Clayton, Kyndra, Ryder & Range Johnson: Lake Powell

Friday, August 6, 2010

Lake Powell

WOW what an exciting, memorable crazy trip to Powell we had. So last weekend we headed down to Lake Powell with Cole and Jackie. We got there around 6:30 Friday night unloaded ALL our crap into the boat and I mean crap we had so much it was ridiculous lol so we unloaded the boat and Cole went and parked the truck and trailer. While we were waiting for him to come back we were just kinda flaoting around and Jackie says "there is water on my feet" so we kinda start freaking out Cole finally made it to us and we tell him about the water lol more water keeps coming in and Cole tells Clayt to go to shore but does Clayt listen NO lol more water keeps coming in so I yell at him to go to shore ha so he finally goes the boat dies right when we get there and wont start and more water has come into the boat. So we jump out and start taking our stuff out of the boat. Some guys come over and ask if we need help so we said yes they are drinking are guys are ticked and Jackie and I are just laughing. So water is halfway to the seats in the back of the boat the engine is covered the back of the boat is almost under water they guys got buckets and started throwing out the water. They finally got enough out and got the boat where it was floating again (Cole had gone to get the truck during all this) and not just stuck to the sand and pushed it up on the trailer pulled it out and water just drained from the bottom of the boat. So Cole calls the lady we rented it from to tell her and ask her what to do she starts laughing and says "oh yeah I forgot to put the bottom plug in" HAHAHA Coles laughing so we figured it was a good sign ha so she told us how to put the plug in so that's what we did. By this time is was already dark so we decided just to camp right there off shore. The guys still wanted dutch ovens and steaks so we set up and Clayt started cooking. All of a sudden this huge wind storm comes and dust is everywhere so we get in the truck and when the food was done Clayt and Cole brought us girls our food. We had to eat dinner in the truck haha when we got done we ran to our tents for bed. Not long after being in our tents it started pouring and we just layed there laughing.
Saturday we got up early and got breakfast ready and packed up camp and loaded the boat AGAIN to head to where we really wanted to camp. When we got loaded we headed out on the lake again. We cruised around and found a spot we thought would be a good place to camp. So we unloaded everything there and then went on the lake to play. We wake boarded Skied (sp) knee boarded and tubed. Ok they all did I only tubed and knee boarded for a minute lol I'm a chicken I just like tubes :) So we were out there all day having fun went to the Marina and got yummy ice cream hung out on the boat and in the water. It was a good day compared to the day before lol When it started getting dark we headed back to camp and set it all up then started dinner. It was a calm nice evening. After we at the guys went fishing for awhile but didn't catch anything lol when they got back we ate cobbler popcorn and went to bed.
It didn't rain on us until early Sunday morning but just for awhile. We got up had some breakfast and was thinking about going on the boat again but saw a big storm coming so we got in our tents and it rained for at least 3 hours so we slept and hung out in our tents for 3 hours lol when it finally stopped we decided to try out boating one more time before leaving. So we go to start it and the battery is dead (just our luck) luckily there is people camping across the lake with houseboats and other nice boats so Cole walks over there and asks them if they have cables and a jumper so they come over and jump the boat and it starts but it wouldn't charge. We left it running and headed back out. The battery still wasn't charging and water was coming in the boat again. So we went back to camp Jackie and i cleaned up camp and got everything ready while they figured things out. They went back to those other guys camp and asked for help Jackie and I look over there and they are squirting water out with super soakers HAHA then they leave and go for a test run and yell to them "it's running better thanks" so they pick us up and said "we're going wake boarding" So we went one last time and they all had fun skiing and wake boarding. They all had a couple of hard crashes and were so sore from the day before and said they were done so we went to camp loaded everything and went back to shore and loaded the boat and headed back home. It was a fun trip and definitely one we won't forget. Can't wait to do it every year but with Tyler and Lacey next time :) thanks for a fun weekend Cole and Jackie.

P.S LOTS of pics and no pics of us almost sinking the boat :(