Sorry for the lack of pictures. These are from a family trip about a year ago. I saw the one of Ava and Carrie and since it hasn't been used yet, and I like it, well, here it is! The lake looks a lot the same, except that it's coming up, fast. About a foot a day the past few days!

The flight to Lake Powell last Friday was a bit of duck and dodge. There were some low clouds in our way which we had to go around. But, we only had to change course twice so it wasn't too bad and we arrived there safe and no less sound than when we left home!

We met up with 13 friends and had a great time. Burnt just over $1,100 in gas and covered parts of the lake from Wahweap to Bullfrog Marinas. Spent a couple of nights in Oak Canyon and a night in Reflection. Reflection is nice because it's so secluded and any beach is so small that it's just yours. Oak Canyon was nice too because with four boats, we had a semi-private beach. No one outside our group joined us. The water is still a bit too chilly to really enjoy it but the air felt good since Sunday afternoon. It was chilly on Saturday but we lived.

The flight home today was fun. We had a nice strong tail wind and climbed to 13,500 feet MSL. We hit 192 knots up there thanks to the tail wind. We dropped down to 11,500 MSL for most of the flight and had 172 knots there so we covered the ground quickly. Very little turbulence to mess with us either - just a couple of bumps over the ridges. No air traffic in our way and cleared straight into Salt Lake's airspace without delay.

This afternoon the airspace will close down to GA for a couple of hours so President Bush can visit Utah. Plus, Nick had to be back at school for a class so we came home earlier than expected, under mild protest from the pilot!

Now to catch up on the projects around the house and get in a bicycle ride.....