Last week I took a trip to one of my favorite places, The desert in Utah. I left Boulder at noon and pulled over around 6pm to paint this. I am right off of I-70 directly north of Moab looking south.
when I woke up the next morning to my dismay, it was cloudy. I painted anyway. I am right out side of Canyon Lands National park Needles district, looking up Indian creek.
my next stop was in the park where I painted this rock formation I have admired many times in the past. You can probably tell it was still cloudy.
The sun finally started to come out later that afternoon when I painted this of some nice Junipers with "Junction Butte" and "Island in the Sky" in the back ground.
Then back at camp, with the sun low I painted the last one of the day.
The next morning was sunny, and good painting weather.
Then, I decided to hike the 3.5 miles with my kit to a place called "The Devil's Kitchen".
The next morning, I had some friends due to arrive. The first arrived right when I was putting the finishing touches on this one. It turned out to be the favorite of my friends.
The next couple of days were spent riding our bikes, hiking, and playing disc golf. Sunday morning came around and it was time to head for home, but before I did I had to stay and paint one last one. These cotton woods with their fresh budding leaves seemed to be glowing with the shadowy cliffs behind them.
