Wahweap Sky, or why a right-wing friend or two might not be all that bad .. [View all]
My good friend - right-wing, gun-toting - finally found the Wahweap Vista turnoff from US-89. I gave her some bad directions, based on some 2016 closures. She is camping at the Wahweap marina campground (in her little camping trailer) on Lake Powell.
She is a retired pilot, like me. And a T-6 Texan driver. And a damned good photographer. I met her through Kathryn, another pilot, after Kathryn hiked into the Lemmon Rock fire lookout in 2014.
Friend's throaty Dodge RAM pickup finally swung into the top-of-the-mesa parking at the Wahweap Vista. It was official sunset (19:20), and the color was fading. Lightning popped overhead. The last time her red Dodge and my green Tacoma were this close, was when we bumped into each other at the Trader Joe's on Campbell in Tucson.
We exchanged greetings, and laments over the weather. A strong southwest wind slammed cold, isolated raindrops, the high desert kind, against us. I saw a flash of lightning to the close northwest.
We talked for maybe five minutes. She said, "As soon as I leave, you will take the most spectacular photo and post it on Facebook." I said, "No, if I have a good photo, it is from before you got here."
And it was.
"Storm Clouds"
Wahweap Vista
Arizona/Utah Line
May 7, 2017
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