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Apr 13, 2021
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jkccoug
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You make a good point; as a dad it might actually kinda suck
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The only trips I’ve ever regretted taking have been to lake powell. Three times
Slim
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4/13/21 9:51pm
I think it could maybe be OK if
SJS
4/13/21 9:53pm
You’re doing it wrong.
RalphWiggam
4/13/21 9:54pm
You make a good point; as a dad it might actually kinda suck
jkccoug
4/13/21 9:57pm
Yes. He would probably enjoy vacations more if he were a kid with no responsibilities. He should try that
YIsForBrigham
4/13/21 10:08pm
RE: Yes. He would probably enjoy vacations more if he were a kid with no
RalphWiggam
4/13/21 10:14pm
I’ve never been but many people who have seem to think it’s the best possible
jkccoug
4/13/21 9:55pm
I’ve been many times. My wife and kids love it. I hate it. But I keep going because they enjoy it
Slim
4/13/21 9:56pm
I wholeheartedly agree.
LeftOfNormal
4/13/21 9:56pm
My in-laws plan a trip that we are expected to go every year.
Superman21
4/13/21 9:57pm
Those hot nights are rough when you have no AC.
Ojiisan
4/13/21 10:06pm
that's overbearing to expect you attend every year.
Mayor of Cougartown
4/13/21 10:06pm
We have to chip in. I never know how much my portion is going to be.
Superman21
4/13/21 10:24pm
it's crazy how much the Gas bill ends up being after the houseboat, toys
Mayor of Cougartown
4/13/21 10:27pm
Only in comparison to the other places you go
Great38
4/13/21 9:58pm
If you go in the heat of mid summer, it can be rough.
LifeLongLakerFan
4/13/21 9:59pm
With or without a houseboat? All the people I know who love it seem to have been
777
4/13/21 10:02pm
I’ve been on a super nice houseboat. Still worse than going to almost any nice beach.
TCuz
4/13/21 10:03pm
I’ve been to lake Powell with a houseboat. It was less awful than camping which is what my in laws usually do but still
Slim
4/13/21 10:05pm
It doesnt cost all that much to rent toys.
Backcountry
4/13/21 10:06pm
We weren’t Uber rich. But we always rented a houseboat when we went
RalphWiggam
4/13/21 10:07pm
Honestly sounds amazing
jkccoug
4/13/21 10:10pm
If you’re 11. Which one of my kids is. Which is why I suck it up and keep going back
Slim
4/13/21 10:19pm
I've been with and without a houseboat. Amazing with, horrible without.
shimmy
4/13/21 10:26pm
Baffling opinion. Theres no better all around vacation.
Backcountry
4/13/21 10:04pm
Have you been....literally ANYWHERE else? Heck I’ve vacationed to Phoenix AZ before and had more fun
Slim
4/13/21 10:06pm
Been to 47 US states and Mexico. Youre doing Powell wrong.
Backcountry
4/13/21 10:10pm
I’m in Costa Rica right now. Next time my in laws suggest Powell I’m going to suggest they spend the same amount of
Slim
4/13/21 10:15pm
Im sure Costa Rica is great. Not Powell great though.
Backcountry
4/13/21 10:16pm
RE: Im sure Costa Rica is great. Not Powell great though.
Slim
4/13/21 10:17pm
I'm a huge fan of Powell and that's crazy talk
UVCoug
4/14/21 11:39am
I have never done it with kids. I can see how that would suck.
Backcountry
4/14/21 12:45pm
Besides the other 1000’s of better ones I’m sure you’re right. I had a blast at Powell but it’s not in my top 30 trips
TEXAS
4/14/21 7:08am
I've never had access to a house boat.
HuskerFan2
4/13/21 10:10pm
My point exactly. The last time I went to lake Powell I remember thinking “wow the money I paid for this boat and gas
Slim
4/13/21 10:11pm
Lake Powell looks beautiful to me. The water looks like fun.
HuskerFan2
4/13/21 10:14pm
Powell is almost always expensive, but not having your own ski boat to bring
garyfan
4/13/21 10:21pm
Only good if you have a houseboat and like Boating and or swimming ALOT
Mayor of Cougartown
4/13/21 10:11pm
Oh you can camp there. Some of the most awful nights of my life have been spent in a tent in Lake Powell. The houseboat
Slim
4/13/21 10:13pm
yeah man, tent camping at LP has to be a hard no.
Mayor of Cougartown
4/13/21 10:13pm
I go twice a year with a houseboat and it’s the vacation my kids
BLUEGRENADE
4/13/21 10:13pm
My kids like it because they like wakeboarding and boating and their cousins
Slim
4/13/21 10:17pm
ditch the cousins next time. (I mean, before you leave home. not at Powell)
yahtzee
4/13/21 10:18pm
Guy who doesn't like boating doesn't like boating vacation? Weird!
Plato
4/13/21 10:24pm
It will all be dried up and gone before long anyways.
mightybrick
4/13/21 10:21pm
I go every year and after 1 day I can’t wait to get home. Much better vacations
pink22
4/13/21 10:23pm
Powell doesn’t suck. It’s an amazing place if you do it right. But it can suck
BlooCoog
4/13/21 10:25pm
You ever been stuck on a houseboat for a week trying to keep a life jacket on a kamikaze 3 year old? Good times
Slim
4/13/21 10:27pm
I’ve camped on the beach as a kid, stayed in a houseboat as an adult
USMCdad
4/13/21 10:31pm
Camping there sucks. House boat is great
Jericho
4/13/21 10:35pm
It’s one of the best vacations ever. This is laughable. I’ve traveled and lived
idacoug
4/13/21 10:40pm
I don’t love houseboats or toys. I love good beaches and good food (prepared by someone else) and foreign cultures
Slim
4/13/21 10:42pm
As do I. But we have great food at Powell...
idacoug
4/13/21 10:47pm
Me too! But since foreign countries are closed I might get a houseboat this year
Plato
4/13/21 10:47pm
Beach gets old after about 90 minutes.
Backcountry
4/13/21 10:52pm
I lived on a SW Florida beach for 3 years and it was cool.
Backcountry
4/14/21 12:49pm
You're going with the wrong people at the wrong time with the wrong machines and
johnnycarson
4/13/21 11:26pm
This has been an eye opening thread
Medute
4/14/21 4:59am
I went a lot as a kid and worked in wahweap marina for two summers during byu.
creameryon9th
4/14/21 5:18am
We rented a big houseboat last year. Get down day of. Too windy to launch
BIG XII Coug
4/14/21 6:11am
that story seems like good warning to others to buy trip insurance before attempting this kind of trip with rental boats
byujag
4/14/21 7:19am
Trip insurance does not cover inclement weather
BIG XII Coug
4/14/21 8:41am
They also told me I was free to launch the boat but they said it was too
BIG XII Coug
4/14/21 8:42am
When I was a teenager, we did houseboat on Lake Powell twice, and they were probably my favorite vacation
Clark Addison
4/14/21 9:40am
It’s a gorgeous place to drive around and photograph....but yeah I don’t
ByuImaginesDragons
4/14/21 11:05pm
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