Most people go to Lake Powell for boating, water sports, swimming, tanning, or a combination of all four. My first trip there actually involved none of those things. If you know and love Lake Powell you might say that's a shame, but we had my lovely friends and residents of Bullfrog, Crystal (featured right) and Kirk, to show us around, so really we came off better for it.
They took us offroading with the surprise ending of an all organic restaurant in the middle of a farming community called Hell's Backbone in Boulder, Utah. I swear it something right out of Portlandia, but they had the best pumpkin soup that I have ever tasted. Plus, I'm definitely a sucker for restaurant ambiance, so we may have to find ourselves back there sometime.The highlight was definitely our trip through a slot canyon, which has courteously provided the photos for this blog. There is nothing I love more than a hike that requires a little creativity and calculation to get through, so this definitely helped to quench the hiking appetite that has been stifled all winter.
With the rest of our time, we went through at least 3 landscape changes, played volleyball with the locals thanks to the Lake Powell ranger service, chased a UFO through the desert that turned out to be a kite, avoided prematurely slaughtering the cattle that like to rest on the Hwy between I-70 and the Lake, christened the barbie, narrowly missed being a part of history when the bipartisan budget crisis came to a compromise instead of shutting down government operations, such as state parks. Next time, I probably will try for a more traditional Lake Powell experience, but I am definitely not disappointed by all that we were able to see instead.
that nice arid climate looks might appealing right now. Glad you were able to have such a great time--now off to Korea--you are going to have quite the photo journal by the end of the year.
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