During the night a thunderstorm rolls in and shakes the world. In the morning, there’s a layer of snow covering half of it. The red rocks poke through. Dad and Sarah head out, and we start hiking up Horse Canyon road. It turns out to be a river today, not a road. So we hike up Big Springs Canyon instead, and we’re not sorry. Slides:

Big Springs – Squaw Canyon Loop at EveryTrail
The snow is nearly gone by evening, and the air is pleasant. We find a perfect flat rock on some BLM land, and I set up a camera to catch the fading light: