{"id":4571,"date":"2022-04-10T22:00:33","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T14:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/?p=4571"},"modified":"2022-04-27T10:53:56","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T02:53:56","slug":"202006wn1668","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/10\/202006wn1668\/","title":{"rendered":"Flight Log of Southwest Airlines Flight 1668 from Baltimore to Salt Lake City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I made a trip to the State of Utah in early June, 2020, exploring three of its \u201cMighty Five\u201d National Parks. This is the outbound flight to Salt Lake City, not a lot of events, full except for middle seats, and some scenery along the way. <\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/DSC_9516.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails\/DSC_9516.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Salt Lake City Airport\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Distant Salt Lake City Airport<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/splide.min.2.4.21.js\"><\/script>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/splide-skyblue.min.css\">\n<script>\ndocument.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', function () {\n\tvar secondarySlider1 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-1', {\n\t\tfixedWidth:100,height:67,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:57,height:38,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider1 = new Splide( '#splide-major-1', {\n\t\ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider1.sync( secondarySlider1 ).mount();\n} );\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>There was a not-to-short story about how this trip to Utah took place.<br \/>\nI had been searching for places to explore, and Arches and Canyonlands National Park with their beautiful desert landscape and unique sandstone arches came up on my radar. It happened that American Airlines was aggressively running web special award tickets, that if booked well in advance, cost 5K miles per one-way for most flights within lower 48. <span style=\"font-size: small;\">(AA did a systemwide change to this in mid-March, 2020, probably to conserve cash, that minimum for one-way award flights in United States had been raised 10K miles, before dropping down to 6K later in the year.)<\/span> So I booked a mid-May roundtrip flight to Grand Junction, CO, adding Colorado National Monument to Moab area national parks, making this a perfect week-long trip.<br \/>\nAnd with COVID rolling in, the Moab area national parks were closed until the end of May. Somehow, my back-and-forth with some unprofessional American Airlines phone agents resulted in me canceling that Grand Junction ticket. That\u2019s when Southwest came into play by aggressively bringing back capacity and running any-domestic-route-for-99-dollar campaign. <span style=\"font-size: small;\">(I ran a few searches for flights in lower-48, and all nonstop flights turned out to be 99 dollars.)<\/span> Not wanting to forego my researched trip ideas, I booked another set of flights for early June, and decided to scout of three of Utah\u2019s Mighty Five: Arches, Canyonlands and Capitol Reef. Things again looked perfect for a week-long trip.<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: small;\">In addition, Southwest did allow customers to change their flights to different dates (with origin\/destination unchanged), waving fare differences, at least for my flight. The 99-dollar one-way promotion seemed to block Fridays and Sundays, but one could get around it with free flight changes.<\/div>\n<p>Washington DC area\u2019s public transport was still largely in a state of oblivion early June, but I found hotel parking with shuttle through SpotHero that cost less than 5 dollars per day, so I gladly took advantage of this deal, and arrived at the airport two hours before my flight.<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: small;\">For record, the hotel was Aloft BWI airport, and more than half of the cars in their lot seemed to be left by airport guests.<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/IMG_202006D1_101052.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails\/IMG_202006D1_101052.jpg\" alt=\"Terminal\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Terminal<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Not many people at the airport<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/DSC_9470.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails\/DSC_9470.jpg\" alt=\"Southwest Fleet at Baltimore Airport\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Southwest Fleet at Baltimore Airport<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Things looked pretty busy, I don\u2019t know which of these planes were parked, and which were awaiting passengers.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Fallout of COVID was ubiquitous in the airport building. Half the dinning stores were closed, the benches in waiting areas were very available. But probably because this was Southwest\u2019s terminal, which was boldly running promotions to bring passengers back, it certainly didn\u2019t feel like a ghost building.<br \/>\nAnd since my parking with SpotHero\/hotel went smoothly, I had some time plane-spotting before my flight.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/DSC_9473Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_9473Q10.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Atlas Air B763 (N662GT) Taking Off\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/DSC_9475Q10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_9475Q10.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Atlas Air B763 (N662GT) Taking Off\" \/><\/a><\/br>Atlas Air B763 (N662GT) Taking Off<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Off to Ramstein, probably for some military transport. I didn\u2019t know this company had passenger charter service before.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/IMG_202006D1_120200_HDR.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails\/IMG_202006D1_120200_HDR.jpg\" alt=\"My Plane to Salt Lake City\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>My Plane to Salt Lake City<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Another sign of recovering traffic numbers, it\u2019s a 143-seat plane but when I checked in exactly 24 hours ago (maybe a few seconds late), I only got B16 boarding position.<\/p>\n<p>It turned out that Southwest was limiting seats sold on flights, so that middle seats could be kept open. But apart from that, the flight was FULL. It seemed that low fares were very enticing to people. <\/p>\n<p>Southwest Airlines 1668<br \/>\nBaltimore, MD (BWI) &#8211; Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)<br \/>\nBoeing B737-700 (N7717D)<br \/>\nScheduled Departure &#8211; 12:35pm<br \/>\nActual Departure    &#8211; 12:42pm<br \/>\nScheduled Arrival   &#8211; 3:15pm<br \/>\nActual Arrival      &#8211; 3:04pm<br \/>\n4 hour and 22 minutes<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s GPS tracking:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width:100%;aspect-ratio:3\/2;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikiloc.com\/wikiloc\/spatialArtifacts.do?event=view&#038;id=100783349&#038;measures=off&#038;title=off&#038;near=off&#038;images=off&#038;maptype=H\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/IMG_202006D1_124426.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails\/IMG_202006D1_124426.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Baltimore Airport\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Overlooking Baltimore Airport<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/DSC_9479.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails\/DSC_9479.jpg\" alt=\"Leesburg Executive Airport\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Leesburg Executive Airport<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And with COVID, the entire onboard service was reduced to a box of snacks and a bottle of water, which wasn\u2019t too different from pre-COVID with canned drinks instead of water bottles.<\/p>\n<p>It was undercast most of the way to Salt Lake City, especially in Eastern US, so I slept most of the way.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/DSC_9483.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_9483.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Carrollton, Missouri\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/DSC_9484.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_9484.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Saint Joseph, Missouri\" \/><\/a><\/br>Carrollton and Saint Joseph, Missouri<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/DSC_9487.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_9487.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Denver Airport\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/DSC_9490.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_9490.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Denver Airport\" \/><\/a><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/DSC_9491.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails\/DSC_9491.jpg\" alt=\"Denver Airport\" \/><\/a><\/br>Denver Airport<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/DSC_9492.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails\/DSC_9492.jpg\" alt=\"Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sceneries started to emerge out of the windows once we passed Denver into mountainous areas. Unfortunately, it was still mostly cloudy.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/DSC_9493.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails\/DSC_9493.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">West of Ward, Colorado<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/DSC_9496.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails\/DSC_9496.jpg\" alt=\"Snowy Mountains in Flat Tops Wilderness\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Snowy Mountains in Flat Tops Wilderness<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/DSC_9497.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_9497.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Mountains\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/DSC_9498.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_9498.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Valley\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains and Valley<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Colorado Route 317 in front of the mountains. Route 65\/67 passing through the valley.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/DSC_9500.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails\/DSC_9500.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Around &#8220;Lazy Y Point&#8221;, North of US40.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p>To avoid the mountain ranges East of Salt Lake City, the approach route into its airport passed between Provo and Spanish Fork. After that, I was treated with sights of many magnificent mountains.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-1\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/DSC_9503.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails\/DSC_9503.jpg\" alt=\"Cascade Mountain and Provo Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Cascade Mountain and Provo Peak<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/DSC_9506.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails\/DSC_9506.jpg\" alt=\"Cascade Mountain and Y Mountain\" \/><\/a><\/br>Cascade Mountain and Y Mountain<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/DSC_9507.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails\/DSC_9507.jpg\" alt=\"Provo\" \/><\/a><\/br>Provo<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/DSC_9509.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails\/DSC_9509.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Timpanogos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mount Timpanogos<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">It turned out that I would have one day in my trip hiking near Salt Lake City. I was very tempted to summit Mount Timpanogos. Unfortunately by some trip reports, climbing Timpanogos this early in the season would require special snow gear. What a pity.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/DSC_9512.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails\/DSC_9512.jpg\" alt=\"Lone Peak Wilderness\" \/><\/a><\/br>Lone Peak Wilderness<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/DSC_9513.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails\/DSC_9513.jpg\" alt=\"Lone Peaks and Twin Peaks Wilderness beyond City of Sandy\" \/><\/a><\/br>Lone Peaks and Twin Peaks Wilderness beyond City of Sandy<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/DSC_9514.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails\/DSC_9514.jpg\" alt=\"Downtown Salt Lake City\" \/><\/a><\/br>Downtown Salt Lake City<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/DSC_9518.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails\/DSC_9518.jpg\" alt=\"Antelope Island in Great Salt Lake\" \/><\/a><\/br>Antelope Island in Great Salt Lake<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/IMG_202006D1_170221.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails\/IMG_202006D1_170221.jpg\" width=\"88%\" alt=\"Swamps North of Salt Lake City Airport\" \/><\/a><\/br>Swamps North of Salt Lake City Airport<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I didn\u2019t know whether this should be the color of the great salt lake. Looked rather like eutrophication to me.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-1\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9503.jpg\" alt=\"Cascade Mountain and Provo Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9506.jpg\" alt=\"Cascade Mountain and Y Mountain\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9507.jpg\" alt=\"Provo\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9509.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Timpanogos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9512.jpg\" alt=\"Lone Peak Wilderness\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9513.jpg\" alt=\"Lone Peaks and Twin Peaks Wilderness beyond City of Sandy\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9514.jpg\" alt=\"Downtown Salt Lake City\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9518.jpg\" alt=\"Antelope Island in Great Salt Lake\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails-s\/IMG_202006D1_170221.jpg\" alt=\"Swamps North of Salt Lake City Airport\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-1, #splide-thumb-1 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/DSC_9503.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails\/DSC_9503.jpg\" alt=\"Cascade Mountain and Provo Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Cascade Mountain and Provo Peak<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/DSC_9506.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails\/DSC_9506.jpg\" alt=\"Cascade Mountain and Y Mountain\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Cascade Mountain and Y Mountain<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/DSC_9507.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails\/DSC_9507.jpg\" alt=\"Provo\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Provo<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/DSC_9509.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails\/DSC_9509.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Timpanogos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mount Timpanogos<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">It turned out that I would have one day in my trip hiking near Salt Lake City. I was very tempted to summit Mount Timpanogos. Unfortunately by some trip reports, climbing Timpanogos this early in the season would require special snow gear. What a pity.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/DSC_9512.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails\/DSC_9512.jpg\" alt=\"Lone Peak Wilderness\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Lone Peak Wilderness<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/DSC_9513.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails\/DSC_9513.jpg\" alt=\"Lone Peaks and Twin Peaks Wilderness beyond City of Sandy\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Lone Peaks and Twin Peaks Wilderness beyond City of Sandy<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/DSC_9514.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails\/DSC_9514.jpg\" alt=\"Downtown Salt Lake City\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Downtown Salt Lake City<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/DSC_9518.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails\/DSC_9518.jpg\" alt=\"Antelope Island in Great Salt Lake\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Antelope Island in Great Salt Lake<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/IMG_202006D1_170221.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/WN1668\/thumbnails\/IMG_202006D1_170221.jpg\" alt=\"Swamps North of Salt Lake City Airport\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Swamps North of Salt Lake City Airport<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I didn\u2019t know whether this should be the color of the great salt lake. Looked rather like eutrophication to me.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Not too much event for the landing (except that it was some turbulent air above Salt Lake City), as I arrived at an even emptier Salt Lake City Airport. Only 30 minutes after the plane pulled up at the gate, I was on the downtown-bound tram to retrieve a rental car.<br \/>\nEND<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I made a trip to the State of Utah in early June, 2020, exploring three of its \u201cMighty Five\u201d National Parks. 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