painted sky

The Four Corners Monument represents the only point in the US shared by four states: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona. It also represents the boundary between the Navajo and Ute Nations. The atmosphere was active late morning. It seemed the weather from Bisti Wilderness was tracking in the same direction.

As I kept west into southern Utah / northern Arizona along Route 160 and 163, the sky shifted hue and intensity, undulating through every color in the spectrum. The soil permutated from rich browns and farmlands to deep reds and time-sculpted mesas. To compliment the changes in scenery I listened to Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.

By evening I had arrived in Mexican Hat, filled with appreciation for the day’s cinescopic experience.