Lake Powell is my favorite summer destination ever.
I went there with my Cabin cruiser over 10 years ago and took the boat all the way till my propeller start mixing mud up Colorado river. That's 400 km one-way up the lake if you don't go into one of 93 bays ;)
Stop there summer of 2017 on my way to Florida and loved the beach campground on Utah site.
With my 12' camper I got stuck in sand on campground, so off-roading is definitely not in my plans.
For years I was trying to get my close friends to go there and rent one of those huge houseboats. With 3-4 families the cost would not be that much, while we could make schedule who does the BBQ. Pulling your PWC behind houseboat would be heaven.
I plan to pull my patio boat there next year. My boat has plastic to make it a tent, while space will allow me to load enough gas to make it 200 km to next marina.
What I am getting to is that IMHO why go into back roads, where the best spots are accessible only by water.
Work on watercraft who would have long range and allow you to load camping gear.
The lonely rock campground charge $7 a night senior rate, what makes it perfect base.
