In 2002 A friend of mine, Dave Gunn, an expert rock climber and river guide who had not kayked before and I went to Lake Powell AZ. Here we were two small kayaks among houseboats, speed boats and all other sorts of powered watercraft.

The powercraft stirred the lake up like the ocean and made traveling by kayak tricky. Further, our planned campsites ended up being 80 – 100 feet above our head because the water level was so low.

Nevertheless, those early morning and late afternoon paddles among narrow canyons when everyone was off the water was magical.

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