Milky Way and Podunk Creek

 Last evening we went up the valley until no parasite light was available.  The sunset was rather bland as no clouds were visible. Humidity around 13% and no moon.  Waiting for dark we saw several bats and an owl.  Once dark, the show began.  The Milky Way stretched from horizon to horizon and they say about 7500 major stars are visible.  At home the horizon is lost and only 2500 stars are visible.  A nice show.  This is the Colorado Plateau, around 7,000', and is considered one of the last continental US wildernesses. Fifty mile from here, Boulder, Utah was the last US town to get mail delivered by mule in 1938.  The creek bed we saw yesterday is Podunk Creek, named after a Paiute Indian who got lost up here in the 1800s (always wondered were Podunk was.) Don't know how he got lost, there is only one road. Also note it dropped to 39F last night and was briefly 96F this afternoon.