Beach 20 (Padre Butte area)

An easy 37 miles today, and we are back at the same beach we stopped at our second night here. Close to river mile 20, or just west of Padre Point. We don’t have the entire beach this time, as there are two more cruisers beached at the other end. Just stayed in the main channel of Lake Powell, enjoying the scenery along the way. So, I tried the Kicker again today. It ran fine for a while, but then died again. Seems to be getting fuel ok this time. But the engine seemed pretty hot, and later on after it cooled off and I started it again, I noticed the pee stream was hotter than I thought it should be. Guess I’ll be digging deeper into it at home. Actually, I did run it again at the beach here. Started right up. I put it in gear and ran it for about 10 minutes at around 50% throttle. Worked fine, however the pee water was too hot to hold my hand in. I won’t do anymore with it until I get home. I’ll see if it has a thermostat and run a compression check… Took a few photos today along the way, but mostly left the camera down and just enjoyed the scenery. It’s a very sunny 74 out right now (3 in the afternoon), but feels much warmer. Light breeze when we were out on the water in some areas, but we’re not feeling it here, probably with the land west of us providing protection. Rosanne and I walked long the beach a bit, and then Alain and I went back out for a walk. Maybe some trackers are reading this that can tell me what kind of animals are making the tracks along the beach. We have 20 miles left to go tomorrow, so should get back to Wahweap by lunch time.Read more