After an abortive trip in to the Wind River Mountains 2 weeks before, where I ended up walking in to the base of Warbonnet Peak and out in a day (about 15-16 miles). I spent some time hiding from a good old-fashioned thunderstorm (rain, hail, graupel, thunder and lightning) while my dog whined. I thought I'd just walk back a bit, hopefully finding a place to pitch my tent, but ended up walking all the way out. The last hour was by headlamp.
When I returned to the Winds, I was more organized; now I had my water purifier so I didn't have to carry water and a dog pack so I didn't have to carry dog food. I also had a different, lighter camera setup as comet Neowise was no longer in the sky. It would have been right over the Cirque of the Towers. With a lighter pack, the walk in was much easier.
Somehow, my camera had gotten turned on during my hike in and almost drained the battery. I used that battery up doing some night photography, then moved to my 2nd one for that night & much of the next day as I explored the Cirque. In the evening, when the wind abated, I popped over the ridge to take a look at the conditions. The storm clouds that were moving through over Temple and East Temple Mountains were catching the colors of the sunset. The low battery light was blinking on my camera, so I only took 2 pictures as I wanted to have 1 shot left in case sunrise was spectacular (it wasn't).
