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These were pictures I got off Megs facebook! Thanks Meg!

Lake Powell -Day 7 -

Our last day! We just enjoyed the last day by getting whatever time on the water we could wake boarding and tubing. I was proud of myself for getting up the first time since I hadn't done it for 5 years! I even jumped! Yay! I was impressed with Tyson as well. He jumped and even tried a 180! He even landed it but had let go of the rope so he wasn't able to continue. Hunter came with and fell asleep in her little cubby!

Hunter gathered her last "she shells"! She helped her grandpa play cards. And headed back to the dock as we were gathering our things together. We had a good trip despite a couple set backs!

So, the total cost for the boat rental! $7,970.48! We could have bought a boat for that price!

The tow fee was $1,000.00. The labor is $1,500.00. Parts was over a couple grand. And the original boat rental and deposit was $2,800. Plus tax and shipping on top of that! Yeah, needless to say, I don't think we will be going on another trip this summer! Next time we will make sure to ask about insurance, which they didn't offer.

Lake Powell, We had a good time and we miss you!

Lake Powell -Day 6 -

We loaded up and headed to the Marina! We had to empty our water tanks so we didn't over flow and have a poopy mess! As we were doing that Tyson and his dad went to the boat rental place to talk and get another boat. Well unfortunately the guy says that what happened to the motor can only happen when its not in the water. Obviously that's not the case since we were driving so therefore the motor had to be in the water. But we have no way to prove it, and we know nothing about boats to fight it, so we take it up the hiney and pay the cost. He was nice about the parts, saying he would try to find used parts so it wouldn't be as much for us. So we wait till we return the second boat to get a bill! He said the motor could be $6k! Talk about hold your breath!

So they got another boat and we got back out on the lake to find a place to park the HB and enjoy the rest of our trip! We found a place close in warm creek bay. We played on the boat a little. Hunter found a little cubby that she called "HOME". Hunter got to help her grandpa reel in a fish! Hunter and Hurley were helping Brielle reel! Hurley fell in the water and Hunter screamed saving his life! Not totally, he had his life jacket on and it wasn't very deep. His head wasn't even under water. But I was so proud of her for yelling like I had taught her! We had another HUGE fire and more smores and cobbler! Just enjoyed our last night on the lake!

Lake Powell -Day 5 -

After breakfast this morning we hit the Lake for Rainbow Bridge! I was excited. My first time to see it. Grandma fell in the water while loading! Good thing it was just her legs! We got some really good pictures of everyone! It was really neat to see.

After that we decided to tour some more canyons. We went up Anasazi canyon which was a really neat one. It was then time to start heading back and find another place to move the HB. We got back onto the channel and BAM! My stomach went straight to my throat! No idea what happened! We shut off the boat and James and Tyson searched to see what they could find. They ended up pulling a black rubber piece out of the motor. That was part of the motor. A bit calming to find that we didn't hit anything and the rental place said they would cover anything technical or mechanical that wasn't our fault! So we called them, luckily we had service right then, since we were 50 miles from the marina! They said they would call someone to tow us. Right after he hung up a NPS boat came around the corner. There is NO WAY he could have hung up, called someone, them get to the boat and start it, and be there THAT fast. It was honestly 2 minutes. We were being watched over without a doubt! We later found out not only that when they called they said it would be AT LEAST 2 hours before they could get to us, but also that what happened to the motor, if we would have lost 1 little piece we would have sunk in 3 minutes! Not one adult was wearing a life jacket! Maybe James, because he is good like that, but only my 3 kids were wearing them! Blessed? I think so!

So NPS made whoever felt like they could not swim well get in with them. G&G, James, my kids, which meant me, and Jody came. They pulled us to Dangling rope where we met our next tow boat! TINY! This was going to be a LONG tow! Once again my kids did SO GOOD! He pulled us to the HB where we would unload our belongings and he would pull Tyson back to the marina so he could pull the boat out, stay overnight on shore, then get a different boat the next day. Luckily the tow guy said he would just take the boat cause he could go faster with it empty and meet the rental guy at the marina. Then we could go in the morning to the rental place.

We still didn't let it ruin the trip. Tyson took Hunter down the slide cause she was begging to go, which she didn't want to do a second time! Then Hurley wanted to go, so Tyson just caught him at the bottom. Tyson and the boys and Brielle and her friend Megan (Bings sister) played sand football and had a blast! We later had a fire and made smores and peach cobbler.