The first three weeks of May were spent in the Salt Lake City area - Provo to the south, Brigham City to the north - where there were some great hikes in the canyons that surround the area.
The last day of April, we climbed to the "Y" above Brigham Young University in Provo.
The bottom of the trail had rain but when we got to the top of the "Y" it was snowing.
View over Provo to Utah Lake on the "Y" trail.
Sundance is above Provo and we drove up to the ski area for the Stewart Falls Trail.
Lovely Stewart Falls.
Up the Provo Canyon is Big Springs Hollow where there is a...
natural spring flowing from the mountainside. Notice the early spring foliage.
When we moved north to Brigham City we were close to Logan and the Logan Canyon hikes.
One of the premier hikes is to the Wind Caves.
Wind and water erosion have created delicate arches and natural caves in the limestone outcropping.
On the top of the caves.
From the Wind Caves trail is a view across Logan Canyon to a formation known as the China Wall.
The day after hiking to the Wind Caves we hiked the Crimson Trail which travels along the top of the China Wall.
Looking down Logan Canyon from the Crimson Trail.
From the China Wall we could look across Logan Canyon to the Wind Caves at the left side of this limestone outcrop.
Up a canyon above Ogden was a beautiful hike up the Waterfall Canyon trail. The trail follows a creek up a deep canyon. The waterfall was very full this time of year.
Looking back down the canyon to the city of Ogden.
Further up Logan Canyon we hiked the Willow Creek Trail that travelled past...
several beaver ponds.
On Monday, May 21, we moved on to the southwest corner of Wyoming where there are two geo-sites.
From Fort Bridger, where we camped, we drove up to Fossil Butte National Monument. Fossil Butte is unequaled in the world as a depository of a diverse assemblage of Paleogene-age flora and fauna.
We are currently in Rock Springs, ten miles from Green River where there are several towering formations including this one referred to as Tollgate Rock. Petroleum is locked in the darker shale beds of the formation.
