April 2006 Archives

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What was the 2 lane road to Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

When we moved here in 1993, the road to the refuge had not yet been reopened from the great floods. When we crossed it on Saturday, it gave way under our wheels, and we back-tracked to the highway side of the breech. I doubt the roadbed held up even until nightfall against the water flowing over, under, through the it, while the manly full-sized pick-em-trucks rumbled across.

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Under the golden arch

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7:58:34 a.m.: A very patient dawn spectator

Dawn at this location depends on direction of light (better in the winter than April) or some dramatic clouds. I liked the pattern of the shadows, and then I saw him basking in the sun, a classic R pose.

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Ft. Buenaventura, Ogden

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At the Ogden Mountain Man Rendezvous

Trappers wintered in Ogden in 1825-26, and they also had a real rendezvous the next summer at Bear Lake. Kerry, from Battle Mountain, took second in this shooting competition.