UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

We took the dogs to the Jordan River Trail for their walk Friday. This trail goes along the Jordan River from around Salt Lake City south to Utah Lake (NOT the Great Salt Lake). The trail was created to preserve the river and wet lands as park areas. This trail runs between housing and business developments for almost 30 miles.

We started at the junction of the Draper City and Riverton portions of the trail. I hoped to get some bird photos, so I walked with my 100 - 400 telephoto. As you can see from the attached photos, only a few birds were out (and still enough for my reflexes). The fall scenery, however, was well worth the walk. Included are a couple of my wife's iPhone shots that capture the day.

As usual, downloads work best.

Our starting point at the park

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Always be wary of wild animals when hiking

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Coming out from under the bridge

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Bird too slow to move before I shot

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County park on the top of the hill

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Had to include some water

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Another slow bird much higher


My wife's trail view

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Utah e-Bay Hq. just across the river

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The crew and my better half

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PixelStan77 Loc: Vermont/Chicago

Thanks Mike for taking me on your Jordan River trail. I found it very interesting.Did you walk the 30 miles?

jdub82 Loc: Northern California

Nice series!

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Thanks, Stan. Our dogs are almost 13, so we limit their walks to about 1 and 1/2 hours. About 45 minutes out each way. We do the trail in bits and pieces.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Thanks for taking the time to look and comment.

angler Loc: StHelens England

Excellent set Mike.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

I appreciate the visit, Jim.

couch coyote Loc: northern Illinois

What a nice walk, appreciate being able to go along. Your captions add to the fun (slow birds, lol). So glad you came out from under your bridge; does that mean you're secretly a troll?

Cwilson341 Loc: Central Florida

Lovely series, Mike. You inclusion of scenery, wildlife, water and anything of interest really makes it a joy to go along.

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Nice set of images of a nice walk Mike. Somehow the pictures didn't open up on download, while other pictures I looked at did open. Wonder whether there is something wrong or different in your posting, or whether it is my equipment that has problems with these images. Joe

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Thanks for looking, but most people who know me would ask why you added "secretly" (LOL).

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Thanks, Carol. Mother Nature provided the itinerary, I was just able to record.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Sorry, Joe, I recently sent some stuff as DNG, but I thought that I restored the settings.

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

I always like going along on your walks, Mike. No exception today!

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

And I always appreciate that you come along, Ken. How is the clean up coming?