Thursday, July 30, 2009

Antelope Island

Last Thursday, my sister-in-law Helen, her girls, and my children went to Antelope Island at the Great Salt Lake.

It's the closest thing we have to a beach here. There's another lake nearby, but this one is less than an hour drive from home and it smells like the bay...but nobody here likes that stinky smell, except for me. I don't mind.

It's a good hike from the parking lot to the water, but this time we came prepared. We carried our babies in backpacks.

The day was gorgeous.

I also noticed most of the people who were at the Island were tourists and mostly Euros.

We brought beach toys, build castles, all kinds of mounds, chased brine flies, and caught brine shrimp.

The water isn't deep at all, so the kids were free to roam around.




Around lunch time, we hiked back to the car and rinsed off our children in super cold water. In UT it appears that all of the water is super cold. After changing clothes, we drove to a little restaurant shack at the top of a hill. We ate our picnic lunch, cooled off with some yummy ice cream. Then, we went on a bison hunt. We were only able to find one.
After our hunt, we headed back home. Just in time for naps.

As the children were resting, I started getting ready for our next adventure...camping.

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