Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Sandia Mountains


A few weeks ago we were playing in our neighborhood park around sunset when Brent pointed out the gorgeous red Sandia Mountains. From what I understand, on windy days the dust in the atmosphere causes the sun to turn the mountains bright red


 As I was ogling the view I overheard a dad explaining to his son that in spanish sandia means watermelon and that the mountains earned their name from their evening show. 


Well that was a far cooler reason than we had assumed. We thought it was named after a native american tribe that lived in the area years ago, not that there actually was a sandia tribe; we just assumed. 





The next day we decided to go on en evening hike and see how it looked up close as the mountain turned red. It was a bit of a tricky hike because we wanted to be high enough on the mountain to really see the change but we needed to be able to get back  get back down before we lost daylight. 




Even with that setback we decided to go for it and just stick to a straight forward easy path. The hike was beautiful and as the sun lowered the whole mountain, including us, turned a lovely watermelon red.




It was one of those moments that every time I think back to it I have the same peaceful contentedness I felt at that time wash over me. I think we have all had memories like that, simple moments that stick with us for a lifetime.




We got a little lost in the moment and ended up having to jog back down the path,




As we drew near to the car we were greeted by glittering city lights below us. What a beautiful and fulfilling way to spend the last few hours of a day! The desert is packed full of little delightful surprises.





We keep meaning to go back but the evenings are getting pretty chilly around these parts so I am not sure we will make it happen. I am really glad we got to see it up close at least once though. Sometimes it really is the small things that are the most magical.


                                                                     Much love <3