Our second day at Goblin Valley brought some clear-ish skies and the SUN! We took a leisurely breakfast and then headed back out to the goblins.
On our way, we spotted pronghorns grazing in the sun.
Most of them took off running as soon as they were aware of us.
One hung out until he/she realized everyone else was gone.
I'm usually the photographer.. Finally, proof I was actually there!
Sound carried very well in the valley. We only had to speak slightly louder than normal to be heard from quite far off.
I can smell you!
Fairy Chimneys.
Ben climbed up to this weird hill to get a better vantage point. It was actually pale green from copper but the sun washed it out in the picture.
This gives you an idea of how large the upright rock structure really is.
A better idea of how big the valley is. The sloping green hill is the one Ben was standing on.
Henry pointing at "his" mountains.
The Henry Mountains.
These characters made me smile. I had to get a close-up shot of them.
More pronghorn.
Night was pretty much pitch black and eerily quiet. I couldn't stand being outside alone for more than a few minutes because it gave me the creeps. I kept having wild imaginations of creatures staring at me. We never saw or heard coyotes but we had heard they do frequent the area.
The skies were clear by the time the stars really started coming out. They were absolutely breathtaking. It took us ages to figure out how to get our camera to take pictures of them, but for some reason, Blogger is making them look really fuzzy. I'm putting up a couple, anyway, because it just seemed sad not to.
Big Dipper (way better on my computer)
Orion (WAAAAY better on my computer)
All in all, we had a spectacular trip. We will definitely be going back! We think Spring or Fall would be the best seasons to go. Goblin Valley gets into triple digits during the summer. No, thank you!
But you have to snap up the yurt reservations fast! They book almost as soon as they open up.
