Guess who was up and at it about 6:30 this morning? The ravens. It’s awesome.
I love a warm night in the tent. We were way off in our guessing of temps but I’ll take the warmth. We both slept quite well for backpacking. And the stars last night were cool as they shone bright in the sky above the two towering orange cliffs. I like our campsite we’re close to water, there’s some privacy, we’re above the trail, we have orange cliffs surrounding us, but it’s wide enough that it’s not claustrophobic.
Spent a little of the morning finding some desert scriptures (Isaiah 40:3 and Numbers 22:24) and finding an arch thanks to the sun on the side wall. I named it Raven Arch because, well, the yelling ravens. We added “we’re running with the shadows on the night so baby take my hand we’ll be alright” to our Anne Murray “Shadows in the Moonlight” song.
This place! WOW! We hiked to Big Spring (about 4.5 miles) and the whole way was spectacular! The walls, the meandering, the alcoves, the river, and just all of it was so beautiful. Around every bend my jaw would drop. At one point I got a little teary as I was overcome with the beauty and I thought how blessed I am to see this place.
After a good rest and lunch at the spring plus hiking a bit farther to another huge alcove, we hiked back to camp with shoes full of sand and water and camera roll full of pictures.
We decided to hike out some and camp under the cottonwood we saw coming in so we don’t have so many miles in the heat tomorrow. It was a good campsite and we enjoyed the evening eating dinner and relaxing.
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