Across from the LDS Temple in Salt Lake City, I found a wonderful little mall with this beautiful water fountain. Teig and I spent our lunch watching the fountain change the cascading water’s shape as we ate our lunch. A very peaceful afternoon in SLC.
Spring Evening at Buffalo Point
An evening saunter up to Buffalo Point on Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake will reward the individual with fantastic views. On this spring evening a witnessed the sun setting over the lake in the west and the rocks and mountains across White Rock Bay were blanketed in beautiful light. This point is a “must visit” for the photographer at sunset.
Calm on the Great Salt Lake
The sunsets looking west across the Great Salt Lake from Antelope Island are breathtaking. When you are in Utah, take a moment and head out to this state park and enjoy the beauty!
White Rock Bay from Frary Peak Trail
Frary Peak is the high point of Antelope Island, the largest island in the Great Salt Lake . The trails starts near the great Salt Lake and climbs to 6,596 to the summit of the peak. This is one of the great views while traveling the trail. There are many interesting features of Antelope Island and Frary Peak that make the trip worthwhile. For geology buffs, Frary Peak has some of the oldest rocks on earth, at 2.7 billion years old. Interestingly, some of the youngest non-volcanic rocks also reside on the island. The tufa rocks were deposited by lake Bonneville 10,000 to 15,000 years ago.
Shoreline of Lake Erie
What do you do when in Northern Ohio… hit the the coast of Lake Erie. I found some remote places along the shores of the lake that were beautiful and quiet. Really surprised by the nature found there.
Fording the Virgin River Narrows
An elderly couple traveling the Narrows on the North Fork of the Virgin River in Zion National Park. The Narrows is the narrowest section of Zion Canyon and one of the world's best slot canyon hikes. Here, the majestic walls of the main canyon close in to form a tall and narrow canyon with beautiful dark corners and the Virgin River flowing around you. With beautiful flowing water and barely any direct sunlight reaching the bottom, this is the slot canyon that all other slot canyons are compared to. This gorge, with walls a thousand feet tall and the river sometimes just twenty to thirty feet wide. It is a popular hike in the park and when I did it was just after a few rainstorms and there was significant flow and water in the stream. I could not see the stream bed because of the red muddy nature and stumbled into some deep pools. The walking sticks this couple had is a very good idea.
Falls on Hunter Creek
A hike up Hunter Creek from Aspen Colorado affords the adventure with numerous small waterfalls to check out near the trail. This small waterfall wasn't far up the trail to the canyon and was quiet and serene in the early morning before the hikers get on the trail. I find these locations and times fulfilling for the soul.