Joy in the Morning!

This single tulip was as happy to feel the day's early sun on its face as I was! We all turn our hearts and faces to that first warming sun in the spring, don't we?

Backroads Pass

I have no idea the name of the pass, if it even has one, but we went through Huntington, Utah to cross it. Mid-April snow had fallen on the toes of aspen:
To our great surprise, we rounded a (slippery) corner, and myriads of color spots were winging against the bright snow! I was mad that I forgot my monopod, because it was so blindingly white.

I dunno' what they are called, but I call them "para-boarders".

What fun they must have!

And this is our goodbye to the Wasatch Front:

Rambling the Backroads, Early Spring

Our plan, while in Utah, was to - no surprise here! - take the smallest back roads possible to return to the SLC area from Manti by heading east, southeast, then north over a couple of passes. Whenever we spot an antiquated farm building, the car just naturally comes to a stop!

Sometimes the car has to go down a lesser road with ruts 'n such in order to get a better perspective:

Or even leave the road completely to get around the backside, as in this one I call "Weathered Woods":