Summer has FALLen

It has been raining constantly for the past forty hours.  I was planning on harvesting apples and making applesauce and juice.  That will have to wait for another day.  The Indian Summer that we have been enjoying seems to have drawn to a close.  My last day of roaming the woods and getting paid to do it has passed.  I thought I'd include some pictures of that last drive. These pictures are even more beautiful when opened and enlarged.

The vehicle that is off the road happened to be at

 a particularly picturesque spot, where the driver was probably looking at the back side of Mount

  Timpanogos when s/he went over the edge.  I imagine there's a lesson in that, avoid distractions such as texting, etc., when driving; but, I'm willing to cut this person a bit of slack IF being overwhelmed by nature's beauty was the distraction.  I took a few pictures after radioing it in to dispatch.

I'll truly miss getting out and visiting with campers and talking about Smokey Bear to their kids.  But most of all I'll miss the Uintas.  I had not spent much time there before this year and I do not own a truck that will take me to many of the places I was able to see this summer.   Next season, beginning in May, I'll be back up in the hills, almost daily, again.