Lake Powell.

Almost every single year since I was little my family has taken a summer trip to Lake Powell. I have always looked forward to and loved our family trips to Lake Powell. When I was little we would stay in a hotel and then make a day camp on a beach. It was a ton of fun! We would go down with different family's and would just have a blast! It was a fun way to get out of Orem and take a trip down south.

When I was in about 8th or 9th grade, my family decided to purchase a house boat. We went in on a share with the Blaylocks. The boat's name was $um-R-fun. It was a pretty big boat. We were given one week out of the year, which was the end of July, beginning of August. It was a ton of fun! Each of the kids could bring a friend and we would go park it on a beach. We would stay there all week long and sleep on top of the houseboat!

I have many memories of this boat. One of my favorites is jumping off the top of the house boat. We would do crazy tricks and have competitions. There was also a slide which was a lot of fun. Another memory I have is my brother Mike waking up at the crack of dawn and going wakeboarding when the water was glass. It was beautiful to be out on the lake and watch the sun rise over the red rocks. Another memory I have is tubing. The Baker's are champion tubers. If it was a sport, we would take state! My dad is amazing at pulling tubes behind the boat! I loved every moment of that!

This is a picture of Lake Powell one year. We went with the Babb's and they brought "The Molecule". It was awesome! It is a huge tube that you pull behind the boat, but we mainly used it to play king of the hill. It was a ton of fun! I have countless memories of Lake Powell. My family decided to sell our houseboat last year (2009) and I was so upset! I miss it. I will always remember all the family trips to...

Lake Powell.