Dry Gulch, ANF - "dawn arrived wearing orange"

 

 Our route into the local mountains was blanketed by darkness.

We were headed for a hidden campsite along a road among sandstone formations but the road was closed.

Instead we set up camp at a clearing on a nearby saddle. Ben and I talked long into the night.

Dawn arrived wearing orange.

We hiked high above our camp on the closed road.

Still evidence of rainfall from last month's storm.

One last look at the surrounding hills before we started for home.