I set off to Overlook in hopes of catching the moon rise. Unfortunately the weather turned for the worse. When I arrived at the parking lot, it had to be near zero with the windchill. An amazing turn around from the previous day's temps in the 60s. I'm not sure I've even experienced such a dramatic change in weather in the desert.
It took quite a while to warm up. The hard packed trail made for a quick ascent despite wind and snow flurries. I had the headlamp on the whole time since I started in the dark. Climbed up the fire tower, but turned around since there was no evidence that the moon rise would be viewable through the thickening clouds.
Walked over to the cliffs to check out the view of Kingston and surrounding areas. Before long I was on my way down in order to get out of the cold. It wasn't until I was driving through Woodstock that I was able to get a glance of the moon as it had fully risen by now.
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