Lake Mary overnight.
Hello all once again! Just wanted to hit up the blog real quick. I actually am on my way to work so I have limited time. This past weekend turned out to be quite spectacular. I headed out Lake Mary road just to see where I ended up. I was hoping to lose some elevation so It would be warmer but the road turned out to be closed. I thought for a minute to ride down it anyway but then a large piece of snow blowing equipment came around the corner. I took it as a sign not to go that way. I headed out toward Mormon Village (where the detour went) and the roads were narrow with snow and at that time poor lighting. So I turned around and ended up throwing my hammock up on the far side (from flagstaff) of Lake Mary.
It was a very pleasant evening. I got a lot of reading done. And a little exploring too...but not too much. I needed to keep my shoes dry. Still quite a bit of snow there. The sunset was amazing. I kind of over did it on taking pictures of it. But wow! I LOVE the Arizona sky. Always has a surprise for ya.
As the night went on...I had a small pack of coyotes enter camp...and do their howling dance less than 150 feet from my hammock. Pretty cool but really creepy at the same time. Then later I could hear them...or other packs all about in different locations...all through the night.
After staring at the dark night sky (the moon was just a small crescent) and watching shooting stars fly across the sky I finally fell asleep. Only to be raised by a sound that from slumber I thought someone dropped a large metal object right next to me...then I was like no...maybe it was thunder...?
Turns out after listening for a couple minutes it was just the Ice on the lake re freezing. It had been around 50 deg that day and at night it was still well down in to the teens or even single digits? But the lake was cracking. And if anyone reading this has ever heard this sound you know it is a weird loud sound that echoes of the banks...only to make it louder. It was AWESOME!
Super trip...the only thing that bugged me was the layer of ice on my sleeping bag in the morning. But...shoot...that isnt really anything bad...it is to be expected.
Anyway...thanks for following along. Once again...sorry for all the landscape shots in the photo account. Hope you all are having a great day!!! All right...back to work!
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It was a very pleasant evening. I got a lot of reading done. And a little exploring too...but not too much. I needed to keep my shoes dry. Still quite a bit of snow there. The sunset was amazing. I kind of over did it on taking pictures of it. But wow! I LOVE the Arizona sky. Always has a surprise for ya.
As the night went on...I had a small pack of coyotes enter camp...and do their howling dance less than 150 feet from my hammock. Pretty cool but really creepy at the same time. Then later I could hear them...or other packs all about in different locations...all through the night.
After staring at the dark night sky (the moon was just a small crescent) and watching shooting stars fly across the sky I finally fell asleep. Only to be raised by a sound that from slumber I thought someone dropped a large metal object right next to me...then I was like no...maybe it was thunder...?
Turns out after listening for a couple minutes it was just the Ice on the lake re freezing. It had been around 50 deg that day and at night it was still well down in to the teens or even single digits? But the lake was cracking. And if anyone reading this has ever heard this sound you know it is a weird loud sound that echoes of the banks...only to make it louder. It was AWESOME!
Super trip...the only thing that bugged me was the layer of ice on my sleeping bag in the morning. But...shoot...that isnt really anything bad...it is to be expected.
Anyway...thanks for following along. Once again...sorry for all the landscape shots in the photo account. Hope you all are having a great day!!! All right...back to work!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/biketour2009/sets/
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