Lately, I’ve decided to hunt down the primo spots in Cache Valley to catch a view of the sun as it sets. This all came about from weeks of seeing that the sunsets have been really beautiful, but I haven’t been able to see past the houses in my neighborhood.
Yesterday was day one of my search. I belatedly got into my Jeep at 8:55pm and rushed towards downtown Logan. My initial destination was the Logan Temple lawn, but unfortunately the gates were closed. Driving like a maniac, I hurried to the USU campus and hiked up Old Main Hill to see what I could see.
Alas, I got there minutes too late, however, I discovered that this was the spot. In fact, there were a few spectators there who apparently already knew that Old Main Hill was a great vantage point.
Today, I coolly jumped into my Jeep at 8:30pm and had plenty of time to get a purchase on the real estate. The cool evening air and plant-perpetuating sprinklers reminded me of humid, yet cool summer eves back home in Pennsylvania. As I stood atop the hill, framing my picturesque viewpoint, it dawned on me that these moments before dusk at Old Main are tenderly romantic. I made a mental note of this in case I get a date some time soon.
I got my camera ready to shoot the syrupy sunrays, as the giant ball of 
flame made its slow descent below the western mountain peaks. With my earbuds in and my iPod on, Thank You by Led Zeppelin began to play. Robert Plant poignantly mused, “If the sun refused to shine, I would still be loving you.”
I am happy that at that moment, the sun was not going away for good, in fact I am 99% sure it’ll be back in the morning. I will agree with Plant on this, Cache Valley, “I [will] still be loving you!”
Whitney Afterdark 
