Kayak Team: Rosie Miller, Dave Miller
Date: May 21, 2024
Over the past two decades the combination of climate change and drought has lowered Lake Powell’s shoreline as well as nearby channels and canyons. Local park rangers told me the lake and Colorado River has risen a couple feet in the past year due to snow melt upstream. Since we camped at the Antelope Point Marina Campground, we got a free golf cart ride from our campsite down a steep curving ramp to the marina far below. We rented a double Kayak, a two person Hobie. This kayak was different and unique, sort of like a recumbent bike. We pedaled instead of rowing with oars. I had a round dial on the left side of the kayak that I would twist to turn the rudder. It was a grueling workout for the legs. The lake water temperature was 70 degrees and air temperature 80 degrees on this beautiful sunny day. We paddled past Antelope Island into Antelope Canyon with its Red Navaho Sandstone and rocky terrain lining the shoreline. Afterwards, I decided I would much rather use a paddle/oar in the future.
