I finally got together a few pictures from my ride last Saturday.  I left about 6:00 in the evening, and got back about 8:30.  This was the maiden voyage for my new pocket camera, a Kodak CX7530 (on sale last week at Staples for $179!)

This was my 4th or 5th time to ride all the way around Utah Lake.  Without side trips it's just under 100 miles.  I decided to make another  visit to Eureka, because I remembered that I had no pictures of the old mining headframe(s) there.

Here's the trip map:



I took this first picture near Map Point 2, facing Orem.  I live at the bottom of the foothills between the two major mountains in the picture.  I was about 11 miles from my home as the crow flies.


I took the next picture a few miles north of Map Point 3.  If the sprinkler on the end had been working right, I would have gotten wet as I rode by!


Map Point 3.  From here, Mt. Timpanogos (snow-covered, on the left) was some 34 miles distant.



Looking East as I head up the hill to Eureka.  Mt. Nebo is 178 feet higher than Timpanogos, but it just "feels" smaller somehow....



Map Point 4 - The 1890 Bullion Beck and Champion Company headframe (according to the Utah Historic Site plaque next to it):



Another of Eureka's Big Four mines, all supposedly visible from here:



The kind of operation that these headframes once supported:



A roadside scene that caught my eye at Map Point 5:



I thought about going back home the way I had come, but my wife wanted to get to a store before it closed at 9:00.  So I hopped on I-15 instead ... and we ended up not going out after all.  :dunno:

All that space, empty roads, wow, different planet almost to my rides!

yea.  i wish i lived out there too.  nice pics!

Thanks for sharing a little (or, judging by the mountains, a big) piece of where you live, Kerry.  

Being "out there in the world" is a big draw for me into Motorcycling.  So many roads -- so little opportunity to explore.  Perhaps I should invest more in lotteries -- I'd have 45 more hours per week to ride.

Unfortunately I owe, so it's off to work I go...

Kerry, again you wring the most out of camera! Super fine pics! Thank you for sharing with us again.

Cal, you should take a holiday and fly to Utah for a tour! It is good to see you here.

Nice pics Kerry.  It is beautiful country there.  Nice work with the landscapes, that camera is working well for you

I really enjoyed the mining pics too, interesting.

Beautiful.

Superb scenery to say the least!

Care to share what program generated your map?

that smells to me like MS streets and trips 2002 edition.  oh wait that's my hard drive smoking, nevermind.

Quote from: groff22Care to share what program generated your map?

davipu is right, I'm still using MS Streets & Trips 2002.

For the map images that I post, I do an Alt-Print Screen, paste it into IrfanView, and crop out the toolbars and other junk.

Day-um.    

I have Streets and Trips 2004; worth its weight in gold.

Very cool. I'll have to buy... erm ...  acquire it ...

JG

what's teh diff between streets and trips 2004 and mappoint 2004.

I got mappoint 2004. Looks teh same.

Quote from: The_good_guywhat's teh diff between streets and trips 2004 and mappoint 2004.

I got mappoint 2004. Looks teh same.

streets & trips is your everyday mapping and trip planning software.

mappoint is a business mapping and intelligence software. you can analyze trends, demographics, purchase decision data, etc...

Quote from: Kerry

Quote from: groff22Care to share what program generated your map?

davipu is right, I'm still using MS Streets & Trips 2002.

For the map images that I post, I do an Alt-Print Screen, paste it into IrfanView, and crop out the toolbars and other junk.

you can also goto Edit -> Copy Map or Ctrl + Shift + C. this will copy just the map.

Now he tells me!  

Thanks, that gets the map itself.    But I also like to include the mileage scale and the mileage/time summary.

Quote from: KerryNow he tells me!  

Thanks, that gets the map itself.    But I also like to include the mileage scale and the mileage/time summary.

right click on the map and choose copy will capture everything except for the tollbars and menu crap on the top.

That seems to give me the same result.  Is there an easy way to grab all  of the info displayed in the map at the top of the thread?

Quote from: KerryThat seems to give me the same result.  Is there an easy way to grab all  of the info displayed in the map at the top of the thread?

ask microsoft  :lol:

i think you can capture the entire route but i'm not sure if you can just get the summary...