young girls working in the summer-camp-like dining hall helped us get
some food for the next morning, since we were getting up so early. She
gave us some cute little "sun cakes" (pancakes) and some kind of fried
bread.
According to an iPhone app, the sunrise here should be at around 5:00,
but when we ran this by someone at the front desk (aided by a nice
sketch of a sunrise by K) she said no, 4:30! It ended up being hard to
tell who was right because of the mountainous terrain, but boy are we
glad we went as early as we did. We set our alarm for 3:30, and hit
the road to the wall by 4:30 with the sky a gradually lightening navy
blue, and the moon and a couple planets still bright.
When we got up to the wall, here's what we saw...
The 5 hour hike was gorgeous and unforgettable. I'm glad we started at 4:30 because it sure was hot by 10.
did you sleep on the wall? good luck with
ReplyDeleteeclipse weather! dv