looking back….
…south and west from the south shore of The Great Salt Lake, actually…and there are more than just clouds and mountains in the reflections on the water…memories running in varied scripts and images recalling the day, smelling the salt and saturated gray earth of the increasingly visible lake bed and hearing the cries of gulls on the freezing wind.
I knew where I was going when I left the house that morning, but I can’t remember the time on the clock. I had been out to Antelope Island three weeks earlier and knew that I had to get to Stansbury Island, as well…it was just down the road, really, closer than Antelope…just head west on I-80…can’t miss it. From the house it would have been an easy 30-45 minute drive, maybe more….probably…..and five hours and almost 300 photos later, I was heading home again….I saw so many things that were new to me, walked in places that I had previously only seen on a map that was pinned to my cubicle wall at work or existed as ideas of potential things…notions…possibilities….places that filled my senses and soul with experiences that still live in tangible form these 15 months later.
This is one of the last images from that trip…taken at 2:20 on a Saturday afternoon in late February, 2014.
Scott's Place...Images and Words 
I occasionally do that (obviously, not in Utah) . . . those are the best kind of drives.
May 16, 2015 at 10:42 pm
Yes, I know you do, Emilio…I have personally enjoyed some of your posts about such drives in Colorado.
May 19, 2015 at 9:20 pm
The very best kind of a trip. I have good memories from 45 years ago of an old battered Landcruiser, a couple of extra jerry cans of gas, a bedroll, several bags of food and a lot of water, and those old roads in the Arizona desert.
May 16, 2015 at 10:55 pm
A most wonderful kind of trip! And how nice that you have such good memories of your trips so long ago….on those old rambling roads out in the desert. 🙂
May 19, 2015 at 9:23 pm
Such great memories to relive. Funny how some places get under your skin and stay with you forever.
May 16, 2015 at 11:44 pm
And they do get under there, don’t they? 😉
May 19, 2015 at 9:23 pm
Isn’t it awesome when a place leaves you feeling so at peace. A wonderful reflection on that day.
May 17, 2015 at 1:58 am
It sure is, Laura….thank you.
May 19, 2015 at 9:24 pm
I feel for your memories, Scott. Senses and soul, you write…..hold on.
I feel for your loss, don’t let those precious memories slip away….of the time ….feeling at one….
May 17, 2015 at 2:17 am
Thank you, my friend.
May 19, 2015 at 9:25 pm
Not only the picture, but your description of the photo expedition is a great pleasure to read.
May 17, 2015 at 3:14 am
Thank you, Shimon. I have very encouraging and inspiring company here.
May 19, 2015 at 9:27 pm
Beautiful shades of colour in this.
May 17, 2015 at 4:17 am
The clouds were crazy-wonderful that day. 🙂
May 19, 2015 at 9:28 pm
I think you should go back for another visit.
May 17, 2015 at 7:10 am
I intend on doing just that, Allen.
May 19, 2015 at 9:28 pm
A testament to the belief that you should never miss an opportunity to live each day, the real treasure in this world are the memories of what we have done with our time…Loved the photo.
May 17, 2015 at 11:46 pm
Thank you, Charlie….nice words for all of us.
May 19, 2015 at 9:29 pm
Photography enriches our memories and that is abundantly clear from the way you write, Scott.
May 19, 2015 at 1:27 am
I’ve wondered if I would have such clear memories of the place without all of the photos, Andy…but, either way, I’m glad they’re there…the photos and the memories.
May 19, 2015 at 9:33 pm
So beautiful. Pictures and places live on, some more than others. Very good colours on this one.
May 19, 2015 at 3:09 pm
They do live on, Bente…..and thank you. 🙂
May 19, 2015 at 9:34 pm
Super image Scott! 🙂
May 23, 2015 at 5:07 am
Thank you, Adrian. 🙂
May 28, 2015 at 7:36 am
I can actually feel the air in this shot! Perhaps you should print it and frame it on your wall so you can always go there..
May 24, 2015 at 9:59 am
I’m glad you enjoyed it, Cath…that you could feel the air. I will likely be printing it in the near future and hanging it in my office, but we’ll see….and yes, printed or not, the place sticks pleasantly in my mind…never far away. Thank you…..
May 28, 2015 at 7:38 am
I love the description of that precious day. And the photo, too conveys endless possibilities.
May 25, 2015 at 2:31 pm
Thank you, Lynn….it has managed to become one of those soul-stirring places for me.
May 28, 2015 at 7:39 am