antelope island

Utah has a lovely mid-summer-holiday, Pioneer Day! Nathan had the day off so we went out. We visited the little fair at Liberty Park and got awesome fair food.

After we decided to head to Antelope Island. It's a Utah state park on an island in the middle of The Great Salt Lake. It's only about 40 minutes from down town. We have wanted to go forever. It was a lot of fun!

Thoughts on Antelope Island- totally worth the $10 to get in. It was gorgeous! You pay the money to get in, and then you hardly see another human! We saw a few other cars driving by, but the island is so big, you feel like you have it all to yourself. There are lots of little roads to drive off on and look outs. Animals just roaming around. That picture of the buffalo was taken with no zoom. He was just chillin and eating by the side of the road. There are places to rent boats and things to take out on the lake. There are also beaches. We drove past one with a bunch of people on it. I can't imagine swimming in the Salt Lake, but apparently some people like it. I wouldn't mind just hanging out on the beach if it hadn't been a billion degrees. That's one thing I would suggest, don't go in the middle of summer. There were tons of walking and hiking trails that we wanted to go on but I seriously died as soon as we got out of the car, so that wasn't happening. I think we'll go back in the fall, because it was gorgeous. There is a restaurant that is supposedly really good, but we didn't eat there. There is also a really cute little farm to explore. It was a lot of fun. Although, Nathan and I really like driving, taking pictures, outdoors, exploring places, and buffalo apparently. So if those things aren't your cup of tea, then you probably don't wanna go. 

Also, what the heck is the difference between a buffalo and a bison? I don't really know which ones are on the island.. but whatever it was we saw, it was ugly and hairy and really scary looking. And I liked it.