To understand why this specific trip is legendary, you have to look at the historical weather data for March 2018. Typically, Spring Break at Powell is a gamble. You might get sleet. You might get 60 mph winds that turn your houseboat into a spinning top. But for the five days spanning March 18–23, 2018, the jet stream stalled.
The "unscripted" nature meant that by Day 2, nobody knew what day it was. We woke up because the sun became unbearable inside the cabin. We ate cold pizza for breakfast because the propane stove ran out. We swam to the neighboring houseboat to borrow mustard. That neighbor, a group of off-duty fire fighters from Denver, ended up staying with us for the remainder of the trip. That is the law of Lake Powell: you share your beach, or you share your whiskey, but you cannot remain strangers. Unscripted- Spring Break Lake Powell -2018-
Paddling into the pitch-black silence under a Milky Way so bright you didn't need a headlamp. To understand why this specific trip is legendary,
To understand why this specific trip is legendary, you have to look at the historical weather data for March 2018. Typically, Spring Break at Powell is a gamble. You might get sleet. You might get 60 mph winds that turn your houseboat into a spinning top. But for the five days spanning March 18–23, 2018, the jet stream stalled.
The "unscripted" nature meant that by Day 2, nobody knew what day it was. We woke up because the sun became unbearable inside the cabin. We ate cold pizza for breakfast because the propane stove ran out. We swam to the neighboring houseboat to borrow mustard. That neighbor, a group of off-duty fire fighters from Denver, ended up staying with us for the remainder of the trip. That is the law of Lake Powell: you share your beach, or you share your whiskey, but you cannot remain strangers.
Paddling into the pitch-black silence under a Milky Way so bright you didn't need a headlamp.