Lotsa Redrock
This is one of those vistas that made me think of the scene from Lawrence of Arabia in which TE Lawrence and Sherif Ali stood at the edge of Nefud Desert, which of course they had to cross in order to attack Aqaba by the land. And although trudging across the Nefud was Lawrence’s rather brilliant idea, when actually faced with the task, he found it less than entirely appealing.
At the edge of the harshest part of the Nefud, the stretch of sand that Sherif Ali called the “Sun’s Anvil”, Lawrence paused and stared out over the sweltering horizon. He turned to Ali and snapped, “And how much more of THAT is there?”
I know how he must have felt. Of course, Arches is no Nefud, but then I’m no TE Lawrence. Fortuantely, the stretch of land in these photos wasn’t one I actually had to cross (the photos were taken looking sideways from the trail). But that’s irrelevant to the point: I still felt as if I had THAT to cross.
Assortment
- Ice Hiking in Ryerson Woods
- A few weeks ago, Nemo dumped about six inches of snow on the Chicago area before it ganged up with a Nor’easter to sucker-punch the East Coast.
- Tundra Trails
- On Sunday morning, I decided to drive up into the mountains not because the weather was good but because the weather was gloomy. My reasoning was that any day in the mountains is a beautiful day.
- Niwot Loop Trail
- I found the Niwot Look Trail by accident. Last week, I was driving along Mineral Road on my way to Boulder and the evening light was so beautiful that I pulled off on side road so I could stop and take a picture.
