I’m breaking in a brand new camera, something I’ve wanted to do for many years. In doing so, I wanted to explore a couple of new angles too. It was -22 according to the display in the vehicle I was driving, and it felt it. I was dressed properly, though, and I had boot warmers and hand warmers too.

One of the cool things about the capitol these days – and I believe it began last year – is the lighting on the pioneer statue. I used to have to position lighting to illuminate the statue, but now it’s got fantastic lighting of its own.

Pretty nice, huh? I’m glad they added this. I wanted a new angle, and I got one. I’m actually surprised I didn’t feature it last year.

Happy New Year everybody! This marks the beginning of my seventeenth year doing this blog, and I hope I get plenty of opportunities to share photos here to make up for the last two years.