Lake Powell

This past weekend we went to Lake Powell with all the Clarks. Alison(Bri's sis) drove from Minnesota with her fam and arrived here on Thursday. We then ventured to Lone Rock where we set up camp. We had this long stretch of sandy beach that we set up our stomping grounds. And with 4 tents, camping chairs, beach toys and 3 shade stands we covered a long stretch of beach. We rented a boat for 2 days and then Brian and I took our waverunners too. We spent so much quality family time together, it was amazing. Everyone had fun doing wake-boarding, water-skiing, and knee-boarding. Even our 62 year old mother and grandmother got up on her first run at water-skiing. Also take note that she never got her hair wet either....what an awesome lady. After some more fun on the boat on Saturday a storm rolled in and the wind storms are no fun with sand blowin' everywhere. We threw all the tents and "junk" wherever there was place and packed up. Luckily there was not as many losses as there could have been with all our gear. After hours of being sand whipped and getting it all cleaned up, we headed for our house. Yep that's right all 16 of us slept wherever there was a spot open on the floor. Then Sunday morning we woke to the heat and started to get Ground Zero put back together. We now had to unpack the mess and find which poles went to which tent. But that aweful s and was the biggest feat! I do have to say that I would have never thought to use a vacuum on the tents but that was the only thing that worked to get rid of it. After all the tents were cleaned, towels hung to dry and cars clean of sand we went inside for some cool air. We played games and hung out. What a great weekend full of memorable events. Thanks Howards for making the drive, and to everyone else for coming. It would not have been the same without any one of you. Hip Hip Hooray to the Clark Family Vacation!!!