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Not a mushroom dude, but know how to google.
coprinus comatus.
Shaggy Mane Mushroom, Lawyer’s Wig, Shaggy Inkcap, or Maned Agaric
Edible.
Warning: Not to be confused with common ink cap mushroom.
I just discovered HDR today on my phone. This was a pano so it didn't apply. I'll look for other (free) programs that do HDR. Thanks for the 'new' photo @dbostedo
Lunch at 10000 ft. Marshall Lake, behind Murdock Mountain.
Sorry about that. It was just a bad pun.
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it's the right size for a Spinal Cap.
This weekend was a ton of fun as well as productive around the office and house.
This morning I went for another ride.
On the way up the valley.
This morning I went for another ride.
Thats a post card right there.
Trail though a burn scar tree.
Sailing off the Orange County coast Thursday, before the oil spill.
I got my booster shot today, and in two weeks my immunity should be at it's best so I can ski this season.
Looking down Big Cottonwood Canyon from the Wasatch Crest yesterday…
In the interest of maintaining my fitness for the upcoming ski/snowboard season and also yesterday being one of the last opportunities to visit the higher elevation environs of the Wasatch before the forecast cooler weather/snow arrives, I headed up Broad's Fork from the s-curves in BCC. My goal was to hike up Bonkers, a huge northeast-facing avalanche path that's topped off by an un-named peak. These photos are associated with said hike/climb.
A short distance from the trailhead, I interrupted a group of mule deer descending the steep mountainside across the trail and heading down to Big Cottonwood Creek for a drink. A doe and three fawns remained above me and a doe and fawn crossed ahead of me and were below the trail.
A short distance later I entered the Wilderness Area.
The maintained trail ends at a meadow and a couple of beaver ponds after 2.25 miles and that's where the scramble/steep off-trail climb began. My objective is the first distant peak on the right-hand side, immediately to the left of the closer cliff at the edge of the photo. The slope below the peak is a popular destination for backcountry skiers and snowboarders. Bonkers has been virtually stripped of all vegetation by numerous annual avalanches. It's a 40-degree slope at the top and continually moderates all the way to the bottom of the 2,500' vertical run.
Approaching my goal, I took a break to look down Stairs Gulch, an approximately 5,000' vertical backcountry run down to BCC road. Downtown SLC is located just barely to the left of Mt. Olympus (the last peak along the ridge line coming from the right-hand side of this photo). A portion of the Great Salt Lake is further in the distance.
This is a photo of Wildcat Ridge from the same vantage point.
I took this photo just shy of reaching the summit of the un-named peak.
The two high points in this photo are Mt. Raymond and Gobbler's Knob.
Just upthread is a post by @4ster of a photo he took from the Wasatch Crest Trail. He was somewhere on or near the ridge line above the groves of quaking aspen on the left-hand side of this photo. The mountain in the middle of this photo is Kessler Peak with the Uinta Mountains in the far distance.
This photo is of Broad's Fork Twin Peaks. The eastern summit of the twins is the highest point in Salt Lake County, although there are several peaks higher in the Wasatch Mountain Range. If one looks closely, there is somebody standing on the summit.
Looking down into Deaf Smith Canyon, which empties into the high east bench of Cottonwood Heights.
The mountains on the near shore (Antelope Island) and the far shore (Stansbury Island) of the Great Salt Lake can now be reached without crossing a body of water. The Great Salt Lake water level reached the lowest ever recorded in late July and continues to recede. These are the two biggest islands in the lake.
This photo is of the Kennecott Copper Mine, located in the Oquirrh Mountain Range immediately to the west of the Salt Lake Valley. The mine is owned by the Australian-British mining conglomerate Rio Tinto. The mine is the largest man-made excavation and deepest open-pit mine in the world.
I stopped for a photo of lower BCC while descending the lower part of the Broad's Fork Trail.
A short distance from the trailhead, I interrupted a group of mule deer descending the steep mountainside across the trail and heading down to Big Cottonwood Creek for a drink. A doe and three fawns remained above me and a doe and fawn crossed ahead of me and were below the trail.
A short distance later I entered the Wilderness Area.
The maintained trail ends at a meadow and a couple of beaver ponds after 2.25 miles and that's where the scramble/steep off-trail climb began. My objective is the first distant peak on the right-hand side, immediately to the left of the closer cliff at the edge of the photo. The slope below the peak is a popular destination for backcountry skiers and snowboarders. Bonkers has been virtually stripped of all vegetation by numerous annual avalanches. It's a 40-degree slope at the top and continually moderates all the way to the bottom of the 2,500' vertical run.
Approaching my goal, I took a break to look down Stairs Gulch, an approximately 5,000' vertical backcountry run down to BCC road. Downtown SLC is located just barely to the left of Mt. Olympus (the last peak along the ridge line coming from the right-hand side of this photo). A portion of the Great Salt Lake is further in the distance.
This is a photo of Wildcat Ridge from the same vantage point.
I took this photo just shy of reaching the summit of the un-named peak.
The two high points in this photo are Mt. Raymond and Gobbler's Knob.
Just upthread is a post by @4ster of a photo he took from the Wasatch Crest Trail. He was somewhere on or near the ridge line above the groves of quaking aspen on the left-hand side of this photo. The mountain in the middle of this photo is Kessler Peak with the Uinta Mountains in the far distance.
This photo is of Broad's Fork Twin Peaks. The eastern summit of the twins is the highest point in Salt Lake County, although there are several peaks higher in the Wasatch Mountain Range. If one looks closely, there is somebody standing on the summit.
Looking down into Deaf Smith Canyon, which empties into the high east bench of Cottonwood Heights.
The mountains on the near shore (Antelope Island) and the far shore (Stansbury Island) of the Great Salt Lake can now be reached without crossing a body of water. The Great Salt Lake water level reached the lowest ever recorded in late July and continues to recede. These are the two biggest islands in the lake.
This photo is of the Kennecott Copper Mine, located in the Oquirrh Mountain Range immediately to the west of the Salt Lake Valley. The mine is owned by the Australian-British mining conglomerate Rio Tinto. The mine is the largest man-made excavation and deepest open-pit mine in the world.
I stopped for a photo of lower BCC while descending the lower part of the Broad's Fork Trail.
So I seem to be having a little reaction to the shot. Woke up at 5:00 AM and I was nauseous, had some tea and little English muffin. That didn't stay down, still feeling uncomfortable and I was wondering does anyone know how long this will last? I have some appointments today and I don't want to reschedule.
Thanks
At Killington, the Bacon Bloody Mary is also known as “lunch.” They should add that piece of bread, like yours!
My only reaction to the 3rd Pfizer dose was extreme sleepiness. I slept for about 12 hours. That was it.
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