A Night of Stars

Two nights ago, I was walking back home at about 10:00pm with my friend Haley and we noticed that the moon was full. In other words, it was as bright as day outside, and absolutely beautiful. Somehow, about 10 minutes later we had "borrowed" the head wrangler's truck...shoved in our sleeping bags and pillows in the back and were going to Table Rock to sleep outside.

Now, Peter's truck was quite a truck, but the ride out was still a little "off-roady" let me tell you! We took the jeep road up into the national park land and since the fire, all the trees up there are burned. So, imagine the moon shining down on forrest of sticks. It was eery and absolutely beautiful. The stars were amazing too...so bright it felt like I could reach up and grab one.

So, there we were driving, and driving, and driving...and not finding Table Rock. We had a wrangler map...but it definitely was not to scale, or even accurate for that matter. We kept looking for this bend in the road which I don't really think exists! After rummaging around in the back seat, we found Peter's deer spotter and decided to spot for the trail. Well, I spotted for the trail, which really was not a smart idea because I've never used a spotter before and definitely shined it in the side mirrors a few times and blinded myself. Eventually we decided to sleep on Turtle Rock instead because it was the only rock we could find.

The night was absolutely gorgeous! I think I slept better than I have in months and months and woke up so refreshed and ready for the day...and yes I did sleep on a rock! That'll probably go down in the annals as one of my favorite memories.

(And Susan, if you ever read this, I thought of you and our Creation adventure!)