I had a great time today, thanks to everyone who showed up. I got to see some old friends and meet some new ones. The weather was perfect, with great skies for photos. We even stopped to check out some art (sabre tooth tigers and horses). We left the Visitor Center with 9 Xterras, and 2 more showed up later in the day.
The full moon was rising as I was driving home. I stopped to get some shots of the moon over the desert at Buttes Pass Road, then took off out 78 to S-2. As I was driving on S-2 I looked over the left and saw something I've never seen before, or even heard of - a rainbow produced by the light of the moon. To my eyes it looked pretty much white, but you could clearly see the entire arch. I stopped a couple of times to try to get a photo. It was raining and really windy. The first attempt didn't work at all, the second one it was barely visible, but when I lightened it up a bit on the computer you tell it really was a rainbow, and even see a bit of color. I'll try to put up a picture of it.
I'm thinking of 17 Palms Oasis and the sandy washes between there and Font's Point for December. That makes for a nice day trip, with the possibility of a great sunset view from Font's.
