The lake was full, the weather near perfect, at Horseshoe Bend Saturday July 19 for the 2014 Big Horn Lake Celebration, featuring free boat rides into Big Horn Canyon.
The free boat rides were offered from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
They had 10 to 12 boats lined up to give rides, three belonged to Ken Grant, two pontoons and a speedboat. Ken drove the speed boat and Keith drove one of the pontoons, Sylvia rode along with Keith to keep him company.
Darece was there from early to late keeping everything running smoothly, getting the groups together for the boats, making sure life jackets were worn by the little children. Keeping the teenage helpers on task, etc.
Sorry Ken, but I must mention, Ken's boat ran out of gas and had to be towed back to the docks. Gotta remember to check the gas tank Ken.
Some people were on the lake in Kayaks and a lot of boats and families besides the ones giving the free rides.
The tour boat "Belle" (People pay to ride this large boat, it runs up and down the canyon during the summer ) was there and left at about 10:30, it had some sort of engine trouble and had to be towed back to the dock by the search and rescue boat which was zipping up and down the canyon all day.
Riders in the boats got to see Mountain sheep right about the Montana state line. They were on both sides of the lake.
Keith's pontoon took out a group of special needs visitors from Powell. One load was almost all children, they enjoyed seeing the sheep. One load included three well behaved dogs.
Keith made six trips up the canyon, I think it tired him out.
The riders were polite and were grateful for the chance to ride up the canyon on the lovely boat.
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