Changing Seasons in Cache Valley

The Cache Valley is blessed with four decidedly different seasons, each of which has beauty in its own right.  Sometimes I've been known to say that Spring is my favorite time of the year, and yet one could also find me expressing like sentiments about each succeeding season and even the changes from season to season.  We have had a beautiful fall this year, but we have also been reminded that winter is just around the corner.  The changes of color on the foliage of the trees can be spectacular.  Likewise the first real snow on the mountains is equally as inspirational.  We often take these special beauties around us for granted.  I think it is important to stop occasionally and give thanks for the wonders of nature.  A few hours alone in nature with the right frame of mind can do wonders for the mind and the soul.  There is so much to learn and to appreciate and one could search far and wide to find a better teacher than nature itself, especially when accompanied by the Spirit.  I give thanks for the opportunity I had to grow up and to spend most of my life close to nature and to learn early in my life of the Creator and to be alert to the many things He has to teach us in so many different ways.  I love the fact that we can look out for miles in most any direction and be filled with wonder as the days and the seasons pass.

Below are a few pictures of Cache Valley as it changes from fall to winter.

Logan is a city of many trees.  In the fall it is a city of changing colors and falling leaves.  Ryan and Samantha will attest to that now that they are settled into their new home on the Logan River

 

 

 

Nearby Logan Canyon is a virtual wonderland in the fall as the trees and bushes along the river come ablaze with color and beauty, to say nothing of the fishing.




















A look toward the west reveals the Wellesvilles, a wonder of nature at this season of the year in their own right.

Nature in Cache Valley does not go untouched by the hand of man, both for good and for bad.  The beautiful Logan Temple adds a special touch to an already beautiful landscape, while the man made smoggy soup which settles in the bottom of the valley at times would be better left behind

 

 

 The first sings of winter snows have already fallen in the mountains.  With rising temperatures and some rain they have melted and disappeared only to come again another day in the not to far distant future,

 

The Logan Temple in the morning light adds a specail beauty to the valley and the snow covered Wellesvilles to the west.