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Off the water and in the local Walmart parking lot tonight. We were treated last night by the family at the other end of the beach, to a few fireworks. That is, we could see them from where we were. They only shot off three, and they did it soon after night fall. Nice day today, with a lot of houseboats and cruisers on the water. Seemed like everyone was headed back in to either Antelope Point Marina, or Wahweap marina. We were passed by one huge triple decker houseboat towing two smaller boats, one of which was fairly sleek. It got pretty choppy in the narrows just before Antelope Point Marina, and then again past the marina. But this area is known for this because of how narrow it is, and especially when it’s transversed by a lot of boats. Alain cruised with us until we stopped at the Wahweap marina for showers. He will stay on déjà la a few more days in Wahweap Bay before he pulls out and heads back home to Tucson. After showers and lunch, we headed over to the Stateline Auxiliary ramp where we launched. It too was rather busy, but we were able to load out without a wait. Got the boat tidied up, passed the invasive species inspection, and then headed up to the hardware store to get the trailer hardware I needed. They didn’t have a stainless steel bolt long enough, but the did have a nylon lock nut. I checked my original bolt out and it didn’t have any damage from coming loose. Redds Ace Hardware kindly loaned me the wrench and socket I would need to reinstall the bolt and nut, as I didn’t have any 15/16” tools with me. I used some red locktite when I installed the nut. From there we headed over to Walmart to do some shopping and stop for the night. We decided to go get Mexican food for supper at El Tapatio (it was very good!), and then returned to Walmart for the night. Tomorrow morning we’ll get over to Lake Powell Ford early to get our new truck tires, and then start the 1600 mile drive home. I did manage to get a video of my view from the helm when loading the boat on the trailer. I had to come in at an angle due to another boat on the dock. Warning, no crash at the end of the video. Right as I got to the bow stop, the vibration knocked my iPhone off the chartplotter that I had balanced it on to record the video! Lol!Read more