Salt Lake City Cemetery

November 20, 2014 -- Salt Lake City, Utah.  My wife and I snuck away for a stay-cation in Salt Lake City for the weekend.  I've had it on my list to spend some time in the Salt Lake City Cemetery. There are so many stories, so many influential people and so much history in the cemetery that it really makes for a fun destination. 

The grave of David O. McKay, 9th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

The grave of Gordon B. Hinckley, 15th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

The grave of Wilford Woodruff, 4th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

The grave of John Taylor, 3rd President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Grave of Rhoda Rebecca Oakey, the last to die on the trail with the Willie Handcart Company.

The grave of Heber J. Grant, 7th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

The grave of Joseph Fielding Smith, 10th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

The grave of Joseph F. Smith, 6th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Causey Reservoir - Salmon Run

September 19, 2014 -- Took a personal day and headed out with my hiking buddy to see the salmon run out of Causey Reservoir.  I've wanted to catch a glimpse of this phenomenon for a couple of years but just haven't been able to time it right.

We headed out on the Skull Crack Trail which is a relatively easy 2.6 mile (5.2 total) out to the south east fork of the reservoir.

The autumn leaves were just starting to change and I could see the aspen's on some of the slopes still green.

The salmon were an amazing red and incredible to watch swim up the small river feeding into the reservoir.

As we were getting ready to leave we ran into a trail runner with his dog.  He mentioned he was here last week and there where twice as many salmon. It's hard to know exactly the best time to see the spawning but we were pretty satisfied with our little adventure this fall. 

Causey Reservoir - Salmon Run

September 19, 2014 -- Took a personal day and headed out with my hiking buddy to see the salmon run out of Causey Reservoir.  I've wanted to catch a glimpse of this phenomenon for a couple of years but just haven't been able to time it right.

We headed out on the Skull Crack Trail which is a relatively easy 2.6 mile (5.2 total) out to the south east fork of the reservoir.

The autumn leaves were just starting to change and I could see the aspen's on some of the slopes still green.

The salmon were an amazing red and incredible to watch swim up the small river feeding into the reservoir.

As we were getting ready to leave we ran into a trail runner with his dog.  He mentioned he was here last week and there where twice as many salmon. It's hard to know exactly the best time to see the spawning but we were pretty satisfied with our little adventure this fall.