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Lake Powell Party Boat – Alpine SoCal Rally Day 6 (Wahweap CG – Lake Powell Resort & Marina)

The Alpine SoCal Rally continued on Monday with a “Free Day” – there were no scheduled events other than our usual 5 PM “Social Hour”.

Lake Powell Rally Schedule

Everyone did their own thing today.  Our ‘thing’ was to rent a party boat and cruise around Lake Powell with 4 other couples.  The couples were: David & Nicole Guhsé, Bill & Patti Figge, Norm & Beth Cannon , Bob & Connie Bowers, and of course, ourselves.  Our wagon master for the Rally, David Guhsé arranged the rental.

We left for the Antelope Point Marina (←link here) at 7:15 AM.

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Everyone packed lots of food, snacks, and drinks.  The Marina staff piled our bags into the shuttle service vehicles that were waiting for us at the entrance.

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(L to R) Nicole, Patti, Beth, and Connie.

The staff transported us down to the docks.

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Here’s David securing the rental boat for us at the rental office / boat.

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We walked down the dock between all the house boats and party boats to find our ride for the day.

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And here it is.

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We inspected the boat.

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We got operating instructions…

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and some location tips.

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It even comes with a water slide 🙂

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We maneuvered away from the marina…

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past the other rentals and private house boats…

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and out into the lake we go…

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(L to R) Bob, David, and Bill.

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Norm made awesome Bloody Mary’s with all the fixin’s to get us started.  Mine was a virgin 😉

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Looking down from the upper deck.

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Our route for the day would take us into Navajo Canyon.

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Now take a deep-breath and follow along on our tour with this collection of photos:

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Stilla on the upper deck.

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Aaah… Life is Good!

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We stopped a few times throughout the day to jump in the water.  Here’s the first time I went  in.

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Bill on the water slide.  I took my turn next.  Bills wife Patti also took the challenge.

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Bill and I in the water.  It wasn’t cold at all – quite pleasant.

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It wasn’t long before we had pre-lunchtime snacks spread out on the kitchen island.

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David & Nicole Guhsé.

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Rare photo of us.

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David and Bill lounging on the upper deck.

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Norm takes a turn at the helm.

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And Bill takes his turn.

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Stilla on the upper deck.

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Stilla lounging on one of the bench seats.

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We stopped again for another swim.  A couple of the girls got into the water.

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I swam over to a rock island (below).

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Bill joined me on my rock island.

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We carefully picked our way back off the island and into the water.

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And then we fired up the BBQ and cooked hot dogs.  We also reheated some fried chicken and wings.

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(L to R) Stilla, Connie, Bob, and Patti.

Bill really dressed up his hot dog… it was worth a picture.

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Norm & Beth Cannon.

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There was lots of pointing going on all day by pretty much everyone… the scenery was magnificent.

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Bill and I jumped in the water one last time and swam over to the cliff edge.  Why, you ask?  Because we could.

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We headed back to the Marina to meet our 4 PM rental return deadline.

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David, Bob, Stilla.

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Check out this triple-decker with two water slides.

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View back up to the Marina office from the docks.

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We pulled into the fuel station to top off our diesel tank at exactly 4 PM.  Our fun-time was over 🙁

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What a great day!  After tallying up the fuel costs and splitting the rent for the day, each couple paid ~$130.  Not bad for a full day of fun, eh? 🙂

We got back to the campground just in time for “Happy Hour”.

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Everyone we talked to had a great “free day”.  Some couples went fishing, others went hiking, etc.,

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When the sun went down, Orville & Mary Ann demonstrated their Bonfire in a Can.  Don’t forget to check out the link.

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And so ends another fine Alpine Coach Rally day!  Stay tuned tomorrow for a recap of our Colorado River Float Trip 🙂