New Lake Powell Houseboat for 2008: Summer Sanctuary

After going to Lake Powell the past couple of summers with our friends the Harrills we decided it was time to start looking into finding a houseboat for our family. Since Yellowstone is so far away and is hard for most of our siblings who don't own an RV for camping, we decided we needed to find something the Vreekens to do in the summer as a new tradition.

Growing up we always went on summer trips to Lake Powell, Fish Lake, Flaming Gorge, and of coarse Yellowstone. Since all of us love the water and many of us have watercrafts, we decided this was the summer to to start checking into houseboat ownership. It all happened pretty fast - we went on line and "Googled" Lake Powell houseboats, came across this company called "Sunrise Peak" out of Salt Lake that specializes in Lake Powell timeshares, contacted them, and before we knew it we'd found a houseboat with the size, layout, ammenities, color, marina, and week we wanted. We made an offer, it was accepted, and a month later we were on our way to Bullfrog to spend a week on our new houseboat. There were a few unexpected surprises unfortuneately - but overall it was a great new adventure and one we hope will become a loved tradition for the extended Vreeken family.