We woke up exhausted this morning from our carbon monoxide alarm fiasco,
but we still managed to venture out to Sunset Point for
sunrise. Our motorhome was only 44 degrees when we got up
because we had to open the vents to keep the alarm from
going off. We started the day cold, and Carol never warmed
up. It was 28 degrees when we reached Sunset Point
and it felt
even colder. Carol shot for about 20 minutes before she
decided it was just too cold. I shot another 20 minutes
or so, but there were no clouds in the sky and the color left very quickly.
We returned to the motorhome and turned the heater on. We eventually warmed up and most of the day was spent catching up on emails and news from the Internet. The four days in Capitol Reef without any outside contact had put us behind.
We shot sunset at Inspiration Point, which has a better perspective of
the Silent City and the main amphitheater between Sunset
Point and Inspiration Point. The negative is that shadows
start filling the amphitheater very quickly as the sun is
blocked by the canyon rim. With no clouds in the sky, the
light show was over quickly.
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