March Full Moon Campfire

Catherine was still visiting for the full Moon March 08th so she came with our group out into the desert for our campfire. It was a beautiful evening and we went early enough to watch the sunset and then the moon rise. As usual, as soon as the sun starts to set it cools off rapidly so Doug's excellent campfire kept us all nice and toasty.

 This was actually the night before the full moon. We had taken Catherine to McDowell County park to visit friends that were camping there and when we were getting ready to go home, the moon came up and was such a beautiful sight

 We just arrived at our campfire site and were getting ready for our fire while it was still light, Bruce, Connie, Sharon, Catherine, Trent, Craig, Sharon & Ann. Doug was behind the camera!

 Sitting around visiting before the sunsets

 Group picture and Doug is now in the picture

 The sun is starting to set

 More sunset pictures

 Hard not to take so many pictures when the sunset is so spectacular

 Sun setting with the saguaros in the desert

 Fire burning brightly as the sky darkens

 Moon just coming up over the mountains

 As usual, it hard not to take a million pictures when it is so beautiful!

 Sitting around the campfire with the moon in the back ground

This was our last major outing with Catherine before she had to head home. Her visit went way too quickly and I would have loved if she could have stayed longer. It was hard to leave here with the temperatures in the high 20's and return to Yellowknife where the temperatures were still in the -30's. Oh well that's the way it has to be! We'll head up there in June to have a good visit with her when it is warmer and the sun is shining 20 hours a day!