Canyon Lake sunset

Date: July 16, 2007
Time and Temperature: Start - 1810, 104
End - 2040, much cooler
Location: Apache Trail, near Canyon Lake
Distance hiked: About 300 feet
Elevation change: About 40 feet
The numbers:
56 Pictures taken
8 Vultures seen at one time
1 Totally awesome sunset

Ramblings: The storm clouds surrounded the valley after work today, and were closer than yesterday. Lindsey and I went out to Canyon Lake to see if we could find anything interesting. We found an awesome sunset. The clouds always look so cool around here during the monsoon rains. They also look cool in the "winter", and during spring. There aren't any clouds in June. I'm getting off track here.

I parked at the high point of the road, between the lake and Tortilla Flat, and we scrambled up a hill for a better view. It was indescribable, and my puny pictures don't even come close to capturing it. Since I can't describe it, I'll quit talking about it now.

On the way home, while we were still on the twisty mountain roads, the wind and dust hit. The mountains looked foreboding and ominous shrouded in dust. Too bad for you it was too dark for pictures. It looked like there was lightening near the house and we got rained on (just enough to make the dust stick) on the way home. Another spectacular evening in the desert.

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