Utah Lake, State Park Provo,
Utah
May 26, 2007.
We are in Lakeside RV-Park
on west Center Street in Provo next door
to Utah Lake State Park located on Utah Lake.
We forgot all about Memorial Day until late last week when "the lights came
on". Joyce
immediately got on the cell-phone and started trying to find a place for us to
settle in for the long Memorial Day weekend. She got lucky and found the last
vacancy at Lakeside RV-Park. That is why we are here but we are happy to be here.
It is a nice park costing 27.41 per-night for FHU and plenty of shade from mature
cottonwood trees. Down the street is Utah Lake State Park where rates are $18
per-night for water & electric and central dump station. They were full or
we would have probably been there. Either would be just fine in our opinion although
Lakeside RV is much nicer and overflows with more expensive RV's if you get my
drift.
Marina at Utah Lake State Park: Provo,
Utah
Joyce
took this picture from Utah Lake State Park on the western side of Provo,
Utah. That is the Wasatch
Mountains. Provo is situated
between that mountain and where we are located on the eastern bank of Utah
Lake.
Utah Lake
is one of the largest freshwater lakes west of the Mississippi River.
Quirrh
Mountains as seen from Utah Lake State Park: Provo,
Utah
Joyce
took this picture looking west from Utah Lake State Park located on Utah
Lake in Provo. As best as I can
determine those are the Quirrh Mountains on the west side of Utah
Lake.
Saturday,
of the Memorial Day weekend, was a big boating day on Utah
Lake as can be seen in this picture taken in the boat basin at Utah Lake
State Park.
Western grebes in boat basin at Utah Lake
State Park: Provo, Utah
Western
grebe on Utah Lake near Provo,
Utah.
Yellow-headed
blackbird at Utah Lake State Park: Provo, Utah
Two species of birds were prevalent
on and around Utah Lake and they
were the western grebe and yellow-headed blackbird.
Yellow-headed blackbird in tamerisk bushes
at Utah Lake State Park: Provo, Utah
Yellow-headed blackbirds are
very colorful. The purple flowers are tamerisk.
Yellow headed black
birds were nesting in reeds near the shore and feeding in tamarisk trees. Their
briliant color added to the subdued light mauve of the tamarisk trees they were
active in.
Western
Grebe at Utah Lake State Park: Provo, Utah
Western
grebe were common birds on Utah Lake
but we do not see many of them on our travels.
Until next time remember how good
life is.
Mike
& Joyce Hendrix
Until next time remember how good life
is.
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& Joyce Hendrix who we are
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