Before the Snows Hit, Liberty Park Gave Leave to...

But then, the snows came yesterday. And this photo further illustrates loss of riding privileges.

Yet again, off to the slopes this weekend! Alta opens Saturday.

West High School Sculptures

Maharoni Young's worker series features a carpenter, and a smithy.

You can see his art on the southside of the West High campus in Salt Lake.

One of LeConte Stewart's Great Utah Landscapes

This should be called SLC Daily Art; but here's another great painting. This is by the renowned regional artist Leconte Stewart, painted in 1922.

I love Stewart's paintings of Utah.

He lived 'til in his 90's.

Utah!

Fairbanks' Utah Harvest is so Utah in its flavor, I had to add it.

The Wasatch Mountains, the poplar trees, golden hay smelling dusty sweet with rain!

And the dusty blue mountains in the distance.

I will through eternity long for those mountains.

Protected Wetlands on Utah Lake

Looking south from Saratoga hot springs. Salt Lake and nearby towns have several hot springs.

The waterfowl abound in number and variety.

A National Geographic from the early 1940s features Utah Lake as one of the most crystal clear lakes in America.

World War II changed that.

Its strategic location as the Crossroads of the West, with roads going to naval ports in San Diego, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle, made it the perfect inland location for Geneva Steel Company, and for huge naval depots in Ogden.

With the closing of Geneva (go to the BYU Museum of Art for a photo exhibit currently featured), Utah Lake is making a significant comeback.

Along the southwest edges of the lake, the Molida Bird Refuge is an excellent field for bird, insect and botany studies and specimens.

A Beacon Upon a Hill

The Bountiful Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sits atop the hills above the city.

The view of the Great Salt Lake at sunset is stunning as you walk the Temple grounds, or jog along the Temple avenue along the Bonneville ancient shoreline.

The Cathedral of the Madeleine is coming in the next few blogs.

Salt Lake City and Surrounding Areas

In the hills above Bountiful, just minutes north of Salt Lake, are some beautiful homes with a bay-like view of the Great Salt Lake at sunset.

On the top of these hills to the south of this sector is a golf course and country club.