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Lake Powell 2010

First adventure of the trip...the truck pulling the boat runs out of gas. A miss-communication on gas leads to not enough gas to get to the next town. This also lead to "running out of gas" jokes the entire trip.

TJ and Jared filling up the truck
No boat is complete without a pirate flag, apparently.

Erik, Jared and Jeff, arrrr matey

Erik and TJ

The boys and kids had adventures exploring while the women did this...

My toes
This truly was so beautiful. If you've never been to Powell, it's one of those places that will take your breath away.

TJ jumping the wake

It wouldn't be a boating trip without knee board wars. Please don't try this at home. It really is as stupid and dangerous as it looks.

GOAL: push the other person off of the knee board. Anything is fair game.
Technique #1: Spray them until they can't swallow anymore water

TJ spraying the water and Jeff drinking it

Jared spraying the water and TJ drinking it
Technique #2: Push them until they fall over
TJ and Erik
Technique #3: the head lock
TJ and Erik

My 10 year old niece, Samara, putting us all to shame on the knee board. She even learned how to water ski this trip, but I didn't get any pictures

The Dam Tour OR That Dam Tour (insert jokes here):
We decided to go on the tour of the dam. It was something that you have to do once in your lifetime. It was really cool...and entertaining.

Jared and Erik
Erik and Jared
The pictures above obviously need explanation. We stayed in Page, AZ, which is apparently a huge international tourist destination. We were constantly surrounded by foreigners, especially Germans. So Erik and Jared decided to attend the Dam tour dressed up in what they felt was "German" attire and had awful German accents the entire time. It was hilarious and embarrassing at the same time.

View of the lake from the dam

Looking down from the dam

The Boys: Jeff, TJ, John, Jared, and Erik

The bridge we crossed everyday

Below are scenery pictures from all over the lake

John, Jeff, and Merili on the last boat ride, sad sad day

Jack and Samara on the boat ride home

Jared, I love this boy

The last beautiful sunset of the trip.

It was a fabulous trip! We had so much fun and can't wait until next year!