Summer Sunsets

This summer, I have a daily walk scheduled to take in the colorful sky filled canvas.

Sometimes the sky is clear without a cloud to be seen. Other times there are so many clouds I am surprised by a last minute peak that the sun makes at the horizon before it disappears for the night.

One thing you can count on, the sun sets right on time every evening, never looking the same twice.

Grand Canyon

The last time I visited the Grand Canyon was June 2000. The temperatures were then reaching into the high 80s at the top and scorching well over 100°F at the bottom. This time around it was very different, as the top was covered in a layer of snow and only got into the 60s.

Long shadows at the south rim.
Silhouette of someone taking in the breath-taking scene from Rim Trial.

The view was just as spectacular as I remember it being over 20 years ago. To think that God likely formed all of it in just a few hours as the waters receded following the great world-wide flood of Noah’s day is amazing.

Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell me, if you know so much. Who determined its dimensions and stretched out the surveying line?

Job 38:4-5

View from part way down South Kaibab Trail.

Lake Mead and Hoover Dam

We took a family road trip for spring break 2023. First stop, Lake Mead and the Hoover Dam. What a stunning view!

View from Owl Canyon Trailhead, overlooking Las Vegas Bay in Nevada.
The iconic view of the Lake Mead’s “bathtub ring” with Arizona on the right and Nevada on the left.
Hoover Dam’s four intake towers with the Mike O’Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial bridge in the background.