Saturday morning I took a three mile walk from our home around to the Jordan River.
The Bateman surplus canal was full. The area between the canal and the river had a lot of standing water.
They have built a view area by the parking lot entrance. When the sign said closed I was about ready to turn back because the river was so high but I saw many people walking and riding around along the trail so I continued. See the new Schmdt business buildings on the east side of the river.
This is the underpass at 70th South. Notice the water on the sidewalk. The river was just a few inches below the sidewalk.
Another view of the underpass.
The banks have been shored up with a lot of rocks but in some places the river has gone over them. Notice in the back some of the many apartments and condos on the east side of the river. The snowmelt is almost finished with these 90 degree days. Unfortunately we have had at least nine drowndings this spring because of the extra cold water and the swiftness of the streams.
The river has been flowing at full capacity since early spring to get water from Utah Lake and the mountains down to Great Salt Lake.
This is the underpass at 7800 South. The water comes up to the orange cones.
The covered bridge at Gardner Village is ready for Independence Day.
Gardner Mill
The mill wheel at Gardner Mill.
They are putting in a stop light so people can cross from the UTA TRAX station to Gardner Village and the hundreds of apartments.
The TRAX station is just a few hundred yards from the Old Meeting House in West Jordan. There are two TRAX stations on this new spur going out to Daybreak.
The Old Meetinghouse in West Jordan.
West Jordan may have over 100,000 people and be the fourth largest city in Utah but notice the goats clearing the grass.
It is fun to see the old cars that were used to haul ore from Kennecott to be processed.
This is a view of our house from Redwood Road.
The Bateman surplus canal was full. The area between the canal and the river had a lot of standing water.
They have built a view area by the parking lot entrance. When the sign said closed I was about ready to turn back because the river was so high but I saw many people walking and riding around along the trail so I continued. See the new Schmdt business buildings on the east side of the river.
This is the underpass at 70th South. Notice the water on the sidewalk. The river was just a few inches below the sidewalk.
Another view of the underpass.
The banks have been shored up with a lot of rocks but in some places the river has gone over them. Notice in the back some of the many apartments and condos on the east side of the river. The snowmelt is almost finished with these 90 degree days. Unfortunately we have had at least nine drowndings this spring because of the extra cold water and the swiftness of the streams. 
The river has been flowing at full capacity since early spring to get water from Utah Lake and the mountains down to Great Salt Lake.
This is the underpass at 7800 South. The water comes up to the orange cones.
The covered bridge at Gardner Village is ready for Independence Day.
Gardner Mill
The mill wheel at Gardner Mill.
They are putting in a stop light so people can cross from the UTA TRAX station to Gardner Village and the hundreds of apartments.
The TRAX station is just a few hundred yards from the Old Meeting House in West Jordan. There are two TRAX stations on this new spur going out to Daybreak.
The Old Meetinghouse in West Jordan.
West Jordan may have over 100,000 people and be the fourth largest city in Utah but notice the goats clearing the grass.
It is fun to see the old cars that were used to haul ore from Kennecott to be processed.
This is a view of our house from Redwood Road.
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