Antelope Island

Lisa Shafer and I headed out to Antelope Island today.  Neither of us remember ever being out there in the winter, so we decided to go see what we could see.  Not as much scenery as we’re used to, mainly because there’s a big inversion over the valley locking in the clouds and pollution.

Can you tell where the water ends and the cloud starts?

Bunny tracks…

And there’s the bunny.  It was so still that at first I thought it was a funny shaped rock.

Even when I got to within a three feet of it, it still sat there still, resting on the rock.

I got about two feet away and it ran right into the bush.  I went around to the other side and spotted it right back on it’s rock.  That rabbit really loved that rock.

Usually you can find the bison when you get about a mile in on the island, but today we had to get 5 or 6 miles in before we even found this small herd of them – about 1/10 of what you can see in the summer.  Wonder where all the rest went?

Seems there are also coyotes on the island.  I knew that, but had never seen them before.

And finally, a crosswalk out in the middle of nowhere.

Winter is here…

…it has won.

I haven’t had my hard top on since I bought the soft top at the end of April.  Today I gave in to winter and put the hard top back on.

Let the snow commence.

Ready for winter hibernation.

Old Blue, all washed and waxed.  Yup, I’m getting ready for winter.

Nooooooooooooooooooo!

Frost on the P.E. field Thursday morning.

Yup, winter is just around the corner.

Winter Wonderland.

Had a little bit of snow this weekend.

‘Twas coming down pretty good for a while.

But, then the sun came out and cleared up the roads.

Typical for winter in Utah.

Spring had sprung. For a day.

Got out of school, rolled down the windows and drove home.  Got home, saw the outdoor thermometer, February 22^nd and it’s 60° out there,

and I opened the windows to air out the house.

Winter is not my favorite season.  It’s cold.  Daylight is limited.  The house is all shuttered up and feels stale.

Spring is great, open the house air it out, days are longer and the temperature is all but perfect.

Summer is wonderful.  The swamp cooler runs 24/7.  The daylight is long and makes it almost to 10 PM.  Night temperatures are wonderful.

I love fall, except for it being the harbinger of winter.

But at least it is common in Utah to occasionally get these nice warm days during the winter so I can air out the house.

Ahhhhh, smells nice.

A beautiful winter poem....

' WINTER '

by Abigail Elizabeth McIntyre

Shit It's Cold
The End

Thank you Nikita