Desert Sunsets

In the red rock desert, the high canyon walls determine how long you have sunlight at your campsite each day.

At our first campsite, the sun set behind the western canyon wall about about 3:30PM. After we figured out how early our campsite became chilly, we started doing a hike up to a higher point after our campsite's sunset.

That high point is beautiful. It has a gorgeous red rock wall that reflects the setting sun.

It has rays of warm sunshine all the way until the published sunset time (which was around 5PM).

So, of course, the Duo had their photos taken in the soft sunlight by the pupperazzi.

R discovered that another dog replied a second later to every sound he made. Of course, R had to answer that other dog. And, on and on it went as R talked with himself - the delights of canyon walls that echo!

After the sun had set, we could view the colorful clouds from that high spot. The first evening had a nice one!

And we watched as it faded toward dusk.

We had to walk back to camp in the dark, using headlamps to lead the way. The sunset hikes were a great way to make the most of each day's light. As you'll see in a future post, we had a spectacular hike up there on our last night at our campsite!