This morning we got some birds in Merlin from our tent. Then we took a few photos of the rising sun in this cool spot.
We loaded up and headed out for our 8 mile hike. It was a bit of up, down, up down hiking but then somehow I lost the trail and we ended up hiking farther than we needed to, but saw some cool rock stuff. All in all it wasn’t bad just extra sandstone walking. We also had dirt walking and rolling sandstone with Navajo Mountain looming in the background dusted with snow. Sigh. It was getting warm and windy so we were happy to make it to the almost viewpoint.
We decided to camp in the most sheltered place we could find. It wasn’t far from the overlook but was far enough that we could be away from the crowds. Spoiler alert, the crowds never happened! We ended up seeing one day hiker for maybe 10 minutes and that was it as far as people. So cool to be the only ones out in this remote place! We passed probably a dozen people that were coming out as we were going in so we timed it just right.
We dropped our packs and headed over to the view we came to see that lived up to the hype. We spent some time just soaking in the beauty and snapping some photos. What a super cool place - the white and the orange rocks plus the blue water and sky - sigh.
After getting our fill we headed over to our campsite that had just enough shade with a couple Juniper trees. They also gave us just enough of a wind break. We were thankful for those junipers. We ended up enjoying a little siesta under the shade of the tree and on the grass. We totally enjoyed relaxing at our little oasis just being.
We took our dinner back over to the overlook which was a brilliant idea. I thought we might see people, but we didn’t. We had just us two. (Oh happy day.) Darren had packed me in some lasagna (I love Mountain House lasagna) and we cooked up our meals and chatted and gazed out at the incredible scene. It was just the most fabulous dinner date maybe ever. Being with Darren tonight made me so very, very happy. I will remember it for a long, long time.
Before heading back to camp, Darren explored some of the slick rock up higher while I went over just a little bit where you could see a different part of Lake Powell. It’s just a neat place that Reflection Canyon area. I said a little prayer feeling extra thankful and thinking a bit of my mom and dad. I looked up to see the clouds turning pink and the sunset starting to show up.
Darren told me I should come up to the top where he had been so I did. It was another amazingly cool spot. There were some vortex (vortexes? vortici? who knows what the plural is) and then there was an exceptional view of Reflection Canyon. It gave you more of a straight on shot with a cool angle of the curves. So glad Darren found that spot.
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