Our long awaited trip to Lake Powell…

Sallie’s best friend from high school, Ruth, joined us at Lake Powell for an amazing weekend. Luckily, she was a trooper and endured massive airline delays and cancellations and a 2 1/2 hour car drive to get to us, and all this after only a week out of shoulder surgery. We were so happy she made it and what a great time it was! The sunrise our first morning together was magnificent and glorious. We visited the Glen Canyon Dam at Lake Powell and made a new roadrunner friend at the pool at the Lake Powell Resort in Wahweap.

The next day, we took a 50 mile boat trip to Rainbow Bridge, the largest natural bridge in the world, seeing beautiful formations along the lake. We had to hike in a mile and a quarter to get to the bridge since the water level was so low. This trip was one of those on Sue’s bucket list and it was definitely amazing to see!

A treat for the 3 of us was renting a 44″ pontoon party boat and cruising around the lake at our leisure. Sue and Ruth tried some fishing while Sallie piloted the boat (notice WHO is wearing the Captain’s hat). Sallie was the only brave one to go off the slide too. We had a very relaxing time on the boat, barbecuing lunch and being in the warm 79 degree water.

After Ruth left for home, we went on a search for the local’s favorite, Buckskin Gulch Slot Canyon. It is the longest and deepest slot canyon in the southwest United States and may be the longest in the world. We hiked to it off the Wire Pass Trailhead. This is near the famous “Wave” slot canyon. It was awesome to be in a canyon that was so small and narrow, then opened up to a big rain wash that was responsible for this formation.  We felt as lucky to walk this as if we had “won the lottery” to walk the “Wave”. Check out the video as we walked through one of the slots.

Every night we were treated to beautiful sunsets from our RV park. The last hike we did was to the famous Colorado Rivers’ Horseshoe Bend.