Valley of the big smoke

Kim Atno, stops to take a picture of the Salt Lake Valley from Little Cottonwood Canyon Road, on her way home from Skiing at Alta. When I was in college, everyone was complaining about the smog in the valley, and I remember someone telling me that they learned in their history class that the temperature inversions go way back before the automobile. The Native Americans used to call it "The Valley of the BIg Smoke".

Leila visits Sophie in the hospital

djembe drums

Djembe drums, made in Ghana, West Africa, for a story on the African Heartwood project. http://www.djembedirect.com/AHP/

Rescue Drill

An AirMed helicopter stirs up the snow as it searches for a signal from a beacon, in Mineral Basin at Snowbird Ski Resort.

Skiing in Bryce Canyon

Ice Fishing Day 2

The yellow dot you see, is the powerbait on the Ratfinkee lure that was gobbled up by the Rainbow Trout pictured in the photo below a minute or two later!

Panguitch Lake Ice Fishing