On December 18, 2024, I visited the Great Salt Lake. This time I loitered on the seven-mile (eleven-kilometer) causeway that connects Antelope Island to the mainland. Here is what I saw: Sky over the Great Salt Lake’s Farmington Bay Looking south from the Antelope Island causeway at noon at the winter solstice. Look how […]
Read more "Miscellaneous Views from the Antelope Island Causeway"Lady Finger Point is a spit on Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake. Carol and I picnicked there on August 14, 2024. The day was hot and the Sun was bright. Smoke from wildfires around the western United States varied depending on the direction one looked. Here are some scenes from our outing: […]
Read more "Lady Finger Point"Hosting often overlooked wonders with photography and writing Gulls Loading up on Breakfast – 7 June 2021 A seven-mile causeway across the Great Salt Lake connects the mainland to Antelope Island. At 50 miles per hour (80 kph), the beauty of the salt marsh and its birds are unseen. You must pull over and get […]
Read more "Shore Birds near the Antelope Island Causeway"Dear Readers, Wonder sometimes comes from discovering connections between things thought to be separate. One example is landforms and clouds. This post features Antelope Island and a line of low-lying clouds that its 15-mile (24-kilometer) spine had created. Approaching the island from the causeway, this connection and the low ceiling impressed me. Antelope Island and […]
Read more "Touching the Clouds"Introduction In 1969 Davis County constructed a causeway from Syracuse, Utah to the north end of Antelope Island, the largest island in the Great Salt Lake. Since then I have visited the island more times than I can count and have accumulated a couple thousand photographs of the place. I acknowledge my inner psychologist who […]
Read more "Questing for Wonder on Antelope Island: November 2020"A March Afternoon on Antelope Island
Read more "Questing for Wonder on Antelope Island during Early March 2020"An outing on Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake
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