The sun set at 5:17pm and the Beaver Moon rose at 5:42 pm.
We were six people this time: Ellen, RobL, KarenB. HollyW, Theresa and I with Zeke and Gretel. I got there right at 5pm. We were all bundled up, as the winds this morning during my shortened two-mile walk with the dogs was quite cold.
The sun was already behind the mountains when we started, casting a darkening shadow over the eastern foothills. We noticed a bright light just north of the border, a light that turned out to be a large house fire south of Hereford Road and South Vista Road. Brown Smoke slowly drifted in a south easterly direction.
It was rather calm tonight, with the waning warmth of the day still lingering. It was only during our short break watching the moon rise over the Mule Mountains that we were calm and sitting on rocks looking east that we weren't moving.
The moon rose, as expected, behind a layer of dust from the day's wind, but it rose fast and full. I like the view of the full moon over the valley, with lights of homes dotting the landscape and the grey silhouette of the mountains lining the horizon. Only the cold and deepening darkness got us back on the return walk.
We were back at the cars in 90 minutes. This was a fast group! We all went home as I was in no mood to go out for a beer with cold hands. Zeke and Gretel raided the water bucket as I left my backpack in the car.
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