Bob Palin's Blog

Like many people I took a picture of the Supermoon Eclipse, I claim to be the only person who took a picture while leaning against a sheep camp! Taken with a Canon 6D and Tamron 150-600 lens at 600mm. 1/5 second at ISO 20000, hand held with the help of the sheep camp.

A Very Wet September Day The whole summer of 2013 has been very wet but the last few days have been exceptional, people have measured as much as 6.5" of rain in that time, the average annual rainfall is 7". Water ran down the road and into my drive early in the morning. ©2013, Fremont River Photography I went to the park to get some waterfall pictures but discovered that the road was closed, however I was able to walk down to the place where the Fremont River had jumped its banks and flooded the road. The water was about 8" deep when I was there but the UDOT driver said it had been over 3 feet during the night. © 2013, Fremont River Photography © 2013, Fremont River Photography ©2013, Fremont River Photography

Janet and I took a short drive to Bicknell in the evening to see if a couple of sand hill cranes we had seen (and heard)  flying over the house had returned to the same field as last year. They had, but they were too far away to get a worthwhile picture. Continuing on up the dirt road above Bicknell Bottoms we were treated to a magnificent glowing sunset against a background of dark blue storm clouds that had formed during the afternoon. The setting sun lit up the very end of Boulder Mountain behind Bicknell Bottoms and in front of a dark storm to the northeast  © 2013 Fremont River Photography An illuminated fence post caught my eye.                              © 2013 Fremont River Photography The Fremont River feeds the Bicknell Bottoms making many birds very happy in their refuge.   © 2013 Fremont River Photography We came across this magnificent example of Pheasant glory next to the Botto...

This morning we drove to the tanks then hiked up the cliff to the west of them and along the cliff edge looking over the Fremont River. This gadget contains a KML path of our walk - however it doesn't seem to always zoom in, if this happens to you zoom in on the southwestern US and then drag the hand over the area until a time scale appears, the globe will then auto-zoom to our path - it's a mystery! Climbing the cliff Looking over the Fremont River to Teasdale and Boulder Mountain

© 2010, Fremont River Photography I was out of bed early enough to catch this glorious sunrise from the front of my house.

Every year Torrey hosts what I think is the biggest Independence Day parade in Wayne County although it rarely seems to be on July 4th itself, usually being moved to the nearest Saturday. I wandered up to the parade a little late having watched another World Cup game but was in time to see the second leg when all the vehicles and floats come back up Main Street. I took about 200 pictures but have whittled it down to about 30, probably too many of emergency vehicles but there seemed to be more than usual this year.      © 2010 Fremont River Photography Old Father July 4th?      © 2010 Fremont River Photography Cute Sheriff's Deputies in the county!      © 2010 Fremont River Photography Those nurses just keep getting younger.      © 2010 Fremont River Photography The famous Wayne County Wieners      © 2010 Fremont River Photography The little fellas enjoy their float every year.      © 2010 Fremont R...

It's pretty close to the solstice so when we woke up early it seemed like an appropriate time to go out for some sunrise pictures, not that I really think there is an appropriate time for such foolishness, the sun is supposed to be up before me! We decided to stay close and go up on the Beas Lewis Road just east of Torrey. It was a little chilly up there, about 45F with a breeze and the sun seemed to take a long time to come up. Eventually the first rays struck the top of the Anthill Then the Cockscomb lit up - it's made of white rock but glows red in the earliest sunlight And finally the sun poked up over the horizon Next the cliffs below Thousand Lake Mountain started to be illuminated along with the Prince's Plume which was abundant. Shortly after sunrise I managed to capture a ghost rushing to get back to it's daytime home This old tree has seen a few sunrises I could hear the smell of bacon and eggs so one last look and back to the house... Share