09/24 - Lake Powell 2011
- Thread starter Chris
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I'm tied up at Wahweap marina tonight. We nailed the weather for this week. It has now changed. It's 18 to 25 knots right now with thunderstorms predicted for the next few days. We had calm winds all week and it's good to be at this end of the lake it it's going to get cranky. Will move over to ice cream canyon tomorrow for a couple nights.
jkidd
Active member
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Was quite surprised to see the your camera capure the ride through the slot that well.
This is how much the water level has rised since 2006.
Photo of 2006 gathering in Forgotton Canyon.
Same spot this year
Jay
It seems that the best video was where you were towing me!
Sure would appreciate more photo posting to the 2010 Lake Powell Gathering Album. Know there were more photo takers there than just Jody & I & then the three others who posted on their own albums. Also would like to see where the Bixbys Cub, Sandpiper & Chiquitita went off on their own after The gathering on the 24th. Tex did you make it a ways up the muddy Colorado? A special thanks to you for all the time & effort put into that delicious homemade ice-cream again this year & sorry I didn't operate the camera better to capture you water skiing behind Bixbys Cub in Oak Bay.
Jay
Jay
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
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
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
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
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
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
New member
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.
El and Bill
New member
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.
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.
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!
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 :lol: 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
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 :lol: 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
Saw the mouse picture & yes chomper is an apt name for it :thup 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
Jay
Pat Anderson
New member
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!
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!
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!
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
Tony
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)
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
New member
Don't forget the catsup! 
