Purple Mountain Majesties

Just after sunset, “the Golden Hour,” is photogenic up here in the desert.

Part of it’s the light, part of it’s the mountains, part of it’s the various layers of smoke from the Gold Fire over by Big Bear. Part of it is the Belt of Venus and part of it’s the 88% illuminated Moon floating up there.

In the end, we’ve come full circle. There were several things that got us pointed at the High Desert as a location for the Forever Home, but one of them was the Virtual Railfan camera here in Hesperia.

(Image: Virtual Railfan)

See those mountains in the near distance on the right?

Here’s how they look from our back yard. Which isn’t a surprise since we’re less than a mile away. I’m looking forward to seeing snow on them in a few months. We may be in the desert, but we’re also at 4,000 feet elevation.