Boating USA — March 2018

(Jacob Rumans) #1
A HOUSEBOAT PLUS A
TOW-SPORTS BOAT EQUALS A
PASSPORT TO ADVENTURE ON
LAKE POWELL.
BY HEATHER STEINBERGER
PHOTOS BY RICHARD STEINBERGER

It’s a strange feeling to
experience vertigo on the
water. Not just your average
run-of-the-mill vertigo, but
the intense about-to-plunge-
into-an-abyss variety.
Refl ections from above
blended with the shimmering
images below, and I couldn’t
tell what was stone and what
was a play of water and light.
Sheer sandstone cliffs soared
above my head and plunged
into the crystalline depths be-
low my board. I might as well
have been gliding through the
air. I attempted to balance
the desire to stare in every
direction with the need to
calm my trembling legs. And
the silence was absolute.

cruising the canyons


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