Lake Powell

So friends of ours rented a house boat on Lake Powell for a week and invited us to join them. For those of you who don't know, Lake Powell straddles the Arizona / Utah border and is considered by many to be the beginning of the Grand Canyon.

I have never been to Lake Powell, never been to the Grand Canyon and never stayed on a house boat so this was all new to me.

The slide show is below but just to give some reference points:

- 11 hour drive from San Diego
- The upper deck of the houseboat had padded sleeping areas. Due to space below, I "took one for the team" and slept under the stars all week - I had a scalp full of bug bites but it was worth it!
- Yes. That is a jacuzzi. On the top deck. I KNOW!
- Annie loves the water and this was the first time we sat her by herself at the water's edge. Annie has a habit of face-planting so just out of the frame are mommy and daddy trying not to scream "Grab her!"
- Annie loves daddy's hats - she commandeered my "houseboat hat" at one point
- One of the highlights was the wife flying a kite, from the top deck, while in the jacuzzi.
- Did I mention we had company the same week we were on vacation? We came home to our dear friends with three kids of their own who had been staying at our house the week we were gone. We bbq'ed and ate outside with fancy hats.

Did I mention that the roomie ran a marathon the day we got back? All my photos are sideways and I don't have time to correct them.