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Spring in Utah! Today it is expected to get up to 82 degrees here in the Salt Lake Valley. That is 27 degrees above the average daily temperature for this time of year which happens to be 55 degrees, moving up to 56 tomorrow. So with it a little warmer than I like, the family did the Mount Van Cott Loop this morning/afternoon.
One month ago, I hiked Ensign Peak a couple of times to get my knee used to some light hiking. I am now making my way through the northern foothills as I've been given the green light on my knee. So with Ensign last month (400 ft elevation gain 1st time, about 1000 gradual feet the second), and the Avenues Twin Peaks last weekend ( approximately 1100 foot gain, but steeper than the 1000 foot Ensign hike), today it was roughly a 1300 foot hike to the summit.
I took three cameras on this hike today: the first was the Canon EOS 5D, the second was the Canon PowerShot SX530 HS, and the last one was the Pentax WG-8 which is a waterproof point-and-shoot camera. The 5D was a little disappointing as the pictures seemed a bit washed out to me. I'll have to play with some of the settings to see if I can get better looking images next time I use it.
At the trailhead at the University of Utah Hospital parking lot
The lower hillsides were covered with common storksbill. Unfortunately this picture doesn't do them justice. 5D blues!
A little better shot
leaving the hospital behind
Bad knees McGirt taking it one step at a time.
The Mount Van Cott northern trail - old Jeep road actually
The steepest (maybe) section of the northern trail to the top
I call this "Sage and Twins"
Looks like there are people on the Avenues Twin Peaks
And there are.
Dry Canyon below
Surprise, surprise! Look who caught up to us - @regehr himself!
Close to the summit shot before regehr headed off to finish his hike
Black Mountain Ridge to the north
A ladybug trying to hide in the scrub
The Canon EOS 5D
And the Pentax WG-8
City view
Looks like someone is climbing the beacon on the summit of Mount Wire across the canyon
Heading down into Red Butte Canyon
Desert Alyssum and Common Storksbill
The southern route to the top of Van Cott
Phlox
Made it to the canyon bottom
And back at the Sube
@Rockskipper you may need to come get this 5D and refurbish it for me.
One month ago, I hiked Ensign Peak a couple of times to get my knee used to some light hiking. I am now making my way through the northern foothills as I've been given the green light on my knee. So with Ensign last month (400 ft elevation gain 1st time, about 1000 gradual feet the second), and the Avenues Twin Peaks last weekend ( approximately 1100 foot gain, but steeper than the 1000 foot Ensign hike), today it was roughly a 1300 foot hike to the summit.
I took three cameras on this hike today: the first was the Canon EOS 5D, the second was the Canon PowerShot SX530 HS, and the last one was the Pentax WG-8 which is a waterproof point-and-shoot camera. The 5D was a little disappointing as the pictures seemed a bit washed out to me. I'll have to play with some of the settings to see if I can get better looking images next time I use it.
At the trailhead at the University of Utah Hospital parking lot
The lower hillsides were covered with common storksbill. Unfortunately this picture doesn't do them justice. 5D blues!
A little better shot
leaving the hospital behind
Bad knees McGirt taking it one step at a time.
The Mount Van Cott northern trail - old Jeep road actually
The steepest (maybe) section of the northern trail to the top
I call this "Sage and Twins"
Looks like there are people on the Avenues Twin Peaks
And there are.
Dry Canyon below
Surprise, surprise! Look who caught up to us - @regehr himself!
Close to the summit shot before regehr headed off to finish his hike
Black Mountain Ridge to the north
A ladybug trying to hide in the scrub
The Canon EOS 5D
And the Pentax WG-8
City view
Looks like someone is climbing the beacon on the summit of Mount Wire across the canyon
Heading down into Red Butte Canyon
Desert Alyssum and Common Storksbill
The southern route to the top of Van Cott
Phlox
Made it to the canyon bottom
And back at the Sube
@Rockskipper you may need to come get this 5D and refurbish it for me.
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So now would be the time to put on your eclipse glasses to protect your eyes. 
) is that when I view the images on the rear display of the camera, it is hard for me to tell if the exposure was correct or not. This is due to sunlight reflecting off of the display and second not having my reading glasses on so that I can see a sharp image. I usually don't realize how the image was exposed until I load them on my laptop and take a look. I was disappointed yesterday when I realized the 0.0 EV setting made the images look brighter than they should have been at that setting.