:

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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
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http://www.ferrises.com/Sep2008-05
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http://www.ferrises.com/Sep2008-07
http://www.ferrises.com/Sep2008-08
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http://www.ferrises.com/Sep2008-10

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

Tony
 
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
 
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