Bullfrog Bay

Thursday, April 24. Another nice day. Breezy, but nice. Mid 80’s I believe. Mike texted me a photo he took back on the 21st when we were on the Escalante River. A picture of both Mystery Girl and C-Traveler at an alcove in Indian Creek Canyon.
As we progressed upstream from Lake Canyon, the land becomes a little flatter, and the canyon walls along the main channel are not quite as high. Before getting to far along, we spotted what looked like a round fender in the crevice of some rocks along the shore. I very carefully eased C-Traveler up to the area, and recoverd a very large fender! Too large really. Anyone want to trade it for a smaller round fender? Lost Eden Canyon still has the high narrow canyon walls, and is at the entry to Halls Creek Bay. Halls Creek bay use to be connected by a channel over to Bullfrog Bay, but with the low water levels, they are now separated by land. Not far into Halls Creek, I spotted something in a ravine. I beached C-Traveler to go walk up and see what it was. Just an old paddle board. Continued and caught up with Mystery Girl as the bay opened up to just a flat shallow lake. The end was through some more Cottonwood trees. Leaving Halls Creek Bay, and heading for Bullfrog Bay, we pass Halls Crossing Marina. We saw that the old Dangling Rope Marina is now floating at Halls Crossing. Not sure what the NPS plans to do with it. The removal of the Dangling Rope Marina from its position half way between Wahweap and Bullfrog has left a 100 mile length of river with no fuel in between the two other marinas. That has kept a lot of boats away from the middle of the lake. Arriving at Bullfrog, Mystery Girl and C-Traveler took on some fuel and water. I only put 20 gallons on. At $6.739/gallon!!! Traveling at slow speeds, I’m getting between 5.5-6 mpg. I probably didn’t need to put any fuel on, but better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it. In a few days when I turn around to head back to Wahweap, I’ll continue to travel at slow speed and will only need about 20-25 gallons anyway. (With today’s addition, I have about 70 gallons on board.) The additional will allow me to run a little faster if I need to. Bill found a nice spot for us to beach/anchor this afternoon. We are on the back side of a small beach with the canyon wall behind us, and can see over the beach to watch other boats going by.Read more