Changing of the Guard

Well not exactly Buckingham Palace or guards either. Photo taken on Haleakala of the sun beginning to rise with the moon rotating out of view for the day.

Fallen Petal after Rain Shower

A fallen petal from an African Tulip Tree on Maui along side the Hana Highway.

Green Sea Turtle

Green Sea Turtle captured on a GoPro Camera off of Maui near Wailea-MaKenna at a spot known as Turtle Town. This spot attracts sea turtles because of some of the fish the surround the reef eat off the algae that grows on the shell of the turtle (kind of like a car wash for turtles).

Moon Shot

Full moon picture for you to howl at. :-)

Ogden at Dusk

Panoramic of Ogden, Utah at dusk from the Bonneville Lake Shore Trail.

Ogden Sunset

Sunset over the Great Salt Lake and Lakeside Mountains.

San Francisco Skyline

San Francisco skyline from Alameda Island.

Paddle Boarding

Some paddle boarders in the San Francisco bay.

Picture of the Day

Fall colors in the Wasatch front.

Cloudy Mountain

Clouds hanging around Mt. Ogden for most of today.

Where the Buffalo Roam

Some pictures while hiking on Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake. During this trip there were more Buffalo than Antelope.

Fall Colors

It's that time of the year again, time for the leaves to change colors before falling off. This was taken at Snowbasin resort looking into Hell's Canyon.

Colorful Carving

Up close picture on one of the decorative carvings that make up the exterior of Peery's Egyptian Theater in Downtown Ogden.

More Xterra National Photos

Here are some pics of the top finishers and competitors from the Xterra Nationals held at Snowbasin Utah. Awesome racing by all athletes today, good job!

2nd place finisher Dan Hugo

Nico LeBrun chasing down the competition in Wheeler Creek

Melanie McQuaid 1st Place Womens

Lance Armstrong at Xterra Nationals

I was fortunate enough to capture some shots of Lance Armstrong in his return to a competitive event since the Tour de France at the Xterra Nationals. The Xterra is an offroad triathlon with the national title event held at Snowbasin Resort in Ogden Utah every year. Here are some of the photos of Lance competing at the event. Lance finished 5th after 1. Nico Lebrun 2. Dan Hugo 3. Josiah Middaugh and 4. Conrad Stoltz. Awesome racing by these guys today.

Riding up Wheeler Canyon from Pineview reservoir.

Finishing the mountain biking section.

Heading towards the finish line

Ogden

Pictures look down on Ogden from Waterfall Canyon.

Downtown Ogden

Some of the Grain Elevators in Ogden

Canyon Walls

The walls of waterfall canyon are lined by these layered cliffs showing all the different strata of rock the was created and then ultimately pushed out of the earth when the Wasatch Range was created.

Waterfall Canyon

Some pictures from Waterfall Canyon Trail in Ogden, UT.

View from Waterfall Canyon into Ogden

Busy Bee

Busy bee doing it's pollination work on some wild sunflowers that bloom in late summer in the Wasatch Front.

Tread Pattern

Picture of the new rear tire of my mountain bike. A new tire a bike always looks interesting depending on the tread pattern along with the little rubber pieces sticking out especially mountain bike tires with a pronounced tread.

Picture of the Day

Mountain Flower.

Silver King Mine

Pictures of the remains of the old Silver King mine in Park City. This mine had the highest output of silver in it's heyday in the world.

Mountain Flora

Some mountain wild flowers on the Wasatch Back above Park City.

Aspen Grove

Aspen Groves in Park City.

Clouds over Park City

View down into Park city with some large fluffy clouds floating overhead.

Giddy Up!

Picture of one of the many horse statues that are brought out each summer for Pioneer Days in Ogden.