Album The members of backcountrypost.com

scatman · Apr 3, 2025

Bob said:
Scat is in trouble...... just saw this on the web.......

Tony’s Chocolonely bars recalled for possibly containing ‘small stones’

Tony's Chocolonely based in the Netherlands voluntarily recalled two types of candy bars sold in the U.S. and Canada because they may contain small stones.

www.foxbusiness.com

A few little stones can't hurt the Scatman! Besides, I need a few for my gizzard.

TractorDoc · Apr 6, 2025

It has been raining a lot lately. The ground is too saturated to do much outdoorsy work at home, so headed out to Mohican State Park to see what condition the waterfalls were in.

The trail was flooded below the dam, and I stirred up a goose as I was looking for an alternate route.

Grape Hyacinth in bloom.

Little Lyons Falls was roaring.

Big Lyons Falls was pouring. Two different camera speeds of a similar view.

This is the most water I have seen pouring over the edge of the sandstone. Member of BCP pic from under/behind the falls.

scatman · Apr 8, 2025

We had a nice snow storm last Tuesday, so I was looking for a hike in the foothills this past weekend that didn't involve too much mud - Jack's Mountain fit the bill. Since January, I have been rotating through my cameras and on this hike I took the Canon Digital Rebel. The Digital Rebel was released in 2003 and has a 6.3 MP sensor. I also carried the Canon PowerShot SX150 IS in my kilt pocket.

Jack's is about a 1,240 foot elevation gain from the trailhead to the summit, so not much, but it is gained over approximately 1.18 miles, so there is some steepness to it. My left knee that has been bothering me did reasonable well on the climb up, but was painful at times on the way back down.

View from the trailhead

Mount Olympus to the south showing her face

Common storksbill. Still only three wildflowers out after a week from my last hike.

Desert alyssum

Gaining some elevation

Spring parsley

Jack's Mountain coming into view in the upper left along with the upper reaches of Carrigan Canyon and Parley's Ridge above right

Some 2024 ragweed

More storksbill and alyssum

Mount Wire to the north

Downtown Salt Lake City, with the international airport beyond and the southern end of Antelope Island

Looking back on the hill with the cell phone tower

Typical of the trial

Some orange lichens that I thought was pretty

Made it to the top

Grandview Peak to the north

Zoomed in on Mount Wire. Looks like there are a couple of people up top

Zoomed in on Grandview

Mt setup for this hike

A look up Spring Canyon

There is a trail along this ridge that extends from the summit towards Parleys Ridge.
I'll have to check it out later this spring. I'm guessing it makes its way to the top of
the ridge somehow.