Beer & Beauty

I headed into work this morning before the sun rose. As it began the sky danced with fire and colors! I took a whole bunch of pictures from the time it started until it was almost gone (15 minute period) and pulled over several times to snap a quick shot. My friend Linzie also had her birthday, so we went out for drinks after work.

Amazing Sunrise

I awoke to a red and orange tinted room, the sun shining off the clouds reflected the firey colors into the entire house! this was a quick snapshot that I took. I decided to just watch and enjoy it rather than race off to a good vantage point to try to take a picture which inevitably would no longer be there.

Road Trip West Day 3 (Grand Canyon Day 2)

For our second and last day at the Grand Canyon we decided to do a Hike into the Canyon. We Chose to do the Bright Angel Trail and to take it 5 miles down (5 miles back up too!) to Indian Gardens, a little Oasis in the desert. We started at sunrise.

The Bright Angel trailhead.

Funny sign

Enlarge this one; The grove of trees all the way down on that plateau is Indian Gardens, 5 miles down.

Sunrise

Back at the top, 10 miles completed! We finished in the early afternoon I think around 1:30ish. We went to a restaurant that overlooked the canyon, ate portobello burgers, and relaxed the rest of the time. Had a big fire when we got back and enjoyed the stars above, including a spectacular view of the Milky Way.

Motion

Today is my Birthday. I was walking our neighbor's dog, Dewey, early this morning around 6:45 and I could see from the window before we even started, the gorgeous purple sunrise. I was excited because I had my camera with me. Not even two minutes later I arrived at where this picture was taken. And in that two minutes the brilliant purples and blues that most people in Colorado are familiar with early in the morning were completely gone. I loved this simple metaphor for life that nothing is still. Everything is in motion, everything is moving, everything is changing. I looked up and saw the stop sign and knew this picture was even better than the fiery sunrise I had seen moments earlier, this was real and true and perfect. This symbolism rang even more true as I reflected through the day about Birthdays and how we too are constantly changing, and growing. There's no stopping a sunrise or a sunset, or even any moment in our lives. Everything is fluid and constantly in motion.