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| Our day started out with a long walk on York Ranch Road |
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| Another gopher snake, this one in a canyon |
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| A twelve hundred year old adobe house tucked into the canyon |
After looking at a multi colored rock plateau for a six mile road
walk in the hot late afternoon heat it was wonderful to be on top of the
plateau. Portrait and I had dinner in the picnic area below the plateau
and then the red trail that we have been hiking north joined with the
Rim Trail for a three mile scenic hike.
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| Sun set from the Narrows |
Up top was beautiful. The rocks that made up the trail and the cliffs
overlooking the road and the valley below were Mar's red in the golden
hour sunlight. There was a strong breeze and enough clouds hovering
around the horizon that the sun's fierce heat was muted. It felt like I
had hiked more than halfway through New Mexico for an hour of perfect
weather and stunning scenery. There hasn't been much on the trail so far
that compares.
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| The Narrows, jutted out above the highway in the valley and we spent the golden hour of the day up there |
I was torn between wanting to sit and watch the best sunset I've seen
on trail yet and hiking on, throwing constant looks west, but seeing
more of this beautiful place glowing red. We hiked through sunset with a
handful of detours to the cliff's edge to catch the view. The sky
turned electric cotton candy pink and everything else was dyed red gold
to match.
Slowly the sky and the rocks lost their magic. The rocks turned from
red to a dull gray just like the clouds overhead. As we looked for a
campsite I had to wonder if they had ever been red to begin with.
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| Portrait taking in the view of the valley from the Narrows |
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| A carving in the adobe house |
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