No longer the guardian of the Wood…he is returning to the earth…from whence he came….

August 5, 2012 | Categories: Photos - Outdoors | Tags: b&w photography, fallen Pine, fallen tree, Great Western Trail, Millcreek Canyon, nature, nature photography, photography, Salt Lake City Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wasatch National Forest | 24 Comments »
Walking the Great Western Trail from above Desolation Lake toward Guardsman Pass in the Wasatch Mountains, I happened to uncautiously look up from the steeply slanted snowbank that I was crossing and had to quickly steady myself from falling backwards as I stood upright and gazed at the strange clouds above me….

Another mile or so down the trail, I happened to look up again and off to the east beyond the mountains and found that the cloud was slowly dispersing….

June 15, 2012 | Categories: Photos - Outdoors | Tags: Big Cottonwood Canyon Utah, cloud halo, clouds, Desolation Lake, dispersing clouds, Great Western Trail, Guardsman Pass, hiking, Millcreek Canyon, nature, outdoors, peace, photography, Salt Lake City Utah, Solitude Utah, Spring, strange clouds, trail-walking, Wasatch Mountains, Wasatch National Forest | 18 Comments »