Part of out itinerary for our outing to Wellington was to photograph the sunset over Sandbanks Park after having dinner at Pomodoro. We weren't exactly successful in fulfilling our goal.
The traffic jam along the 401 on our way out set our whole schedule back. We arrived at the restaurant over half an hour later than planned and finished dinner with a similar time deficit.
According to Peter the sun was supposed to set at about 8:20 p.m. The route to the park from the restaurant is about 24 kilometres. The drive is supposed to take 25 minutes. We left the restaurant at around 8:00 p.m.
The race was on...
Peter's car took the lead again. He was the only person who knew where the "secret" sunset location was.
We had to make a big circle around West Lake on small, country roads to get to our destination. All the while helplessly watching the sun set lower and lower into the sky.
By the time we reached the lake shore it was too late. The sun had dipped fractionally below the horizon. We missed it by just a scant few minutes.
It still afforded us the opportunity to get a few decent shots in nevertheless. What we did see was pretty amazing - a pinky, orange hue reflecting off the scattered clouds in a dark blue sky.
Not bad. Not bad at all.
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