Share my world: Off roading in American Fork Canyon, Utah

in #travelfeed6 years ago (edited)

I am so excited to post about this adventure.

Recenty brother @jarvie and I went off roading in American Fork Canyon. I flew from Arizona to Utah for my nephew's wedding. I got in around noon and then visited with my uncle and one of my dad's friends that he grew up with (cool story there). Then Scotty and I met at Kneaders for dinner and I got my 20-70 Sigma lens and we headed to the mountain for sunset.The sunset was pretty good. The lightning storm after, was amazing!

Here is our journey.

First, gotta get gas and clean the windshield.

I had just got my lens so I was talking lots of pictures. While I was taking these pictures I totally thought of @soyrosa and her Taking pictures through dirty train windows collection.

Now we are on the road and headed up to the canyon.

Mountains are my favorite, especially rocky ones!


Our first stop was the parking lot at American Fork River reservoir

@jarvie let some air out of his tires and I took a few pictures.


As we climbed the mountain we had some amazing views of Timp


Narrow Rough Road

Off roading with @jarvie is so fun! He is a great driver and I like high adrenaline activities.


A few details along the way


Pack Lammas in a field

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This idyllic picture of llamas grazing in the field was my submission for the @czechglobalhosts North America contest.

These llamas were happy hanging out by themselves and didn't want anything to do with us. I did get one when the brown and white one looked my way. At the top of the mountain we talked to their owner.

Continuing the climb up the mountain. The sky and the trees were on point!


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We made it to the top of the mountain.

There was a big field surrounded by rocky mountains. It was gorgeous and the only sound was the rustling of the wind through the trees. I would love to camp up there sometime.

Got some fun shots of @jarvie.

I'm ready for the next @photogames contest asking for a photos of the photograher.

Right before sunset

Sunset


What a gorgeous night!

Lightning shots

We went for sunset and ended up getting some great lightning shots. This was my first time taking lightning pictures.


This is my first ever. And my blog post about it.

And these were the next two. It started raining and we needed to get off the mountain before the storm got too close. I am excited to do lightning pictures again.

It was a great off roading adventure with @jarvie up American Fork Canyon.
Utah is one of my favorite places and I am so glad I get to visit so often.

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Wow, timing must be everything. And sweet camper pickup.

Wow! I want to hire your driver :)
I enjoyed very much yours "lots of pictures - less words" style!
Great post!!!

Thanks so much. I feel real fortunate that @jarvie knows how to off road and I have gotten to see otherwise not accessible places with him.

WOW - spectacular roadtrip you guys did! Truly awesome and the lightning pictures turned out so great :D

I love the 'dirty car windows' shots with @jarvie's face as your subject :')

Gorgeous post @sjarvie5!!!

Thanks @soyrosa. I am glad you liked the reference to you and your collection and @jarvie faces are priceless.

Thanks for the ride! Some of those purples from your lightning shots require a new color code! Great adventure.

So glad you enjoyed it.

I feel like you documented one of my offroad trips better than I ever have!! haha

Also you can see the difference in the new camera... like a lot!

Aww thanks brother. We will just have to go on more trips like this. I really do like off roading and my new camera!!!

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Amazing photos! Those lightening ones are super awesome. Yeah Utah is a great place. I enjoyed living there for 3.5 years from 2001 to 2004. Good times! And definitely great scenery there!

Thanks Matt I really had so much fun taking them and Utah is awesome.

You are very welcome! :)

Sara, this is amazing! You are such a great photographer! I love all of them.

It looks like you had a great day with your brother. It's nice that you both share the same passion.

Thank you Martina. I agree. It is so fun that we like so many of the same things and we have become really good friends in recent years.

It's amazing that you have such a nice relationship with your brother! Family is the most important!

What a great road trip @sjarvie5. Those lightning shots are amazing.

Looks like you got the best of both worlds as far as the weather was concerned. 😁

Thanks so much Gillian. Yes, we were lucky with the weather, it was amazing.

Will that guy wash my windshield for steem? Haha! Great photos @sjarvie5 and it looks like a great time too!

Ha ha, I would definitely ask for those faces if you get your windshield washed by @jarvie, that was the best part! Thanks so much. It was great.

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