Provo River near the mouth of Provo Canyon, Utah

The Provo River Parkways Trail follows the Provo River into Provo Canyon. This is looking west down the canyon from a bridge over the river. In the background, on the cliff wall, you can see a portion of the Provo River Aqueduct called the Olmstead Flowline that provides water for a power station and for the City water supply.  

Moonlight at Moon Lake, Utah

This is actually a photograph of the moon, not the sun. If you look closely, you can see a few stars scattered over the sky. The reason the moon looks as bright as the sun is that the photo was taken with an iPhone 11 Plus and the camera automatically compensates for low light situations. Of course, I could have edited out the moon but then the title to this photo would not make any sense. As it is, where is the lake? It is behind me. 

Moon Lake with Kayaks in Utah

We started kayaking about twenty or so years ago. We were happy to have another opportunity on Moon Lake, high in the Uinta Mountains of Eastern Utah. We spent a few days camping, hiking, and kayaking on the lake. The Lake is quite low and dropped a few more feet while we were camping. The weather was windy but warm and the wind kept the bugs away. 

Brown Duck Creek and Moon Lake in the High Uinta Mountains of Utah

The is Brown Duck Creek as it enters Moon Lake in the High Uintas of Utah. In the distance is the Moon Lake Campground. We took a trail around the Lake for a mile or so and found a lot of lovely views. This snow-fed creek has a scoured look because of the Spring floods that wash whole trees down from the mountains above. This was a warm and sunny beautiful day in the mountains. 

White Onions

Onions or Allium cepa is known only from cultivated varieties. A related wild species is found in Central Asia. There are several varieties of onions most commonly seen in this white variety and a red variety. Here is a brief explanation of the plant from Wikipedia: Onion. 

The onion plant has been grown and selectively bred in cultivation for at least 7,000 years. It is a biennial plant, but is usually grown as an annual. Modern varieties typically grow to a height of 15 to 45 cm (6 to 18 in). The leaves are yellowish- to bluish green and grow alternately in a flattened, fan-shaped swathe. They are fleshy, hollow, and cylindrical, with one flattened side. They are at their broadest about a quarter of the way up, beyond which they taper towards a blunt tip. The base of each leaf is a flattened, usually white sheath that grows out of the basal plate of a bulb. From the underside of the plate, a bundle of fibrous roots extends for a short way into the soil. As the onion matures, food reserves begin to accumulate in the leaf bases and the bulb of the onion swells.

Lately, some cultivated onions in the United States have been recalled because of potential salmonella poisoning.  

Coal Mine Canyon, Arizona

Northern Arizona is full of wonders. Some of them, like Coal Mine Canyon, are unmarked and remote. You will likely never hear of them or know that they exist unless you are an avid reader of Arizona Highways magazine or spend a lot of time searching for places in Arizona online. There are some places that I have been and taken a number of photos that I will usually not give directions on how to get there. This is one of those places. I do need to say that presently, you need a paid permit from the Navajo Parks and Recreation Office in Cameron to visit the site. The bottom of the canyon is in the Hopi Reservation and you would need a separate permit and a guide to visit the area below the rim. 

Moon Lake in the High Uintas

Moon Lake is a reservoir at about 8000 feet above sea level in the high Uinta Mountains of Utah. We stayed at a National Forest Service campground and enjoyed the view and the access to the lake. Reservations for camping in Utah are sometimes a challenge because of the popularity of the locations but we are tent campers and so we do not compete with all the RV campers. We spent our time resting, hiking, and kayaking on the huge lake. The weather was very windy for part of the time we were there but that is to be expected at such a high elevation.