LAKE POWELL 1

We kayaked at Lake Powell for 5 days.  This is the second kayak trip we have made on this body of water.  The first was 5 years ago at the other end of the lake.  This time we were on the eastern end.  Still a lot of people out and about though as it was just the middle of September.  That was one of the drawbacks in my opinion.  A lot of the campsites were taken and lots of boats on the water.  But we had a great time and timed it just right when we left - the day after we got off the water there was a lot of wind and rain.

The campground at Halls Crossing took a hit a few days before we arrived and some of the campground had a lot of sand deposited in and around the campsites.

Lake Powell has a lot of rock walls and little inlets you can kayak in.

And some pretty neat overhangs with reflections on the rocks.

A group of American Avocets along the shore.  We see these birds in Montana in the spring.

Some pretty neat caves can be paddled in also.

Great paddling in these canyons and inlets.

The color of the water changed in different canyons.

An old cottonwood tree top.

Birds have been roosting here for many years.

Another flock of Avocets just after sundown.  A couple of these birds are already asleep.

A break in the paddling.  Bill is taking a little nap.

Don't know what kind of snake this is, but it was in a cranny of the rocks right near the water's edge.  It was a pretty small snake and would estimate the diameter to be no more than 3/4 of an inch and a couple of feet long.

This is where we camped for 3 nights.  Great place to swim and pretty well protected.

Our tent.

Click to enlarge this sequence of Zeph jumping in the water after a stick.

This dog really loves to swim after sticks.