In Which I Go Outside

This is becoming an ever more rare event, because outside is often nowhere one wants to be.  Particularly because in the Wild West (TM), the state will conveniently tell you how likely you are to die in a fire, which right now, not so much, because it's getting to be hypothermia weather.  Why do people live here? 

Nonetheless, we drove to Utah (because in America, you can just get in a car and drive places) to see the Flaming Gorge part of the Green River.  But first, and after many signs cautioning us to 'ware the falling rocks (what is this?  Legend of Zelda?) we arrived at Sheep Creek, a scenic place with very scenic scenery close to the gorge.

I like trees.

The scenic Sheep Creek, with red berries.  

My camera, disobligingly, declined to focus on the foreground. 

Sheep Bay!  Rather spectacular, really.  

Overlooking Sheep Bay, there were helpful boards explaining the view, adorned with a totally effective means of protest.  I am convinced that the proposed course of action is completely doable.  Except not. 

On to the Flaming Gorge to see the Green River!  Significantly less pixelated than my previous experience would suggest.

Maybe pixelation is a weather thing and this was a high resolution day.

Nonetheless, with preconceptions shattered, we forged on.  Past weird twisted and dead trees.

Past shrubs with bloody leaves!

Past ooky green gunk that dries onto rocks and invites carrion crawlers to attack.  My sister and her oh-so-swanky Longbow of Speed and +2 arrows scorns carrion crawlers.

The technical term for this is "ooky stuff"

Past more rocks, and rocks with lizards, and rocks with caves, and rocks with waterfalls, and rocks with orange lichen.  

That was when we decided we'd had about enough outdoor adventure for the day and returned to our climate controlled metal shell and drove back home to Wyoming through a spectacular sunset.

The sun turns the rocks red.  

Only there is shadow under this red rock. 

(Come in under the shadow of this red rock.)

I will accept snow if it is on high mountains

Today, I am back inside.  I intend to stay here for awhile.