Antelope Island & The Great Salt Lake

This morning we took a drive out to Antelope Island State Park. To get there you cross a causeway that should be surrounded by water but it wasn’t today. You had to go nearly three miles out before you hit water. The ranger at the park entrance said that the lake was at historic low levels. They aren’t sure why as the snow pack last year was pretty good. You can’t fool Mother Nature but she sure as heck can fool you. But, when all is said and done, Mother Nature will let you know how it’s going to be. Scientists amuse me with all their figuring.

The Great Salt Lake is the largest natural lake west of the Mississippi. It is 75 miles long and 28 miles wide covering 1,700 square miles. It’s a big’un! The island was originally a private ranch. The Fielding Garr Ranch was settled in the mid 1800’s and remained in private hands until it was sold to the state in the 80’s. The ranch/island is approximately 28,000 acres. Now that’s my idea of a proper ranch. The wildlife here consists of antelope (prong horn), mule deer, big horn sheep and buffalo. We did see some buffalo and some pronghorn way off on a ridge. Other than that no animals around that we saw. Here’s the Wiki on it.

I have found buffalo particularly difficult to photograph. The one below I was just playing around with. I have only one shot of a buffalo that I think captures some of the awesomeness of this elegant creature. Buffalo March

We had a great morning walk and Antelope Island is certainly worth the price of admission, $9.00.

Koty barfed in the back seat. His tummy is still upset darn it.

Below are a few photos of what we saw.









Ciao for now,

©Kinsey Barnard