End of Lake Powell part of trip

Tuesday, April 29. Pleasant day, mostly sunny, hit 72, and a little breeze. At night fall, there was an eerie glow to the west of Dangling Rope Canyon. Got an early start this morning, departing at 7:15a. Enjoyed the scenery and took a few scenic photos. Antelope Point Marina doesn’t leave a lot of extra room in the channel to go by. And has many large house boats. I’ve never been there, but looks like one of the nicer marinas on the Lake. They even have valet launching. That was another option I was too cheap to consider. Lol. Interesting to see a lot of cables on the other side of the channel that I assume are to anchor their docks. The cables lie well beneath the water so do not risk tangling with passing boat props. Looked like a crow convention going on at one of the rock points. Coming into the Wahweap Bay channel, the shore looks much different. The rocks are quite jagged. Behind, to the north of the Wahweap Bay the canyons are more white in color. Castle Rock is very prominent just east of the bay. This also marks the Castle Rock cutoff that can be used at higher water levels, to short cut Lake Powell at the western end. I stopped at the Wahweap marina to top off my water tank and get a real shower! Then over to the Stateline Auxiliary ramp to pull out. Much easier loading the boat on the trailer, than to launch it. Probably helps also to only have 24 gallons of gas on board rather than 100. Total stats for this trip, 96.3 gallons of fuel burned, and a total distance of 441nm or 494 (statute) miles. 14 days on the water. After getting everything loaded between the boat and pickup, I stopped at the Page Laundromat to do my laundry. Then here to Walmart to buy some groceries, supper, and park for the night. Quite a few other campers also over nighting.Read more