After Desert View succumbed to the darkness we headed south to Sedona. There too the stars eluded me another night. On Friday morning we headed under overcast skies to Cathedral Rocks. Sam and I hiked all the way up to the “saddle” point and back. Then we headed to Bell Rock, where our vertical ascent […]
Parents visit – part II: Grand Canyon
On Monday morning we flew to Phoenix and picked up a rental to drive to the Grand Canyon, arriving long after dark. Sam and I went to Mather Point for star photography, but unfortunately, the sky was cloudy. The canyon, which spread before us, was completely black and invisible. We knew it was out there, […]
Parents visit – Part 1
On December 3rd, my parents flew in for a visit. The next morning we dropped off Sam at work and borrowed her car. We went to a church that mom wanted to see for its stained glass windows, then the Wende Museum, the cemetery next door, then I dropped them off at the Grammy Museum […]