Glen Canyon Dam with Lake Powell behind it and the Colorado River in front of it. Oh yeah, and my four sillies are there too!
This year's campsite: in Davis Gulch, a lovely tributary of the Escalante River.In keeping with "things I've learned on trips with my in-laws" tradition, here's a list for this trip. Unfortunately most of the good pictures are on Jake's or Tom's camera and I only have a few, but here goes anyway!
1. Two words: Su Doku. By chance I brought a Sudoku book and it turned out to be quite a hit! I had never done it before, and I wouldn't say that I'm "hooked" but I definitely find it enjoyable. One evening after the kids had gone to bed the grown-ups sat around doing Sudoku puzzles late into the night, instead of playing card games together. What a buncha nerds. Here's the problem, I am the absolute worst at it. Yes, yes, most of the others had prior Sudoku experience. But I CAN NOT accept the fact that it takes me twice as long as the next slowest person to complete a puzzle! For some reason I feel like I should be really good at it, and I'm not, so this is a new source of frustration for me.
2. My sisters-in-law are awesome. Tiffany's been part of the family for almost 3 years now, but only seeing someone a couple times a year makes it hard to get to know a person. But the more I get to know her, the more I like her. Way to go Jake; you sure found yourself an awesome girl! And Emily my dear, I bow to your Sudoku prowess.
3. Even triple-bagging garbage that contains dirty diapers and raw meat will not prevent it from completely stinking up the joint. Ew, that trash was rank those last couple of days!
4. Noah and Molly can tear it up on the kneeboard! I'll post some video when I can. I'm super proud of them both.
5. Waterskiing uses approximately 95% of the muscles in one's body. Only doing one ski run a year is not enough to keep those muscles in shape. In other words: I'm sore. (But skiing is still tons o' fun.)
This was 3 years ago; I don't have the pictures of myself skiing from this year. But I was, like, way skinnier 3 years ago so this picture is probably better anyway.
6. Zoe's smaller-sized baby doll is named Janes. Not Jane, mind you, it's Janes. Janes received her name at the beginning of the trip and was omnipresent on the houseboat. Zoe's addiction, for sure.
7. A 50-gallon tank of potable water will run out if you're not careful. We weren't. And it did. And then we boiled lake water for dishwashing. (I blame myself; I think it was my children who left the water running during hand-washing and teeth-brushing.)
This royal courtyard was only part of it; there were several buildings not pictured here. The well is on the upper left, close to the water, surrounded by a wall of rocks. It was deep enough to reach the water, like a REAL well, of course!
Note the garden, my favorite feature.
9. If the swimsuits that you ordered two weeks prior have still not shipped and you're really mad about it because you wanted those swimsuits for this trip and there's no way they'd arrive in time going UPS ground so you ask the company to overnight them, chances are they just may do so and not charge you anything extra! It never hurts to ask. And now I have this adorable swimsuit; my new favorite.
(Not me. Sigh.)
Noah and Molly with some honest-to-goodness petroglyphs.
Just look at that reflection! Beautiful.
It was a great trip, as usual! I just love that place; there are so many things to see and do that it never gets old. And, Hubs' family is just awesome and we all get along so well.
Ah, Lake Powell. See you next year!
11 comments:
I never think I miss Lake Powell until I hear you talk about it every time you go. I love that place. Great post.
love the suit. what a fun trip!
I have never been, but you make it look so fun.
Of course you're irritated that you aren't the master of Soduko. That's how I feel if someone else beats me at speed scrabble (which I learned, three toy stores later, is not a separate game from Scrabble--you just use the tiles).
Very cute suit. Good thing I've got nearly a year to get back into one.
Oooh Laurie, we have GOT to play speed scrabble sometime! Love that game.
That is definately a cute swimsuit. Where did you order it from? Suduku, however you spell it, is very addicting. I bought a book for myself when we drove up to UT. It was great entertainment while Ryan drove and those nights I was a bit bored and wanted to go to bed but not sleep. It just takes practice, you'll get better! Glad you had fun!
OH MAN........I MISS L.P.!!!!!!
I'm glad you guys could go and had a great trip. Thanks for the post.
p.s. I also miss your kids!
SUUUPER cute suit! I bet it looks great on you...who wants to be anorexic looking, anyway!? That's what I keep trying to tell myself, anyway :) haha
Glad you had fun.
Thanks for the compliment Sara. We had so much fun with your family- we LOVE your kids! We'll get some more photos and video sent to you. Oh, and thanks for teaching fun STRESS!
That WAS a fabulous trip! Sudoku, and most definately STRESS were the big hits. I'm glad you kept with the format of this post...I always remember your "10 things" mostly because they are usually the same things I learned on the vacation! Thanks for the good times, it was great to see you all!
What a great trip! We have never been there. And cute suit too - is it a Modbe? And maybe when I am not still fat I can get a cute one too. I should post swimsuit pictures from like 8 years ago!
Yes Meredith it's Modbe; their suits are all on sale for the end of the summer!
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