![A deer standing by a water pump. [Sony A7R V / Tamron 25-200]](https://pxscdn.com/public/m/_v2/7669/4796c06ff-5eacf7/H5bqRu7C8RSh/tHV5rE7D3N9kUo6Yspcko57b0KQYZiWzLlJd0Crz.jpg)
Good Friends.
And the caves themselves were predictably pretty neat too! My favorite bits were the walls which shone green when illuminated (first pic), and the helictites ā the little curlicues formed as mineral deposits change their axis as they grow (second and third pics).
![A flashlight illuminates a semitranslucent green mineral formation. [Sony A7R V / Sirui Aurora 35 1.4]](https://pxscdn.com/public/m/_v2/7669/4796c06ff-5eacf7/jRm4FRL7Ahh3/qIuYgxhppcHc4JCWV63mtz9iV6vhKquKCIa0cHtW.jpg)
Climbing up to Timpanogos Cave's entrance was pretty neat. You sort of just wobble up the side of the Wasatch Range, on a remarkably paved path.
![Sunrise blooms through a pretty tight canyon. [Sony A7R V / Sirui Aurora 35 1.4]](https://pxscdn.com/public/m/_v2/7669/4796c06ff-5eacf7/sca3KpYWLLiV/mWA7V2GpRR8rFHHm29DmEXGglb9pOGnpeaF8kDWH.jpg)
Desert mysteries. (Honestly I think it's something to do with aggregates)
![In the distance, a tower smokes in the high desert. [Sony A7R V / Tamron 25-200]](https://pxscdn.com/public/m/_v2/7669/4796c06ff-5eacf7/8KDbLxFLwQ0n/zraiHJXEYjXrskNTEJFt9bQpXnJ9eTnfyOIgmKgR.jpg)
Bye-oming.
![A river gorge from above, at sunrise. [Sony A7R V / Tamron 25-200]](https://pxscdn.com/public/m/_v2/7669/0e0206425-c6ee71/1KfmrMjupKTS/9lqGYOtXZmxhfbWZCJJuwrSKNgh6WDrHesNBbqjD.jpg)
Early morning drive along WY-296.
![A large rock formation sits sun-lit on a big sharp bluff over a highway. [Sony A7R V / Tamron 25-200]](https://pxscdn.com/public/m/_v2/7669/0e0206425-c6ee71/R0x0HmTdHPGY/1dXMiRW7vhhqz53xcAfw7pkjpNsXQ2nONS7VVN4x.jpg)
The walls of Emerald Lake. I loved all the different directions of cracks and striations.
![A rocky mountainside looms over a blue lake, with all sorts of colors on the rocks, and snow in bits. [Sony A7R V / Tamron 25-200]](https://pxscdn.com/public/m/_v2/7669/0e0206425-c6ee71/sh4kf9EFRpJK/dennA0592IMC9aIASrQHAwcaPRM7dgjICvqPXW3t.jpg)
Downpour 2: The Downpourening
I thought this was such a good idea that I'm posting about it. Take that!
The current version of Downpour has a download-speed line, and a well to drop in links which also expresses download speed as "weather". I was looking at that download speed line and going "aw, it's like a little mountain range". So... combine the two. And add a snow line. I love this so much.
I am now even more comfortable saying that Downpour is the least-crappy auto-resuming, progress-saving download manager for the Mac. I'd made it while dealing with a spotty Starlink connection in Montana, and have kept using it since it rules.
Bopping around near the Beartooth Pass. It felt a bit alien.
![A rolling landscape of low orange grasses, below a cloudy sky, with a bit of snow. [Sony A7R V / Tamron 25-200]](https://pxscdn.com/public/m/_v2/7669/0e0206425-c6ee71/lmiBZqdrGp3p/kRdFPH0GwVTDDVH9ZSWK20KRRBkbWysRWAlThRNZ.jpg)
Canyon colors.
![A river runs through a deep, colored canyon between trees. [Sony A7R V / Tamron 25-200]](https://pxscdn.com/public/m/_v2/7669/0e0206425-c6ee71/nuemHY5VNDMc/QF2jU4fbAnJS4gjbdkqq8Sn1jw0RCb4QUnP5pULd.jpg)