Sunday Drive around Utah Lake in Old Henry

[Old Henry]

Last Sunday we took my annual 100 mile drive around Utah Lake for my birthday (which isn't really until the 17th).







The few houses and out buildings at Pelican Point on the west side of the lake.


Wider angle view looking across from Pelican Point.


Looking south to Mt. Nebo


Here's the movie: (I live at the foot of the pyramid shaped mountain called Mt. Baldy just this side of the larger mountain called Mt. Timpanogos.) The music is the Utah State Hymn "Utah We Love Thee". http://youtu.be/6GpB5i8FPv8

[Cool Kat with Hot Car]

Great to see you and Old Henry back o the road. Thanks for sharing your trip.

[DadsForty]

Happy early birthday and thanks for the pictures and video. Good to see you are back on the road.

[A bones]

Happy Birthday. Thanks for the all efforts to make this happen, and all the knowledge shared.

[PeteVS]

Looks like you went clockwise? Also, the third photo makes the "telephone poles look like a picket fence." (From Hot Rod Lincoln)

[Ol' Ron]

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Thanks, I needed that. Goes pretty fast now.

[cmbrucew]

Hi Prof.
Good to see you and old henry "on the road again".
Happy Birthday to you, and many more.
Bruce

[Old Henry]

Originally Posted by PeteVS

Looks like you went clockwise?

Yeah. I always miss the turn off at Genola to go around the north end of West Mountain if I go the other way and end up in Santaquin instead. Here's the map of how I get around the lake "off the beaten path", i.e. "the road less traveled by": https://goo.gl/maps/WqYRR

[mike42]

I have to ask.....do you file a flight plan with anyone in case of problems on the road ?

[BILL WZOREK]

Thanks:
You and OLD HENRY are showing me parts of AMERICA that I would never get a chance to see!!!

There is one song that comes to mind every time I see your posts.

~~~ I DID IT MY WAY ~~~

[moonshine runner]

Craig,

You never cease to amaze me. NICE! Thanks for posting and Happy Birthday. Coming out your way this week. Got to be in SLC for our annual supply chain conference.

Take Care!
Kevin

[mfagan]

Happy Birthday!!

What kind of camera do you use?

[ccnelson]

It's good to see you are back on the road. Thanks for the pictures and video. Wishing you a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

[Barry-ct]

Glad you're up and running. I for one, miss the travel logs! Enjoy and also have a happy birthday. My Granddaughters birthday is the 19th, her first!

[VeryTangled]

Hi Prof. Henry, Thanks for bringing us along again. I liked the map, that helped me visualize your trip. I went back and placed myself at Pelican Point. For others who look at it, I had to zoom in a little to see the route trace.

[Old Henry]

Originally Posted by mfagan

Happy Birthday!!

What kind of camera do you use?

Sony WX350 point and shoot. It's 18 MP 20X optical zoom. I chose it mostly for it's superior HD video. I usually have it mounted on a mono-pod for video but forgot it on this trip so just held it up against the rear view mirror to stabilize.

[AlDeBear]

Craig, It's great to see you "On The Road Again"! Great too that you take all of us along ! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Thanks. LARRY

[Vic Piano]

Way to go, that's what having fun with Flatheads is all about! Happy birthday!

[Charlie ny]

Prof,
I knew you would prevail, thanks so much for the travelog. Pepe ?
May your oil pressure be stable, your coolant be warm, and your motor be QUIET !!
Charlie ny

[Old Henry]

Originally Posted by VeryTangled

Hi Prof. Henry, Thanks for bringing us along again. I liked the map, that helped me visualize your trip. I went back and placed myself at Pelican Point. For others who look at it, I had to zoom in a little to see the route trace.

If you zoom in close at Pelican Point you'll see an interesting historical feature that starts there and goes right along the shore of the lake north to the outlet into the Jordan River. It is an old canal. Back in the 40's sometime the lake got so low that it would not drain into the Jordan River so huge pumps were installed at Pelican Point and pumped water out of the lake into the canal that then flowed to the Jordan River. The canal is now overgrown with trees. It's the ribbon of green that goes right along the edge of the lake. The pumps have since been removed and replaced by pumps right at the outlet into the Jordan River. Here's the map again: https://goo.gl/maps/WqYRR Pelican point is that point jutting out into the lake from the west shore about 2/3 the way up that west side. The pumps were at the channels dug down to access the water on the south side of the point and pumped into the canal that crossed the point there at that time. That section of the canal is since filled in but it's path can still be seen.

One other little interesting feature in the lake: If you zoom in just north of Lincoln Beach on the south end you can see Bird Island. For many years I sailed out to that island with my boys at night under a full moon navigating by the stars (two mile trip) and camped overnight right at the bird nesting time when the island was covered with thousands of seagull and pelican nests and swarmed by the birds themselves. Here's the movie: http://youtu.be/tWegKJ7wxlg



And, each trip we'd plant a tree, since there were no trees on the island, and look forward to coming back the next year to see if it made it through the winter. Here's the only one that did, a Navaho Umbrella tree planted from a branch rooted from the tree in our back yard. The tree in our back yard is 30 feet high and 60 feet in diameter. This one on the island dwarfed because of the harsh conditions and only grew 6 feet tall but a perfectly shaped miniature of the huge on in our yard.



This picture was taken in 2005. Thereafter, the level of the lake water rose above the island and there was no island for a few years so we didn't go and the tree was drowned.