We weren’t Uber rich. But we always rented a houseboat when we went

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Apr 13, 2021
10:07:07pm

RalphWiggam Truly Addicted User

We weren’t Uber rich. But we always rented a houseboat when we went

And went with another family that the kids lined up and we were all friends. The family was more like cousins that you got along with. And it was great.

And the houseboat was great- AC, huge deck to sleep up top, TVs...water slide off the back...good times.

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The only trips I’ve ever regretted taking have been to lake powell. Three times

Slim Truly Addicted User

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

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.

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

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

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.

4/14/21 5:18am

We rented a big houseboat last year. Get down day of. Too windy to launch

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

4/14/21 8:41am

They also told me I was free to launch the boat but they said it was too

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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