The weekend of 28 Mar 08, Tracy and I headed down to Bullfrog Marina on Lake Powell to do some

kayaking.  Now, we could have rented two sea kayaks at REI in Salt Lake, but I figured it would be

easier to rent them at the marina so we wouldn't have to drive 6 hours with them on top of the truck.

Remember that: six hour drive from Salt Lake to Bullfrog.  Well, we called and asked if they had two

sea kayaks.  They said yes.  We asked if they had two hatches in them for gear to ensure they were

actually sea kayaks.  They assured us they did.  Then we said, "Now, they're not sit-on-tops, are

they?"   They assured us they were not sit-on-tops.  So we were happy and we rented to kayaks for the

weekend.  Then we drove the 6 hours down there, and went to get the kayaks.  The lady showed us two

nice sit-on-tops.  She said that was all she had, and they would have never told us they had sea

kayaks.  Well, you can't take overnight gear on 35 degree nights in a sit-on-top on Lake Powell, so our

kayaking plans were busted.  No big deal...I've decided this area around Robber's Roost needs more

exploration, so we headed out.  We drove around some, and then we hiked Trail Canyon (Google Map)

down to Trachyte Creek, and then up to Maidenwater Canyon.  We turned around at Maidenwater, but

the hike was really nice.  We've done two canyons (Swett and Trail) off of Hwy 276, though, and they

were both really rocky, and tough to hike on.  They were pretty, though, and we didn't see anyone at

either canyon...that was nice.  After leaving Trail, we checked into a hotel in Ticaboo that turned out to

be pretty nice, because I was starting to get a bad sore throat.  We then drove up the Burr Trail Road

towards Capitol Reef.  We found some outstanding views of the Waterpocket Fold at the Halls Creek

Trail.  We definitely want to come hike back here...it was very remote and pretty.

The next day we headed up to Hwy 95 to check out some canyons we had seen heading out of the

North Wash Canyon.  We went to Leprechaun Canyon (Google Map), and had a great time.  This was

one of my favorite canyons I have found up to this point.  It wasn't very long, which was its only

drawback, but it had some tall, narrow sections with a very skinny slot that was only a few inches wide

at the top, but wide enough to walk through at the bottom...very cool.  It felt like a cave in a few places.

There were several other canyons heading out of North Wash Canyon, and with all the slickrock around

this area, we definitely want to check it out some more.  So we found two areas we want to hike

more...we'll never hike everything in this state!  But despite the bust on kayaking, we had a great trip.  I

did develop a cold, but no big deal.