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Before leaving
for Lake Powell...
tradition has
been, we say the "Our Father" together for a safe
trip!
(Fr. John this
year gave us all his blessing)
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Michael
flew Tara, Jean and Mary over Lake Powell |
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Michael
fueled the airplane...
and
then we flew from Mesquite, Navada
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| Michael, Jean |
Mary, Tara |
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Road to Zion into the 1.5 mile
tunnel |
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view of Wahweap Marina |
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Going
around the dried passage way from Wahweap...
adding
1 hr. to our trip |
"Cookie Jar" |
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| "Last Chance" |
"Rock Creek Bay"
...our cove |
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...another
view of our cove |
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| Dangling Rope Marina |
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Rainbow Bridge
(Michael
and Tara were engaged here in 2004)
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| View of Rainbow Bridge (where
the water ends) |
...canyon
next to Rainbow Bridge |
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main channel |
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Glen
Canyon Dam |
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Heading
out on Lake Powell...the first day
David,
Preston, Michael, Tara, Paul
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| Tara, Heather, Summer, Sidney,
Marisa |
Early the first morning...Michael
on the air chair |
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Michael...pulls
Mary on air chair |
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Water
balloon launching (Michael, Den, Josh)... |
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and
the girls (Summer, Marisa, Sidney) are the targets! |
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Gearing
up for another plan of attack! |
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Girls
surrender.... |
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| Jean with David Day |
Den, David |
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| Tara, Michael |
Bob |
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| David, Den |
Michael, David |
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| Michael's conga line |
Nick slides onto the tube |
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Heather |
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| Sidney, Tara, Summer |
Summer |
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| Simone |
Josh |
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| Jared |
David |
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Our
night to cook dinner for 3 houseboats (29 people)
(Tara,
Paul, Michael, Josh, Den)
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| making memories... |
David |
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| Mary gets up from dinner...another
photo opt! |
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| Poker on Jean's boat |
Den cooks an early morning
breakfast |
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Kids
begin water fights early in the morning... |
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David tries to wake up Jake |
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| Den |
Tara |
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| David |
Jake |
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| Den, Mary |
Michael |
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Marisa, David |
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| Mary, David, Den |
David |
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| Mary |
Michael |
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| Michael helps Heather waterski |
Dave and Kate tries to hold
on to the ski rope |
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| Heather waterskiing 2006! |
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| Jared wakeboarding |
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Sidney waterskiing 2006! |
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| Summer, Paul, Marisa |
Den |
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| Shrimp anyone...(Jean, Gina,
Sharon) |
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More people flew
to Lake Powell...
(Frank,
Cristie, Sharon, Debbie, Marc)...now
our count on the houseboats is 34!
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| Josh, Cristie |
Paul, Preston |
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| Cristie, Josh |
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Sleepers
look like a yard sale... |
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Tara's injury! |
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| Josh, Michael |
Den |
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| Preston |
Jake on the air chair |
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| Sidney, David, Summer, Marisa |
Jared, Preston, Teddy |
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Preston
and Paul |
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| Frank, Jean |
Gina waterskiing 2006! |
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| Tara |
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Some of us
witnessed the sinking of the "Sharon Day"... |
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...Rescued! |
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Tara
and Cristie |
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| Gina, Bob |
Jean, Sharon |
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Josh
wakeboarding |
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| Den and David Day fixing the
jetski |
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Josh
(wild ride in tube) and Cristie |
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| David |
Jared |
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Tara
and Michael |
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| Three drama kids (Jake, Sadie,
David) |
David |
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Jean
and Mona |
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| Mona |
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| Den, Josh, Cristie |
Debbie, Marc |
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Frank
and David Butler |
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Mona's
houseboat cooking night...Den's health department posting |
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Mona
and David's houseboat went all out on their night to cook! |
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Backgammon
Tournament... |
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...the
party goes on |
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...so
does the backgammon tournament |
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and
on... |
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...and
so did the backgammon! |
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| The kids caught fish! |
...time to wash hair (Mary,
Cristie) |
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Josh
won the tournament but Frank plays him double or nothing! |
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Skipo
and Cribbage |
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Spectatular
sunsets! |
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| A rainbow too! |
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Fun
Memories |
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| Cristie wakeboarding |
Cristie, Michael, Paul |
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Michael
takes off on the wakeboard from the houseboat |
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David
Butler wakeboards |
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| Tara, Michael |
Frank, Mary |
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Excursions
down canyons... |
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Jean
and Frank |
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...gave
a tube ride but they were the ones who ended up in the water! |
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Sadie wakeboarding |
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| Tara and Michael baking cookies |
Tara and Cristie doing dishes |
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...the
dinner was the best because Josh, Cristie, Michael and Tara
cooked it ALL for our dinner night! (34 people) |
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| Our Blessed Mother always comes
with us to Powell! |
Michael, Josh |
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| David |
Tara, Michael |
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...and
the sunsets don't get better then this! |
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Our
fireworks lit up the night sky and echoed off the canyon walls! |
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Nick, David |
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| Sharon passing out veggies
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| Michael |
Josh |
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Grandpa
Frank waterskiing |
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Paul |
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Unknown
crazy jumper on cliff...jumped! |
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Feeding
carp licorice at the gas dock |
...and the end of Lake Powell
Pictures! |
