Arizona & Utah Ramblings

[teotwaki]

Late on Sunday I completed a marathon 10 day trip that included off-roading, hiking, camping, canyoneering, kayaking and houseboating.

Friday morning, 3AM departure
Friday afternoon visit Antelope Slot Canyon and later board houseboat at Lake Powell.
Saturday morning cast off for various points up river over 7 days.
Head up to Romano Mesa to camp over night
Then down to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon

A few pictures....

Antelope Canyon: Supposed to be able to see a profile of a woman with hair flowing back


Houseboat at anchor

 

[teotwaki]

high above Smith Canyon


Looking for Anasazi ruins

 

[teotwaki]

West Canyon (slot)

starting off...


getting narrower


squeezing up and over boulders


and wetter

 

[teotwaki]

deep enough to swim!

We used kids round floatie things to keep our backpacks afloat. The water was pretty cold.

This tree has been stuck forever and is seen in lots of photos.

 

[teotwaki]

Power boating up smaller canyons

 

[teotwaki]

Moon shots

 

[teotwaki]

After Lake Powell we headed up to Romano Mesa, above Padre Bay

 

[teotwaki]

Then waaaaay down to the north Rim of the Grand Canyon



ancient graffiti

North Rim view


jumping shot


packing up to go home and wondering how it will all fit


old road grader


The one ranger out there has a nice sense of humor. He and his family are in the only occupied house around the area

 

[SLOwag]

Thanks for posting up those photos, I long to get back onto a house boat on Powell and laze away for a week........

How is it exploring, motoring around and finding a spot to beach a large houseboat with the low water conditions? It's probably been ten years since I've been there.

 

[teotwaki]

Thanks for posting up those photos, I long to get back onto a house boat on Powell and laze away for a week........

How is it exploring, motoring around and finding a spot to beach a large houseboat with the low water conditions? It's probably been ten years since I've been there.

All published guide books are fairly useless. Our strategy was to launch the power boat and scout out good locations. We'd set up a tent, chairs and a cooler and "strand" one or two folks there to guard the site from rude interlopers.

 

[Pskhaat]

So...was it hotter than hell in Tuweep?:arabia:

 

[Willman]

Looks like a fun trip!

I got a lake Powell trip in Aug. coming up!!

 

[pismo62]

Looks like you had a fantastic trip. Thanks for sharing the picts.

 

[teotwaki]

So...was it hotter than hell in Tuweep?:arabia:

Hell was located near Baker at 115 degrees.

Lake Powell was up to 105 and Tuweep was only 95.

 

[Pskhaat]

Tuweep was only 95.

Downright tepid! I was at Tuweep last July right as some of the first Monsoons were rolling in for the year; about 105 in the day (not too bad) no rain that night but very humid. Hadn't rained in months but there were mossies everywhere and I ended up having to sleep in my 80 completely sealed.

The only time I ever sweated so much was sailing on my honeymoon, anchored on a too calm Biscayne Bay in August when at dusk we realized we forgot the hatch screens and had to individually sleep underneath heavy blankets lest the no-see-ums and mossies would eat us alive.

Making matters worse in Tuweep area was a wash at 36.615734 -112.846584 where coming in I barely made it across, and I mean barely. Water over the hood, mud as slick as snot underneath; didn't know if I could make it back out.