Denise and I arrived and a few cars were there, but not any I recognized. Bob and Pat pulled in shortly after us.
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| Pat, Bob (checking his phone) |
So, it might really be that Bob was actually already checking a picture he took with his phone as he was deciding where he wanted his spot to be.
Denise had never been to this location before so I took a walk with her down the trail to the red rock overlook area. That's where the top picture was taken -- you can scroll up to the top of this post to see what I mean -- it should only take you a second as we're only one photo down.
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| Denise -- Bob far back left still checking his phone |
As we started down the trail, we saw someone heading out way. It turned out to be Barb, she got there early (so one of those cars) and went down to the place from the photo at the top and found her spot. Only thing is, she got herself all set up and realized she didn't have a pencil, so walked all the way back to get one. The rest of us hadn't taken our stuff with us. We left it in the car while we wandered, otherwise I could've given her one, although she wasn't that far from her car at this point.
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| Barb |
So, we continued on, debated about making that our spot and then headed back to the car for our stuff. At that point we met up with Barb once again as she was heading back to her spot, pencil in hand. She had some followers though.
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| Barb, Kris, Nita2 |
Barb wound up getting to her car as Kris and Nita2 pulled in, so she showed them the way to where her spot was.
We stood and chatted for a bit and Kris ultimately decided to turn around and go back to the area by the cars where we left Bob checking his phone.
Oh, here's a better view of Nita2 -- I didn't recognize her at first -- I don't think I ever saw her without a pony tail before.
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| Nita2 |
I stopped to take in the view along the way.
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| Pretty View |
So, just in case you didn't recognize it, that's Cathedral Rock from the other side.
Oh, and here's Bob in the spot he decided on.
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| Bob in his spot |
And, standing where I took this photo of Bob I just turned to my right and
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| Kris |
There was Kris in her spot. But, she wasn't alone. My spot was not far over from her and Denise's was to my right.
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| (L to R) Kris, my spot, Denise |
As we were starting to pack up (once again those 2 hours go quick), Pat came along with her stuff and stopped to talk with Denise as the rest of us gathered our stuff.
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| (L to R) Kris, Denise, Pat |
As you can see, the location right by the cars is actually quite pretty. So, if you're not up to doing a little trail meandering, you can park it right there and find plenty of spots.
Had to text Nita2 to see if she would be joining us, Barb elected to stay where she was and continue painting. So, we never saw Barb's painting. But here are the rest of them even though Kris had to stop before she was totally finished.
After admiring everyone's work, we quickly gathered together to smile on 2!
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| (Back) Bob, Kris, Denise (Front) Pat, Nita2, Me |
While we started out with it being a bit cool, it had quickly warmed up and those of us that were not in the shade discovered how very warm it became. So, it was a speedy departure after the photo.
As always, this location deserves a Day 2, so you can guess where we'll be next week!
Cecilia