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Fifth day on Lake Powell  (5/5)

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24 - Sunday, June 3

Wake up at 6:10 am, the lake is like a millpond and the sky very clear. Breakfast and departure at 7:40. We cruise in Padre Bay and Padre Canyon where we're trying to see if it's possible to reach Gunsight Bay via Gunsight Pass: impossible, the pass is several meters above the water level. We leave Padre Bay to enter Gunsight Bay at 8:48. This bay is the one that is below Alstrom Point and we recognize many sites saw last week. As we're on weekend, many boats have spent the night there. Short bath at bottom of bay before continuing our cruise.

We go at 9:13 in Navajo Canyon. Just before we cross the wake of several boats at full tilt and, wham, our cooler falls down.
Around 10 am we reach the ruins and we take a bath at their feet and then turn around and stop at Navajo Arch at the top of the cliff. We had looked for it on the go without success (not much information either; not be confused with Rainbow Bridge nor Navajo Arch in Arches NP).

We leave Navajo Canyon at 11am to reach Antelope Canyon, our last visit on the lake.
On the way, we pass at low speed (obligation) to the new marina, Antelope Marina; amazing to see so many houseboats, aligned with each other.
At 11:36, we reach the bottom of the canyon and beach; backpacks threaded, we jump outboard barefoot due to water, run to shade as the sand is very hot. We start hiking (a little) in Antelope Canyon in 12:33 pm; early, large piles of debris clearly show the level of water in winter. We are now in an area somewhat resembling Lower Antelope Canyon, but less and less up tight still, very pretty and very nice. In a corner, in the shade, a wounded bird calls us: what to do? We decide to let nature take its course.
Given the hour, the sun is almost vertical and it's hot, very hot and almost no shadow; u-turn just after East Fork and we return to our boat at 1:05 pm (2.330 miles on pedometer).
I'm barely on the boat and Isabelle always on the sand that a tour boat carrying visitors arrived (only one passenger on board), its flat bottom allowed it to come up there, but it takes almost the entire width of the canyon. I finally get our backpacks on board and quickly drop off the shoes of Isabelle on awning. And then, a dialogue of the deaf is committed: the pilot asks me if I'm stuck, if I need help. I thank him, tell him no and expect he goes backward to let me pass. He finally asks me what I want, Isabelle pushes on our boat so I advance fifty centimeters, touch it and wait. It took him 10 minutes to well understand that if he doesn't go backward, I can't move. Another who had his boat license in a barrel of detergent .
Finally we go out of Antelope Canyon and find a small beach on the left of channel, for a swim and lunch. Isabelle asks me where her shoes are. And shit ; they remained on the awning (because of the other idiot) and, with boat wakes in the channel, had to fall down and sink; result: a pair of hiking shoes with orthopedic insoles lost .

We arrive at the marina at 3 pm, empty the boat and I go take the trailer while Isabelle watches boat and luggage; it is 90°F. At 4:12, the trailer is in water (I had to wait at the entrance of the park, many cars with boat queuing) and we leave the marina at 4:50 after washed and cleaned the boat. We refuel at Greenhaven with gas at $ 3.899 a gallon instead of 5.42 at Dangling Rope; especially interesting that we put 54 gallons.

We give back the boat at our renter, inspection: everything is ok, except the chemical toilet (port-a-potty): they want to charge us for cleaning ($ 50). We hit the roof! Verification: it's clean (we had rinsed 3 times at the marina), but the heat helps the tank feels a little, logic, no!
At 5:45, we leave Big Water and return to Page in our room at Debbie's where we arrive at 6:06 with 97°F. We empty the car, go shopping and dine again at Fiesta Mexicana.
Back to our bungalow, preparing tabbouleh for the following days, cooking noodles for Bolognese, boiled eggs, and finally, bath and shower. Sleep around 1am.