Summer hike #2--Antelope Island

As a point of historical note, our first hike was done on June 20 and this hike was on June 23rd. I am a little slow in writing the post....being sick for a couple of weeks puts life behind in many different areas.

For this hike, we were joined with my sister Valerie, her husband Lance, their daughter, Kylie, and then Jena, Gary, Tosha, and I. My sister and her family were up for a week because of a family wedding on Lance's side. They spend 24 hours with us and we loved it. We fit in a birthday/father's day dinner and games with my dad and Karla. Then we headed to Antelope Island for a hike and a few minutes in the water of the Great Salt Lake.

This hike is about 2 3/4 miles long and is actually called the Lakeside hike. It travels along the western edge of Antelope Island.

Here at the beginning of the trail....before we started sweating in the heat

Tosha found this large rock that was hollow just off the trail so we headed up for picture taking

A view out to the west over the Great Salt Lake. This area and Syracuse would be totally a different place if this was a fresh water lake.

We had a buffalo which had settle on the trail. This is a picture of Gary taking a picture of Tosha who was posing as if she is holding up the buffalo (from Gary's angle). We watching him for a few minutes and then decided to take a 'wide' detour off the trail. It had a moment of adventure on our hike.

We also saw antelope, deer, and some lizards along the way

Treking along

There were also a few wildflowers in addition to the grasses along the trail

Heading off to the Great Salt Lake. Jena was the only one who actually sat down. Our time was limited so we didn't walk out to any areas that were really deep enough to try to swim or float.

The girls did spend some time trying to catch brime shrimp in their hands. The shrimp were brown or red. They caught quite a few although the pictures of it weren't very good. Tosha was the master "catcher".

It was a fun day and we were glad to share it with some of our extended family.