Some days offer unexpected gifts. I’ve posted images from one of those days in four posts already. I was looking forward to a quick trip to Golden Spike National Historical Site, see the place a momentous event occurred and head back to the big city. I was greeted with an amazing sunrise hike on the historic rail bed, viewed the beautiful reconstructed steam engines, diverted to a mysterious hike on the salt lake, crossed vast ranch land, witnessed beautiful shadowplay on an ancient arch, and I thought the day gave all its rewards. It hadn’t.
Pintail Lake
The sky was continuing to give a show on the return drive. The map showed some lakes ahead just off the road, so perhaps some nice reflections could be found. The Bear River flows into the northeast part of the great lake, and much of the area is protected waterfowl habitat. I still don’t know what this area was despite searching on the web, but I did get lake names. The view above looks back west to the Promontory Mountains.
Wigeon Lake
A hint of red touched the clouds briefly, and quickly faded.
Wigeon Lake dusk
And the notes played quietly to end the day.
