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- From: davidm@meaddata.com (David Miller)
- Subject: Re: Houseboating on Lake Powell
- References: <1992Oct6.211711.19472@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> <1992Oct8.183941.25931@pony.Ingres.COM> <1992Oct9.122439.9365@pdn.paradyne.com> <1992Oct12.185202.8739@dbsun.uucp>
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- Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 11:49:07 GMT
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- In article <1992Oct12.185202.8739@dbsun.uucp>, meyer@dbsun.uucp (Don Meyer) writes:
- |> I really appreciate the information posted so far on this topic.
- |> We have called the houseboat place, and the only one with any
- |> available (for the period we desire) is Hite, the northernmost of
- |> the marinas. Assuming we would not be traveling down to
- |> the lower portions of the lake (time), is the scenery up north
- |> worth it? I'm asuming there is a reason that Hite books up last.
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- Hite is simply the most remote of the marinas, measured from So. Cal.....
- I thought the lake was wondeful everywhere (but I only made it as far up the
- lake as the Escalante...). Since the lake is a flooded canyon, more of it is
- under water down by the dam. Next summer, we're going out of Bullfrog, and
- heading up the lake first.
-
- |>
- |>
- |> Here are the phone numbers of the "Houseboat Marinas":
- |> Advanced reservations (all): (800) 528-6154
- |> Wahweap: (602) 645-2433
- |> Bullfrog: (801) 684-2233
- |> Hall's Crossing: (801) 684-2261
- |> Hite: (801) 684-2278
- |>
- |> According to one of the pamplets we recieved, publications may be
- |> ordered via the reservation phone number. A sampling:
- |> Houseboating On Lake Powell by Bob Hirsh (94 pp, $6.95)
-
- This was OK. Given the cost of the trip, spend the $7. It has some good tips.
- |> Planning & Enjoying a Lake Powell Houseboat vacation (24 pp, $1.00)
- |> Video: Lake Powell Houseboating (31 min., $19.95)
- If this is like most other things, it is all promo.
- |>
- |> Don
- |> --
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- |> meyer%dbsun.uucp@wupost.wustl.edu ||| I am at two with nature.
- |> Opinions expressed are personal. ||| -- Woody Allen
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