These photos were taken in January, 2005. I dedicate this album to Debbie and Colin (Deb & Col) in thanks for their friendship and continuous support. This album has not been completed and a few more photos will be added.

Although we are technically part of Hurricane, we are separated from it by a considerable open space, some geographical features and history. I have made a distinction between historical Harrisburg, the community we live in which was founded before Hurricane, and the rest of Hurricane as best I can. It is somewhat arbitrary. I associated the pictures in this album with Hurricane because I believe they are more historically or physically related to Hurricane than the ones in the Harrisburg album. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

Silver Reef was a town that developed when silver ore was discovered in the only silver-bearing sandstone formation found in the United States. It was a thriving and a typically rowdy mining community primarily between 1877 and 1888. When the price of silver dropped and it was no longer profitable to mine, the town faded into history. The old town has a museum and the Cosmopolitan Restaurant. There are separate Protestant and Catholic Pioneer Cemeteries most of the occupants of which are apparently unknown. There was a Chinese Cemetery until the mining shut down and a wealthy Chinese man from San Francisco had all the remains exumed, placed in tea boxes and transported back to China so they could be buried in the land of their ancestors. There are several new upscale housing developments. Like Harrisburg being a part of Hurricane, Silver Reef is considered a part of Leeds where there is a post office. Silver Reef is the home of a tremendously talented sculptor, Jerry Anderson, who produces a wide variety of bronze statues which are prominently displayed around the local area and elsewhere. He does the most impressive bronze works of art that I have ever seen. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These Photos were taken in February, 2008. The series of 35 photos of the February 24th sunset were of the heaviest sunset I have ever seen. The dark stormy clouds and the small opening to the sun made it interesting to me. I dedicate this album to Kelly McAleer (Kelly Sunshine) for her continuing interest and support. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

This very small historical town, named after Leeds, England has changed little over the years. Now, the changes are starting to occur. New housing is appearing here and there. A new reataurant (The Wagon Wheel) has moved into town from St. George. It serves excellent and reasonably priced food. The largest building in town is the LDS Church and the population of the cemetery may exceed that of the town. There are some original stone houses still here. I have spent many days in the hills east of Leeds looking at and photographing the rocks, plants and animals as I find them. The Gila Monster and Rattlesnake escaped without having their photos taken. Another way of phrasing that is that I escaped before they took me on. Enjoy the photos as I have enjoyed taking them! This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These are photos that I took in our home area in the month of April. This album is still open for additions until the end of the month.

Washington City adjoins St. George and is historical in its own right. It is the site of the cotton mill which Brigham Young had built to process the cotton grown here in dixie and named to honor a person he greatly respected, George Washington. This is Washington County also. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

This album consists of photos taken in the St. George area. Washington County borders Arizona and is in the north end of the Mojave Desert. The climate here is warmer than most of the other areas of Utah. Originally this area was called the "Cotton Mission" when Mormon Pioneers were sent here to grow and mill cotton for self-sufficiency in case the supply from the seceeded southern states was cut off. Mormon southerners who were familiar with growing cotton were assigned here to get it started. The difficulties in growing cotton here led to the demise of the effort when the Civil War ended in 1865. The first Mormon Temple to be completed in Utah was dedicated here in St. George in 1877 and it still stands as a magnificent structure today. Brigham Young liked the climate so well that he made his winter home here. Others followed over the years. In the last 10 years increasing numbers of "Snowbirds" have decided to spend their winters here and either bring their homes on wheels, rent, buy or have homes constructed. The growth in this area is phenomenal. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

The Dixie State College campus has many beautiful and interesting features which have prompted me to insert these photos into their own album. My first association with this school is as an ICL enrollee (Institute for Continuous Learning) where I have been attending a digital photography class. Some of the photos resulted from class assignments and others just because I thought they were interesting. I hope you enjoy viewing them as much as I have enjoyed taking them. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

This album is dedicated to Ren & Sue Broomhead and their Families. They have been friends for many years and have always been true to their faith and an inspiration to me. The Temple is architecturally beautiful and no matter what your religious inclinations are, you have to admire it. This was the first temple to be completed in Utah and was dedicated in April, 1877. The grounds are always beautiful and there are always friendly faces to greet you in the visitors' center and answer whatever questions you might have. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

Only on an overnight visit, I was able to take a few pictures late in the afternoon but could not stay to take any more photos the next morning. This temple is beautiful on the outside like all the others. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

I discovered that these photos had never been uploaded into an album so even though they are rather old I decided to add an album which now has been completed and no more photos will be added.

We went on an overnight trip to volunteer at the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Angel Canyon north of Kanab, Utah. I visited Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park and other parts of Kanab to take photos. The return trip home was to travel west on SR-9 through Zion National Park. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

Cedar Breaks National Monument is a nearby miniature Bryce Canyon. The erosional formations are every bit as colorful and variable as are those of Bryce Canyon,it is just smaller than Bryce. The high elevation of this area (10,000 ft. +/-)makes hiking more difficult than usual and may be too much if you suffer from respiratory problems. Otherwise, go visit and enjoy it. The Monument can be accessed from both Cedar City and Parowan through Brian Head Resort. The visitors Center is on the Cedar City Side which is the first stop (Coming from the Parowan/Brian Head side it would be the last). The scenery is spectacular and the visit only takes a few hours. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

This area is at Kanarraville just north of the Kolob Canyons section of Zion National Park. The trail follows Kanarra Creek upstream to its slot canyon. I could have gone past a 15' waterfall had I trusted the footing or had someone with me. I chose not to do that. I like hiking alone at my own pace and pausing along the way to take pictures. It was a beautiful day and the creek water was cool on the feet in the many places where it was necessary to wade. Additionally, the fall season was starting to decorate the landscape with yellow, orange and red. This is my time of year! This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

We took a drive to Brian Head to look at the fall colors. The predominant color there was the yellow of the quaking aspen trees. I never drive up there without looking at some of the Cedar Breaks National Monument scenery. Going back to Parowan we drove on several side roads in the canyon and the colors were terrific as you will see. This was one afternoon of a very beautiful day which we enjoyed thoroughly. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

This trail follows Spring Creek which is gradually walled in by sheer sandstone rock walls of great beauty. The addition of fall foliage colors made it a wonderful day for photos. Here it is as I saw it. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

I drove up Bowery Creek Road to the Vermilion Castle Trailhead and proceeded to hike up the mountainside. It didn't go where I had hoped and I didn't have enough time to get there and back off-trail. I settled for a number of pictures from that trail as it was and then returned to the car and drove on up the road and took the rest from the road at some power of telephoto on most of them. I drove to Yankee Meadow Reservoir at the end of the road and then returned to the red rock area for a last look before returning home. This was a very productive day! This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

The city of Fillmore is in Millard County, Utah. Brigham Young had a particular respect for President Millard Fillmore so he honored him here in the designated territorial capitol of Utah. When all but local government moved to Salt Lake City, the city was doomed to develop in the same way that the other smaller communities did: slowly. Also, like the others, it has its own history and character. We drove up to visit the area and as usual, I found some things to photograph on this beautiful fall day. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

Southern Utah University occupies a fairly large campus that seems to be well-endowed considering it is located in this smaller southern Utah Community. It is beautiful and looks like a progressive institution of higher learning. Given a deadline for the completion of the first university buildings (house it or lose it), Cedar City residents fought through heavy winter storms to make and haul lumber down from the mountains through deep snow for construction. This accomplishment is memorialized with the bronze sculpture by Jerry Anderson. I have taken a number of photos of it from different angles. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

When my wife drove by she noticed that the colors around the lake were somewhat different than normal due to cloud conditions and time of day. She called me with the cell phone and told me I should drive down and take a look. Trusting her good judgment I packed up my camera and drove the short half-mile distance and these photos are the result. We had a sunset later that same day and I included those photos also. I dedicate this album to Laura (Nannygoose) for her long-time friendship and support. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos were taken in and near Harrisburg in Hurricane, Utah. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos were the result of my looking for a route up the Virgin River Canyon that I had heard about but not found. Now I have found it and will get back to completely explore the area just outside Hurricane and La Verkin. It also renewed my interest in walking the Historical Hurricane Canal route. Returning home beside Quail Creek Reservoir I stopped and took some photos because of the deep color that the water showed this day. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

I took these photos in some friends' yard in Leeds, Utah. It is dedicated to them, Clair and Sheila Langston. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

This was the first time in two years that I have noticed these cottonball types of clouds here so I got carried away with recording their presence. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

I took these photos in some friends' yard in Leeds, Utah. It is dedicated to them, Clair and Sheila Langston. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos were taken on a backroad trip to Escalante, Utah. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos were taken on the second day of a backroad trip around Boulder, Utah. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos were taken along Highway 12 from Escalante to Red Canyon. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos were taken on a windy day of rain at home and snow in the mountains and follow the evolution of a sunset at day's end. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos were taken in or near the Historical Community of Harrisburg, Hurricane, Utah. Quail Creek Reservoir is within a short walk from there. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos of a cholla cactus in bloom were taken in the yard of Robert & Shirley Grier at 277 E. Silver Meadows Road, Leeds, Utah. This album is dedicated to them. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These are photos of a Desert Willow Tree in bloom at 16 Mountain View in the Historical Community of Harrisburg, Hurricane, Utah. We have this place up for sale. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos were taken beside the Northbound Lanes of I-15 in front of the historical community of Harrisburg, Hurricane, Utah. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos were taken when a thunderstorm moved up from the south and dropped some much-needed rain. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These sunset photos were taken from my deck at 18 Mountain View, Hurricane, Utah. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos were taken from my deck in the historical community of Harrisburg, Hurricane, Utah. I apologize for posting another album of shots of a developing sunset but I think they are uniquely beautiful and it satisfies my need to take pictures while using a little less gasoline. I'm doing my own insignificantly small part to protest the current rape of the people of the United States by our own petroleum industry and the indifference of our Congress in addressing the energy problem. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

Once again, another sunset album from last night. I couldn't resist. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These are all photos of the beautiful prickly pear cacti in front of the Harrisburg Cemetery lot which have ripened "pears" on them. They are of a variety I have heard called "mules ears" or "cows tongues" because of their elongated pads. The fruit may be picked and processed into great jellies and wines locally by "Brewer and Naylor" who have a closely-guarded undisclosed method of getting rid of the spines. They'd have to kill me if they told me, so they say. I haven't insisted on knowing - yet. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

Kanab served as a second home for the stars in filming many of the old western movies and series presentations. It is rich with interesting stories, falling down old movie sets and some of the most beautiful red rock country in Utah. This album is dedicated to the "Best Friends Animal Sanctuary" which has a facility off the main highway up Kanab Creek north of town. They take in animals for life and support there activities with private donations appreciating any financial and volunteer help they can get.

These sunset photos were taken from our deck at 18 Mountain View, Hurricane, Utah. A slightly different angle on the next night's sunset (I missed it) can be seen in DLMC's album at: http://public.fotki.com/DLMC/leeds-utah-sunset/
She has a wider view of the skyline from her deck in Leeds, about 2 miles away as the crow flies.

What a difference a day makes! The recent weather had made the Pine Valley Mountains invisible for a number of days but on the 20th the sunshine reappeared and patches were visible although fog was a major limiting factor. The next day was a clear day and we could finally see the last week's snow accumulations clearly. The first 12 photos were taken on the 20th from our deck and the next 12 were taken on the 21st from the hillside behind our homes. The last three I took were of our homes and the community building since I was already up on the hillside to photograph the mountains. The snow in our community is virtually gone. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

The first 7 of these telephotos were taken in the early morning from our deck at 18 Mountain View, Hurricane, Utah. The next 9 were taken in the late afternoon from the hillside directly behind and above our home. The last 3 were taken at sunset from our deck again. This album is dedicated to my wife, Lynda, who has ordered a Canon Power Shot SX-100-IS and joined Fotki as elboo04. Photos should start appearing on that site some time after she receives the camera. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos were taken in the Historic Hurricane Canal area, primarily from the Rim Trail. It climbs above the Timpoweap Canyon that the Virgin River carved out of this deep limestone formation. The Virgin River separates the two cities of Hurricane and La Verkin, Utah. Engineers that evaluated the canal route at the turn of the century reported that it couldn't be done. Hurricane city fathers took exception to that finding and decided to proceed anyway. The route was across steep sidehills and there were areas near the city that were overhung with loose lava blocks. The city fathers were right - it could be built. The canal was kept open for about 80 years by Mormon ingenuity and industry. This album is related to another album of mine which is a short trip part way up the bottom of the canyon: http://public.fotki.com/jwb592002/state_of_utah/03082008-hurricane-utah/ . Photo # 57 is mine which is an up-to-date shot of a December, 2006 accident scene. The last two, # 58 & #59, were borrowed from the Snopes site to show two shots of the accident and the potential for serious consequences. These pictures have made the E-mail forwarding circuit some being labeled as occurring near Flagstaff, Arizona and other places. It definitely happened here! This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos were taken on a day of exploration in the local area. Apple valley is a small community along Highway 59 between Hurricane and Hildale, Utah. The Sheepbridge Road connects Highway 59 above Hurricane with Virgin, Utah. The Limestone quarry and storage area were really interesting and completely unexpected. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos were taken on a trip we took north about 90 miles to Beaver, Utah to visit a cheese outlet which sells the best that can be bought anywhere around here. Beaver is the County Seat of Beaver County. We enjoyed a beautiful afternoon there. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos were taken while my wife was at her doctor's appointment. Rather than wait in the waiting room I walked around the neighborhood and took pictures. The album is dedicated to Lynda since she could not come along. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos were taken from our deck in the historical community of Harrisburg, Hurricane, Utah. I cannot resist taking pictures of this small range of mountains because of their changing appearance after each snowstorm. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These pre-sunset and sunset photos were taken from the hillside above out home in Harrisburg, Hurricane, Utah. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

The first series of photos was taken in the earlier afternoon and the second series was taken on a return trip by the lake in the later afternoon. The third series was taken approximately two weeks later from the opposite side of the reservoir. This is one of the water reservoirs for Hurricane, Utah and is within a quarter of a mile of our home in the historical community of Harrisburg. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos were taken near the Quail Creek Ranch Road, Hurricane, Utah which we explored for the first time on a short afternoon and found some amazing things including Native American petroglyphs. We returned there March 24 to give it a more extensive look. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos were all taken in one day, March 9, 2009 from our deck in the community of Harrisburg, Hurricane, Utah. The first series was just after sunrise. We are in the shadow of a mountain so the only indications of sunrise colors we get are on the hills and clouds above that are west of us. The second series was taken just before sundown from our deck. There were so many clouds that the sunset was not extremely widespread nor extremely colorful but I thought it was worth recording. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

After 2 days and 5 interviews (and of course a drug test and background check and multiple reference checks) I have returned to the working world as an Associate in the Garden Center at the brand new local Wal-Mart Super Store in Hurricane, Utah. I am now qualified to wield a box cutter as we maintain stocked shelves and I help customers find things that I am still trying to find myself.

These photos were taken during a short stop at Capitol Reef National Park on the way to Hanksville, Utah where we would visit Goblin Valley State Park just north and west of there off of SR-24. It had been a long trip via the route we took so we enjoyed stopping and taking a photo break. This national park goes on our "return with more time to take a closer look" list since we have only visited bits and pieces of it on several occasions before. Like all other Utah National Parks it is a beautifully fascinating place! This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

We drove to Hanksville, Utah and stayed at a small motel named "Henry's Hideout". Not having even seen it before, we made advanced reservations with trepidation. It turned out to be OK. The only grocery store was across the highway and it served as the motel office. There were three places to eat in town and we found the food at "Blondie's to be the best. We stayed two nights using the day in between to explore Goblin Valley and some of the area around Hanksville. We could easily have used a few more days taking photos of this beautiful area. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

This was an interesting place to see that I had always managed to miss because it is somewhat off the beaten track between the national parks which I love to visit. The erosion formations are unique and numerous. The rest of the trip has been covered by the Capitol Reef National Park album and the Hanksville album. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos were taken at Yankee Meadow Reservoir, the Vermilion Castle Area on Bowery Creek and in Parowan, Utah. The area is steeped in LDS history and is a visual paradise. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

I took these "Green" photos while killing time waiting for a doctor's appointment at the LDS Temple diagonally across the street from the office. My camera was instantly in a better mood with the changing of green for red! This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos were taken on the ridge between the Quail Creek Reservoir and the Quail Creek Ranch Road in Hurricane, Utah. Please excuse two things about the album: I didn't realize I had the wrong ISO setting on the camera and I took many photos of a co-operative Mojave Black-Collared Lizard which I included. This lizard was very interesting - of course I didn't get its jumping straight up in the air to capture a flying insect nor did I get it launching itself into a bush and then onto another rock. What a surprise those acrobatics were! This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos were taken from our deck on two successive evenings in June. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

We decided that we would make this familiar trip from Virgin to Cedar City, Utah in the high country since the snow was gone and the roads had dried out. It was a beautiful day and the wildflowers were out in force! This is a varied landscape from seemingly endless lush fields to very brushy land to lava block flows on entire hillsides to quaking aspen forests. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

Friends had told me about the old abandoned Browse Guard Station. It is aptly off the Browse Exit from I-15 and one travels in an easterly direction on a gravel road which turns into a dirt one-track poorly-maintained 4WD road after a few miles. The first few photos of wildflowers were taken from the point of transition from good to bad road. I use my trusty old low-clearance 1997 Honda accord EX with 190,000+ miles to explore these back roads as far as I can and we made the seemingly long trip on into the guard station. This old building has been abandoned and there is a sign on the door which warns of the possibility of a rat-borne fatal disease named "hantavirus" being on the premises. We explored the surrounding area and the biggest surprise was the large and healthy growing Sequoia tree which had to have been planted there and is native to the high Sierra Mountains in California but a widely-planted ornamental conifer tree. It is doing very well in this environment similar to the Sierras being in the east-side foothills of the Pine Valley Mountains. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These are photos of a sunset of a different sort - not enough sunlight to bring out typical sunset colors but enough to create some interesting shots. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

This small town has undertaken some beautification projects and historical interpretive monumentation along with restoration of some of its old buildings. Some residents are opposed to these projects because of the costs involved but I think in the long run they will benefit with more visitation. The town has one grocery store (the Leeds Market), one restaurant - a good one (the Wagon Wheel Diner) several businesses and no gas station so growth is inevitable being within 20 miles of St. George. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

We drove to the Pine Valley Reservoir and then returned home on back roads via Grass Valley, the historical town of Pinto and New Harmony, Utah. It was a fine day to explore an area new to us and very close also. Some of the roads left a lot to be desired but it was drivable at very slow speeds weaving to avoid scraping and high-centering on large rocks. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

We re-traced our previous day's travels back to New Harmony and Pinto and then headed to New Castle and on through Enterprise to Veyo. We stopped at the original Marv's which makes the best hamburgers, fries and milkshakes in the world. It is truly the place where you have trouble opening your mouth wide enough to eat a double bacon cheeseburger with all the goodies on it but a feat I managed to accomplish with delighted effort. Marv has opened up a satellite diner in St. George but the original is still the best! For some reason I did not take a photo of this small landmark (too full to bend over to get the camera out of the back seat). We drove by the Mountain Meadows Massacre site but didn't stop because we had visited before. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos were taken in and near the small community of Summit which lies between the larger communities of Cedar City and Parowan, Utah. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These sunset photos were taken from our deck in Hurricane, Utah. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added

These sunset photos were taken from our deck in Hurricane Utah. This album is completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos were taken in and around the Harrisburg Cemetery, Hurricane, Utah. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos were taken in the North Main Street Historical District, St. George, Utah. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos were taken in Red Cliffs Desert Reserve Southwest of Leeds, Utah. I was very fortunate to see and photograph the seldom-seen Desert Tortoise on this hike. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos were taken from the Kolob Reservoir Road which is a high elevation backcountry connection frm Cedar City to Virgin, Utah. The colors were spectacular and the weather was great! This Album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos were taken from near our doctor's office. The sky was so blue that I couldn't resist. This was the first temple completed in Utah. Brigham Young's winter home was about 10 blocks away. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos were taken at the Tuacahn Amphitheatre in Ivins, Utah. It is known as being in St. George but it actually is in Ivins a short distance north. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos were taken in the relatively new Heritage Square beside the LDS Tabernacle in St. George, Utah. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos were taken after the first skiff of snow had mostly melted. The wind was blowing and I had forgotten my jacket, a bad mistake at 10,000+' elevation. I did manage to get some shots of the monument between shivers and being buffeted by the cold wind. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

The photos of the salt and pepper shaker formations were taken from the highway in Parowan Canyon. The next series were taken from the Yankee Meadow Reservoir Road up Bowery Creek. The last series were taken from the Second Left Hand Road (actually its name because of its position in Parowan Canyon) up Center Creek. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

The Harrisburg area of Hurricane is always good for a few photos so I took Sam up on the hill to see a few of the things I has found over the years. He spotted the male tarantula before we had gotten a few hundred feet from our doorstep. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

For those of you who are bored by sunsets, this is not the album for you. I spotted a cloud arrangement that looked like it would develop into a sunset so I started taking photos and these are the results after 50 minutes and 42 seconds of shooting. Occasional shots to the sides are included. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos were taken from the Temple Quarry Trail / Wagon Road which passes along a hillside across from the airport (soon to be replaced by a new modern facility). While there I was fortunate enough to watch and photograph two military jets taking off. The trail leads to the quarry which was the source of the volcanic basalt which after shaping to specific sizes was hauled by wagon down to the LDS Temple construction site in Saint George. The stones were placed as a foundation for the temple building. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos were taken at sunrise and at about noon today. This is our third snowfall on the mountain but is the first of a significant amount. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos were along the top of the red hills north of downtown Saint George. It is a fine place to overlook the city and surrounding communities. It is a place from where you can see actually how close the houses were built to the cliffs and the risk assumed by the residents in case of falling and rolling boulders. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos were taken in The Gap area beside the community of Green Valley, Saint George, Utah. The young lady doing the climb up the bluff is unknown to me - the shots were all telephotos from the other side of The Gap. The sunset photos were taken from home. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

This is a trail that is know for its Native American petroglyphs. We spent hours walking around the rocks looking at and photographing them. Many are in a state of advanced erosion and I'm sure that many have disappeared entirely by now. Some look like they were done recently and they may have. Additionally, the hike was made more enjoyable by the fall colors beside the Santa Clara River below. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos were taken mostly of the Quail Creek Fremont Cottonwoods which are beautiful this time of year. It is only about a mile from home as the crow flies so it is no problem going there any time and enjoying it. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

On a late afternoon drive we spotted what looked like a new building in town - the Fifth Judicial District Courthouse. I was able to get a few shots on the outside before the light was too dim. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos were taken from our deck during a stormy day which left some new snow on the Pine Valley Mountains. That weather made for some different photos. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

I had never spent much time in my hometown of Hurricane so I made a point of doing that. Later in the afternoon I drove up highway SR-59 to photograph the beautiful mountains between Hurricane and Hildale. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos were taken in the town of Enterprise, along the way to the Lower and Upper Enterprise Reservoirs and beyond the reservoirs into the mountains. This album is dedicated to my friend and neighbor Gary Harvey who wanted to celebrate his 76th birthday in this area and invited me to go along with him. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos are of another irresistable sunset from my deck here in Hurricane, Utah. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos were taken on the morning after the first significant snow on the Pine Valley Mountains. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

Another sunset presented itself this evening and, as usual, I couldn't resist. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos were taken near the small town of Virgin and at the ghost town of Grafton near Rockville, all in Utah. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos were taken in Old Irontown State Park west of Cedar City, Utah. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

Two days after returning home from Thanksgiving vacation in Arizona I was surprised to see that an overnight snowfall had created such a beautiful view from my home. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos were taken on a day I drove to Cedar City and traveled on SR-14 east to US-89 and then came back through Zion National Park on SR-9. The photos of that pass through Zion is in the Zion National Park folder. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

These photos were taken on a hike of the Santa Clara River Trail. It was a cool but very enjoyable afternoon. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

Thanksgiving Day was a bright sunny day with temperatures in the 60's. We shared our holiday dinner with friends from Ohio. I saw my first Western Short-Horned Walking Stick on the screen door and found 2 bricks in the parking area. What a day! This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.

Driving by Quail Creek Reservoir yesterday on the way home I noticed two things: the water level is extremely low and the light and reflections off the smooth water surface were different than I had seen them before. Upon arriving home I picked up my camera and tripod and drove back the mile or two to get these photos. This album has been completed and no more photos will be added.