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SeattleUte · 07-21-2008, 08:11 PM

poll

TripletDaddy · 07-21-2008, 08:42 PM

Bull Frog, a houseboat, and a week off.

Some of my best vacation memories.

MikeWaters · 07-21-2008, 08:50 PM

http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal...houseboa-2286/

Free fillup at the end.

ute4ever · 07-21-2008, 08:54 PM

This poll has three negative responses and only one "I love it."

I don't hate it, but I don't love it either. I enjoy it for a few days here and there.

ERCougar · 07-21-2008, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by ute4ever

This poll has three negative responses and only one "I love it."

I don't hate it, but I don't love it either. I enjoy it for a few days here and there.

Agreed...
Fun place, but a backpack through Coyote Gulch will help you see the Sierra Club's POV.
I'm kinda torn.

creekster · 07-21-2008, 09:00 PM

Does anyone know if the dam was removed whether the canyon would return to its original condition or would the sediment harden and remain in place?

Even though a native Utahn, I have never been to Lake Powell.

TripletDaddy · 07-21-2008, 09:06 PM

For those that do not love it, are you on foot or are you spending your time waterskiing, wakeboarding, riding wave runners, cliff jumping, boating, and otherwise destroying the ecology? Not to mention the BBQs, campfires, and general lack of garmenty goodness.

I guess I dont see how people could go waterskiing for a week at Powell on a houseboat and hate it.

We always try to branch out and do some hiking, but it gets too hot for land stuff.

ute4ever · 07-21-2008, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

For those that do not love it, are you on foot or are you spending your time waterskiing, wakeboarding, riding wave runners, cliff jumping, boating, and otherwise destroying the ecology? Not to mention the BBQs, campfires, and general lack of garmenty goodness.

I enjoy the all of those things, but they are always accompnaied with 95+ degree heat, a substandard houseboat, uncomfortable nights rests, and five days of water cooler food.

Overall it is fun, but I don't love it.

SeattleUte · 07-21-2008, 09:15 PM

Here's what I like best about Lake Powell:

Fishing for striped bass in the alcoves and being able to take a dip when it gets too hot (but I have concerns about cleanliness of the lake);

Fly fishing below the dam (this would be the biggest loss if they blew it up, IMO);

Hiking among Anasazi ruins (but they immresed a lot of these, didn't they?).

ERCougar · 07-21-2008, 09:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

For those that do not love it, are you on foot or are you spending your time waterskiing, wakeboarding, riding wave runners, cliff jumping, boating, and otherwise destroying the ecology? Not to mention the BBQs, campfires, and general lack of garmenty goodness.

I guess I dont see how people could go waterskiing for a week at Powell on a houseboat and hate it.

We always try to branch out and do some hiking, but it gets too hot for land stuff.

You'll note that no one HATES Lake Powell. There's just a lot of really cool stuff that's now underwater. Who knows if it would ever retain its original beauty.

One thing I know--Glen Canyon Dam would NEVER happen now. Maybe that's a good thing, maybe it's not.

View Poll Results: Lake Powell
Not too fun for me, to each his own.	7	21.88%
Yuck!	0	0%
I love it.	19	59.38%
Blow up that dam.	6	18.75%
Voters: 32. You may not vote on this poll

07-21-2008, 08:11 PM	#1
SeattleUte fairlds.org Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 10,665	Lake Powell poll __________________ Interrupt all you like. We're involved in a complicated story here, and not everything is quite what it seems to be. —Paul Auster

07-21-2008, 08:42 PM	#2
TripletDaddy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 9,483	Bull Frog, a houseboat, and a week off. Some of my best vacation memories. __________________ Fitter. Happier. More Productive. "Everyone is against me. Everyone is fawning for 3D's attention and defending him." -- SeattleUte

07-21-2008, 09:00 PM	#6
creekster Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: the far corner of my mind Posts: 8,711	Does anyone know if the dam was removed whether the canyon would return to its original condition or would the sediment harden and remain in place? Even though a native Utahn, I have never been to Lake Powell. __________________ Sorry for th e tpyos.

07-21-2008, 09:06 PM	#7
TripletDaddy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 9,483	For those that do not love it, are you on foot or are you spending your time waterskiing, wakeboarding, riding wave runners, cliff jumping, boating, and otherwise destroying the ecology? Not to mention the BBQs, campfires, and general lack of garmenty goodness. I guess I dont see how people could go waterskiing for a week at Powell on a houseboat and hate it. We always try to branch out and do some hiking, but it gets too hot for land stuff. __________________ Fitter. Happier. More Productive. "Everyone is against me. Everyone is fawning for 3D's attention and defending him." -- SeattleUte

07-21-2008, 08:50 PM	#3
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal...houseboa-2286/ Free fillup at the end.

07-21-2008, 08:54 PM	#4
ute4ever I must not tell lies Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 5,103	This poll has three negative responses and only one "I love it." I don't hate it, but I don't love it either. I enjoy it for a few days here and there.

07-21-2008, 09:15 PM	#9
SeattleUte fairlds.org Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 10,665	Here's what I like best about Lake Powell: Fishing for striped bass in the alcoves and being able to take a dip when it gets too hot (but I have concerns about cleanliness of the lake); Fly fishing below the dam (this would be the biggest loss if they blew it up, IMO); Hiking among Anasazi ruins (but they immresed a lot of these, didn't they?). __________________ Interrupt all you like. We're involved in a complicated story here, and not everything is quite what it seems to be. —Paul Auster