This trip to Lake Powell was a work trip basically. Dustin and Jen went with us to help install a new stereo, speakers and ice maker. We also rewired the tv and speakers. It was a very productive trip.
We started to install the speakers and found that the new round ones fit into the old square speakers holes and covered perfectly. That started the trip off nicely. By the first night we had most of the speakers hooked up and the stereo playing music. As we took the old stereo out, we found an amp hooked up to it. We ended up using the amp for the new stereo and it works great. The old speakers had a switch on each one that enabled it to be turned off. We changed this system to one that allowed us to put switches at the dash for each zone. After the install, it looks clean and sounds incredible. A 100% difference.
The ice maker wasn't quite as simple. We got in down into the hold, but once there we couldn't find the water line. There used to be an ice maker there, but it never worked. Maybe because it never had water??? Anyway, we got to know Page Lumber very well. They had all the parts we needed.
On the way to Page to get parts, we drove through one of the worst rain storms I have ever seen there. The whole weekend was filled with rain. As we crossed the bridge across the dam, we witnessed one of the most scenic water falls I have ever seen. This video must have been shot at about the exact time we were there. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=580HhfKenws You really can't appreciate the magnitude of the storm without being there. After crossing the bridge traffic was stopped dead. It took about 25 minutes before we made it to the turn into Page. At the turn, a truck pulling a fifth wheel trailer had been buried in about 2' of mud. It had washed out from the golf course and just covered the truck and trailer. They were using a front end loader and a grader to clear the road. Every dry stream bed was raging with water. It was a beautiful sight. From the cab of the truck at least.
On Saturday we had all of our work done and the sun was out a little bit. We played on the water and explored Navajo Canyon. We took a fork that we had never been into. It was very cool.
On the drive home we blew a tire on the trailer. Dustin and I got it fixed in just a few minutes and we were on the way again.
The boat took 4 days of being open in the driveway for it to dry out. Every inch of the boat was wet.
The boys got to sleep in the master bedroom
Chaz and his muscles at the pool
Stacia's cheezer grin
Body builder Brody
Navajo Canyon
Navajo again
Brody in Navajo
JT had been in a fishing clinic all spring and he made his first Lake Powell catch off the back of the houseboat. It was a huge carp. Good thing we got this picture because that is as close as we got the the fish.
This one got away and JT learned the importance of a good knot.
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