We hike up the [link slug="bigelow-trail"/] to the junction with the [link slug="butterfly-trail"/] and then wander up to the top of Kellogg Mountain. Tall trees on the eastern slope, missed by the fires that scorched much of the mountain over a decade ago, block our view - from a rocky perch farther down the ridge we can clearly see Bassett Peak and the spot where the moon will rise - just a few minutes of waiting in the cold wind and then...

On the 13th the moonrise was about 10 minutes before the sunset and we thought with some luck we might get the almost-supermoon rising against beautiful sunset color - it didn't quite work out exactly as planned, the light on the eastern mountains faded faster than expected - but still beautiful, and the clouds around the setting sun were spectacular!