Nov 6, 2008
Location: 'Chasing Sunrise', Utah

I finally escaped the confines of my poison ivy and my cheap motel room and headed out in search of a sunrise at Mesa Arch. My first night back in the desert was cold and snowy reminding me that it's time to head south for warmer pastures.

The next morning I awoke to frost covered windows and barely got Veronica started before heading out to Canyonlands National Park. I was met in the park by clouds but decided to shoot Mesa Arch anyway. I then hiked down to False Kiva and shot some more.. but the weather was less than perfect.

I camped another night out in the desert and repeated the routine the next day.. again no sunrise.. and when the sun did come out I was bombarded by Chinese photographers who stole my sunshine. But that's ok.. the light wasn't ideal anyways.. and they being from China had further to travel.

After running the dog on back roads, I headed out to Dead Horse Point where again the weather was anything but ideal.. looks like another night in the desert.

The next morning I awoke to clouds, but felt intuitively that they were going to break. So I headed down to Mesa Arch one more time to find some nice sunlight and a beautiful timelapse with clouds in the background over the La Sal Mountains.

Instead of taking the Hwy back to Moab I decided to travel cross country via Gemini Bridges. Veronica always blows my mind with her ability to act Jeep and traverse the most rugged of terrains. We bumped and shook along while Moses tore through the underbrush outside my door. With things throughout my van's interior only slightly rearranged, we arrived at Gemini Bridges late in the afternoon. I talked to Liz via cell, took a nap and awaited the sunset on the La Sals. And what a sunset it was, finishing off my tape and rounding out a great three days of shooting.

peace,
d