My morning began watching the light and shadows from the rising sun play against the ruddy Dome Plateau and in the snaking Colorado River. Sitting on my front porch swing at Sorrel River Ranch Resort and Spa, about 20-minutes outside of Moab in the shadow of Castleton Tower, little did I know that I would soon be “embracing the wild spirit of the Bronco,” as Ford puts it, gaining altitude while losing pavement on the geologic feature that was in my eyeline.
