This weekend, VSO decided to stay in Carbon County. She wanted to do some sketching and painting. Unfortunately, it has been overcast in Price and the light has been flat. As for me, I traveled to Iron County to do some work on The Homestead. In Parowan, the sun has been bright and the light strong. (Which means that I quit work early to climb the Castle.) It doesn't seem fair.
Today, I finished clearing the art studio at The Homestead. It is a very nice space—large, light, and airy. It only feels cramped when it is full of paintings!
As I may have mentioned, the forecast was for snow. In the event, we got a few drizzles, a lot of wind, and some colder temperatures. We took advantage of the latter to visit the area around Mounds Railroad Depot. It is hot and dusty in the summer, but clear and cold now, with 100 mile views and ragged clouds. We headed out on the “Buried Forest” Trail, but soon veered off into the wash and made our way back to the Chev by walking cross country. With winter on the way, this looks like a good place for further weekend wandering.
We've had at least three weeks of clear, dry, sunny weather. It has been quite nice, though hotter than I would prefer. But, by this afternoon, the rain is scheduled to begin; by tomorrow, we are supposed to have snow on the ground; by Sunday, lows should be in the mid-20s. Summer's end?
The signs are up. It is a terrible time to sell a house. Actually, it is a terrible time to buy a house. In short, it is a bad time to be buying or selling real estate. So, naturally, we listed The Homestead. We don't necessarily need to sell it right now. But, with EDO at Utah State and VSO working in Price, the house is sitting empty. It doesn't really make sense to heat it and furnish it if we are not living in it. So, we'll see? It has a certain rustic, not to say ramshackle, charm that may appeal to someone.
We made a bunch of pictures today. I used two of them in the first post. But, as I looked through the rest I found a pair of beauties. I really like the downed log with the big toothed maple (above). But, the show stopper is the one of VSO (below). She is gorgeous: A supermodel in the canyon.
Today we went all the way up Grad Canyon to the bottom of the big wall. There is some difficult fourth-class scrambling, but VSO has the moves. On the way down, she took the camera to make a picture of me slack lining on a peeled pondo.
