Photo of the Day: Sacred Snow

Southern Utah Snowfall, Near Diamond Valley (?), Utah, December 2010

presented with these comments:

Who says it doesn't snow in southern Utah during the winter? It snowed TWICE while I was there. I'm glad I missed the major Christmas Nor'easter on the East Coast, but I escape to the southern climes of Utah/Arizona/Nevada so I can walk around with maybe a light jacket in the 40-60 degree weather and to AVOID SNOW.

It was pretty though, and helped to set off some of the gealogical features of the area. On the afternoon of the first storm, as it cleared out of the higher elevations, I went back to the folks' house and rustled Grumpa Max off the couch to drive around to catch the views and chase the light. Our "shooting" trip for the year, as it were.

This is heading out toward Snow Canyon on one turn off or another. While it was too bright one way, and snowing in others, sometimes you get one or two good perspective shots.

Sometimes, as you'll see later, it's the stops that you aren't expecting to make, when you actually get the best photos of the entire trip.

And yes, it's Utah. So there are actually churches EVERYWHERE.