Lake Powell!

A few weeks ago we were able to go with sam's family to Lake Powell. There were so many people in our group-close to 30! you can imagine how much food and stuff we had with us! lol anyways, Lake Powell is located halfway in utah, half in arizona in the glen canyon area. its a branch off the grand canyon so its all gorgeous red rock! the lake is sooo huge that it took almost an hour to get the houseboat out to our campsite and about 30 mins to 1 hr to get anywhere else we wanted to on the ski boat(hole in the rock, rainbow bridge).. no matter how many other house boats or ski boats were around us, it never felt crowded because this lake is so huge! after not going last summer and hearing all the fun stories of those who went, sam wasnt gonna let this opportunity pass us by again. we flew to pheonix then drove 4 hours up thru flagstaff and page to Antelope Point marina. the long process was worth it because we had a blast!! thanks to Dad R. for letting us stay with him on the houseboat and for letting us use all the water toys. Many great memories! we are planning on going every year from now on because it was so fun!

Antelope Point Marina, dad r.'s awesome wakeboarding boat:

the houseboat's fully furnished topdeck, we slept up here on mattress pads. it was fun.. also a nice place to just chill on the couches and watch a movie on the tv:

one of the coolest pics of the week, sam's tailgrab on the wakeboard, and he landed it! :)

me wakeboarding, this was right before i did an unintentional jump then faceplanted haha. still got a lot to learn :

this was our entertainment for a couple hours, the 3 teenage girls on the right would battle the 3 12 year olds on the left, it was actually pretty even wins lol:

I wasnt with them this day but thought the pics were cool... we did get to go cliffjumping the day before at a different place. it was soo fun! this first pic is of patrice, the second is jeff's sweet jump:

going mabling with the kids, steve was driving and gave some pretty wild rides, cami's face is priceless in the 3rd pic haha.. 4th pic is of me, cami, and whitney:

we had 4 jetskis total (3 in this pic).. 2 of em could get up to 70 mph! i never went that fast lol:

Hole in the Rock!! not really a hole, just a steep canyon that supposedly the pioneers came thru when they were crossing at some point. when this pic is enlarged you can see tiny tiny people not very far up. at first glance, youd think they would be bigger but it really is a huge place... this hike was so high and intense, the pic is very deceiving haha:

our group, minus patrice/eric taking pics, sitting around the plaque up ontop.. the other pics are of the amazing view:

Rainbow Bridge! dont be fooled by this pic either, this thing is MASSIVE. i wasnt expecting it to be so crazy big... pretty breathtaking. plus it was a nice easy hike, at least compared to the day before haha: