Winter Returns

-
http://www.bobpalin.com/blog/20070328/images/img_001.jpg not found
© Bob Palin 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moto Central - The Chuckwagon

Winter returned after a week of warm weather, it was 27F when I took this in the afternoon.


The Chuckwagon is Torrey home central to motorcyclists from all over the country.

http://www.bobpalin.com/blog/20070328/images/img_002.jpg not found
© Bob Palin 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Torrey Schoolhouse

The old Torrey Schoolhouse and meeting room.

http://www.bobpalin.com/blog/20070328/images/img_003.jpg not found
© Bob Palin 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Castle

The Castle from the west, snow is beginning to fall.

http://www.bobpalin.com/blog/20070328/images/img_004.jpg not found
© Bob Palin 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Castle


http://www.bobpalin.com/blog/20070328/images/img_005.jpg not found
© Bob Palin 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Castle

I got a bit carried away with pictures of the Castle, this one is taken from the east, note that the cottonwood has
its first leaves, the weather fooled it.

http://www.bobpalin.com/blog/20070328/images/img_006.jpg not found
© Bob Palin 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Castle

Taken from the Fremont River, although my boots are waterproof that doesn't make the water any warmer, brrr.

http://www.bobpalin.com/blog/20070328/images/img_007.jpg not found
© Bob Palin 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Ships

Further east out of the park near Cainville are these petrified ships in the cliff.

http://www.bobpalin.com/blog/20070328/images/img_008.jpg not found
© Bob Palin 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Ships

The ships always look good in the snow I think, sort of mysterious.

http://www.bobpalin.com/blog/20070328/images/img_009.jpg not found
© Bob Palin 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Car Out of Place

Due to a disagreement between my truck and its battery I had to take the California vehicle on this little trip.

http://www.bobpalin.com/blog/20070328/images/img_010.jpg not found
© Bob Palin 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Twin Rocks

Snow wasn't falling quite so hard at the west end of the park, even though it is higher than the are where the
ships are it is protected from the west.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Hiking Spring Creek Canyon - December 2015

-
Image
Spring Creek Canyon is just south of Kanarraville and just north of Kolob Canyon near I15 in Utah. It's a beautiful canyon in the spring with lots of flowers and a nice little stream, I hadn't been there in the winter before. Quite a lot of snow at the entrance to the canyon but four or five people had hiked it so the path was easy to find, it did make for rather uneven footing though. It's about 1.5 miles from the parking area to the start of the narrow section here. I was surprised at how much water there was in the creek, the temperature was right around freezing, the sun was melting the snow off the walls I suppose. There be gold in that creek! The canyon splits and splits and splits into a maze of small canyons heading up into Zion's high country. Biff has a favourite hole he likes to climb into. The canyon is quite gloomy down in the bottom but the sun lights up the higher walls nicely. The narrowest section I went through is probabl...
Read more

Deer Creek Lake Trail

-
Image
The Deer Creek Lake Trail starts from Utah Highway 12 on Boulder Mountain on the Boulder side of the summit. The trail is one of my favourites because, although it is enough of a climb to be good exercise, it is never steep enough to hurt the knees. You can make the hike as long as you like by using the Great Western Trail which crosses it. After ascending the initial slope there are great views back over Grand Staircase to the east. The trail crosses a number of meadows between groves of Aspen trees. Janet joined me for the hike and Frikka wanted to show off her new fall fashion jacket just in time for hunting season. We met David and Chantelle from Spanish Forks on their way down from the lake, they had spent some time fishing but without any luck. Biff photo-bombed of course.  The trail monster in the trees... The very first signs of autumn were about here and there. Janet was looking forward to the dogs getting a swim in Deer Creek Lake, but the l...
Read more