Snow Again, Day 2

View from the front

It is now 6 AM on the 2nd day of the storm.  Because we were above freezing.  Most of the day yesterday we did not get a large amount of accumulation, since the snow was mixed with rain.  Overnight, the snow became heavy and now everything is covered with snow, it looks at least 6 inches and it is still snowing.  The weather forecast is for the snow to continue into later today, so have no idea exactly how much snow we will get.  In fact, the snow was blowing so much that my windows that have screens in front of him, you cannot see out of because the screens are covered with snow.  Here are pictures of the front and back of my condo complex looks like this morning.

View from the back

Conifer covered with snow

Snow Again

View from my front door

It is now 6 o'clock on Thursday morning, here in southern New England in the another snowstorm is starting.  I I woke up just before 5 AM, and it wasn't snowing in the grounds and roads were clear and wet from overnight rain.  However, looking outside right now the grounds and roads are are covered with a light coating of snow.  This storm is supposed to last until Friday, and also is including high winds.  So what high winds and wet snow will see what happens.  Keep tuned.

View of the backyard

Rainstorm and Wind

The weather forecast for today was heavy rains and on the South coast, a coastal flood advisory was issued by the National Weather Service around the time of high tide.  I had to drop off some information at the sanctuary, so I plan my visit for around a high tide, so that I could capture what was happening.  When I arrived at the entrance to Gooseberry Neck (still closed off because of the damage from previous storms), I parked and got out of the car and almost was blown over, the wind was blowing at probably 20 to 30 kn/hour.  The spray was coming in off the water and the waves were crashing into the rocks.  I set up my camera and tripod, keeping the tripod, low so it would present less of its profile to the wind.  I started taking pictures and then the rains came heavy the front lens of the camera in no time at all had raindrops and even though I cleaned the lens off, I still obtain some blurry pictures.  I did not stay up long, because of the rain.  I then traveled in the car, further down to the edge of the sanctuary property and photographed the angry sea through the car window.  Even though I ran the windshield wipers I still had raindrops on the car window and therefore on the photograph.

Center of the picture is blurry due to the rain

Fuel through my car window before I turned on the windshield wipers

The beach, the sea, waves viewed through my car window

Antelope Island State Park

Pronghorn on the Ridge

American Bison

Antelope Island State Park is located in the Great Salt Lake and is the largest island in the lake.  Located on the island are free-roaming herds of bison, bighorn sheep, mule deer, and pronghorn antelope.  The bison were introduced to the island in 1893 and became the foundation for the present day herd of between 500 to 700 animals.  Depending on the month and season that you visit, you're viewing opportunities for wildlife will vary.
Antelope Island is reached by driving over a Causeway from Syracuse, Utah.  We found that the Causeway was an excellent location to view and photograph raptors.  In order to photograph the raptors, you have to photograph them from your car, by pulling over to the side of the road, and utilizing a support on the window for your camera and lens.  People use beanbags, I utilize a Puffin Pad for support for my equipment.

Looking Across the Great Salt Lake at the Mountains from Antelope Island
With Bison in the Meadow

History of the island showed that prehistoric people were living on the island more than 6000 years ago.  John C Fremont and Kit Carson is that explored the antelope Island in 1845, and they named it.  Antelope Island, after observing pronghorn antelope's grazing.  Fielding, Garr established a ranch on the island in 1848 and the ranch house is still standing on its existing foundation.,

Island Scenic

Island Scenic

Island Scenic

Island Scenic

The rock formations on the island are beautiful to behold. It's some of the rocks are covered with the Moss and lichen and will definitely be part of my next trip to photograph them in either early morning or late afternoon light.
The last afternoon that we were on the island it started to snow and the pictures below show the storm over the island from the causeway

Storm over Antelope Island



Another view of the Storm



Another view of the Storm



Another view of the Storm in B&W

 So if you visit the Great Salt Lake Region, Antelope Island is a worthy destination and an excellent place to spend at least one or 2 days exploring.  There is a $9 daily fee that is collected at the beginning of the Causeway