Orchards along Lincoln Beach Road in South Valley


		Orchards along Lincoln Beach Road in South Valley May 26, 2007. We are in Lakeside RV-Park on west Center Street in Provo next door to Utah Lake State Park located on Utah Lake. We forgot all about Memorial Day until late last week when "the lights came on". Joyce immediately got on the cell-phone and started trying to find a place for us to settle in for the long Memorial Day weekend. She got lucky and found the last vacancy at Lakeside RV-Park. That is why we are here but we are happy to be here. It is a nice park costing 27.41 per-night for FHU and plenty of shade from mature cottonwood trees. Down the street is Utah Lake State Park where rates are $18 per-night for water & electric and central dump station. They were full or we would have probably been there. Either would be just fine in our opinion although Lakeside RV is much nicer and overflows with more expensive RV's if you get my drift. Passport America - Discount Camping Club Fruit orchard on bank of Utah, Lake southwest of Provo This is a fruit growing area with orchard upon orchard of various fruit trees. Fruit orchard on bank of Utah, Lake southwest of Provo Fruit orchards included cherry, apple, apricot, peach and possibly others dot the south end of Utah Lake. Fruit orchard on bank of Utah Lake southwest of Provo These orchards seem to all be using dripper type watering systems. Notice how dry and barren the nearby hillsides are that do not have irrigation. South Valley farm land and Wasatch Mountains This picture was taken south of Utah Lake in the valley known as south valley. South Valley is an agricultural area with a combination of fruit orchards and alfalfa fields. In order for you to get your bearings we are on the southeast corner of Utah Lake 25-miles or so southwest of Provo looking to the east and the Wasatch Mountains. Grain field in the valley surrounding Utah Lake near Provo, Utah This is one of the unidentified grain fields in the south valley. I wish I knew more about grain identification but all grains look so similar to us. The camera is pointing west since we do not see the Wasatch Mountains. Wasatch Mountains as seen from the valley on the west side of Utah Lake near Provo, Utah Joyce took this picture looking east from what is known as south valley about 30-miles south west of Provo. The cattle are grazing at an elevation of around 4,300 feet while the mountain peak is around 11,926 feet. That mountain is the one we took the Alpine Loop around yesterday. Bank swallows and nest holes One never knows what they are going to run across when out exploring. In this instance we came across a bank riddled with small holes. To our surprise hundreds of bank swallows were occupying the holes. Bank swallow nest holes Virtually all of these holes contained nesting bank swallows. Passport America - Discount Camping Club Click here for more Utah Travel Adventures Until next time remember how good life is. Mike & Joyce Hendrix Click here for more Utah travellogs Until next time remember how good life is. More Utah Adventures Some Key West Adventures More 2007 Travel Adventures Mike & Joyce Hendrix Mike & Joyce Hendrix who we are We hope you liked this page. If you do you might be interested in some of our other Travel Adventures: Mike & Joyce Hendrix's home page Travel Adventures by Year Travel Adventures by State Plants Marine-Boats Geology Exciting Drives Cute Signs RV Subjects Miscellaneous Subjects** We would love to hear from you......just put "info" in the place of "FAKE" in this address: FAKE@travellogs.us Until next time remember how good life is.