under the sun

"there is nothing new under the sun." -- proverbs

while in avegno we found that the sun was delayed in presenting due to the mountains to the east and disappeared very quickly due to the steep rise to the west. now back on red rock lake under a full moon last night i expected to paddle with plenty of light, without worry, but the shoreline was frozen and after dark at 6:30pm carrying back out through the mud wasn't appealing. i paddled back down to the dam, carried up the access to the highway and then had to walk the half mile around to my van. paddling, lifting/carrying, and hiking all combined into an evenings workout made for a productive two hours.