IntrepidXJ's Adventure Blog

I figured I would try and take a few photos of Christmas stuff before Saturday, so here’s a photo of a bow that is attached to the top of a wreath.

Saturday, December 18, 2010

After my detour into the Book Cliffs I was back on the road towards Moab for the rest of the day. The Colorado River Road was covered with snow so I didn’t make as good of time as I usually do, but I did stop for a few photos in Professor Valley on the way…

River Tower barely out of the clouds

Parriott Mesa in the clouds

Once I reached Moab I continued on down along the Colorado River. My destination was the famous dinosaur tracks near the Poison Spider Mesa trailhead. I have been by these tracks a number of times, but have never stopped to check them out before.

Dino tracks

From the dinosaur tracks, I hiked around in search of some more petroglyphs.

Back to Back Sheep

Cutouts

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Since Amanda and I woke up at 12:30am this morning to watch the Lunar Eclipse for a little bit, I decided to make this my photo of the day, even if it’s not that great of a photo. We were worried that we would not be able to see the eclipse since it was very cloudy and rainy all day yesterday and was supposed to stay that way into today. However, when I got outside and looked up, I noticed there were stars in a part of the sky and realized if we waited just a little bit longer the moon would become visible. After about 5-10 minutes of waiting for the clouds to clear, we were treated to a view of the Red Moon.

Full lunar eclipses occur about once a year, with partial ones happening more frequently. But this one was rare because it landed on the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, when the moon is high in the sky. The last time that happened was Dec. 21, 1638. And the next time will be Dec. 21, 2094

Just some of the Christmas cookies Amanda baked for my office Christmas pot-luck today.

This morning Amanda and I hiked to the Mica Mine which is not too far from our house. When we reached the mine, I took some close up photos of the mica embedded within the wall of the old mine. This was the one I liked the best.

The many different but subtle shades of the desert varnish on a sandstone cliff on the way to Mica Mine.