Lake Powell: Hiking to the Natural Bridge

Aside from all the PDA, we were able to enjoy another natural site on our Lake Powell tour. On the mid point of our tour we docked and were given time to hike and explore the Natural Bridges National Monument. One interesting tidbit, I believe it is one of the few national monuments you have to access by boat. If it weren't for our tour or being with someone who knows the area you might not even know it existed.

Lake Powell and a whole lot of PDA

One of the single best parts of traveling are the wild stories you are able to reflect upon and laugh about once you are home. It was not until we found ourselves in Southern Utah that we realized thousands of Europeans make what they call a "Grand Circle" tour of the national parks in the Southwest. Most of our time was spent surrounded by retirees who drove enormous RVs and people speaking French. Apparently, there is significant advertising efforts drawing record numbers of European to otherwise remote places in the United States. As part of our tour, we decided to spend a day at Lake Powell. We wanted to be able to see the lake without needing to rent a houseboat, so we opted for a scenic boat ride around the lake. Now this was not a one hour tour, but rather a seven hour tour. We were on this boat and surrounded by the same people for quite some time.

Center for Wooden Boats

Recently, I spent some time at the Center for Wooden Boats in Seattle. Surprisingly, I have not visited there in over a decade. A storm was coming, the water was dark and pristine. With over one hundred historically significant boats there were endless scenes to capture.

Every Sunday they offer free boat rides and there are a variety of different types of boats you can rent on a daily basis. If you anticipate renting a ton, you can purchase an annual pass here.

Let's go sailing

On a whim we booked a sailing promotion through Amazon Local. I normally shy away from deals like this, but this one caught my eye. I had never been out on a sailboat before and let me tell you after setting sail owning a sailboat is now on the top of my "want" list. The weather was perfection, there was a slight breeze and the view of the city is always inspiring for endless photography.

I know this is not our best photo together, I look chubby (a vicious combination of slouching, being pregnant and a bad angle) and Cameron is all squinty, but the important part is we were having a great time.

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