1st Camping Trip of the Season!

We set sail Tuesday at noon, drove to the east entrance of Zion's National Park and camped for the night. Wednesday morning we drove south of Lake Powell to:
This is how you access the Colorado River south of Glen Canyon Dam.









Xander is so happy to be in the boat and camping! And did we mention fishing.











We launched our 14ft. PortaBoat (yes, this boat looks rubbermaid and folds up for transporting). Xander and Jason love this boat. I am the cautious one always bailing the water that inevitably comes in. Don't worry Jason is prepared and puts all of our camping gear in large garbage bags.












The view of the Grand Canyon from the water is mystical. There is just a quite peace there.




















This is our camping spot - at the famous Horseshoe Bend. Yes, click - see that beach? You can camp right there on the beach - it is super cool. - But watch out don't think about squatting or changing outside - there are always tourists watching from above with an extra zoom lense.

Well, one night in tent is enough for this trailer camping family - so we headed toward Page, AZ to enjoy Lake Powell. We stayed one night on the beach in front of Lone Rock.

The wind picked up so Friday morning packed up to venture towards home.

On the way we stopped at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. We have seen their sign a million times on the way to Powell. We opted out of the tour as it is over an hour in a bus. We walked around by ourselves instead. This is where all the abused animals you see on the news are sent to rehabilitate. It is a nice facility with very caring people. I was amazed at how large the Sanctuary actually is.

After the animal self-guided tour we started towards Coral Pink Sand Dunes. If you have not seen these dunes - they are a must! - Red sand with pine trees sticking out everywhere.

We had a lot of fun and made it back in time for the AMA SuperCross Races on Saturday Night.