More Road Trips Please

Yesterday we drove out to the Great Salt Lake for a day-trip. We went to the biggest island on the lake called Antelope Island. There's a causeway out to the island and the island is a State Park. That means that they charge admission. It was $9 for our car. I guess that's not too bad since it ended up being $3 a person to drive around the mostly barren island. There are lots of American Bison to see though and that was neat.

We also went out to the little ranch that was built by the Mormon settlers in 1849. They let you just roam around by yourself and I guess they really trust people because you could pick up and play with all the museum-like stuff they had lying around on display.
We got attacked by mosquitoes at the ranch. Seriousely, I go at least 5 bites on my legs before I could grab the bug repellant and spray them. I hate mosquitoes. Gwen needed a nap after the ranch so we changed her diaper and gave her a bottle and she was out.
We drove all over the island and visited the visitor's center. There, we bought Gwen a small stuffed Bison. She immediately started to try to eat him.
We also saw a nest with baby birds in it.
We even walked the 1/2 mile out to the actual lake and walked around in it. Gwen loved splashing in the water and feeling the sand in her toes. It really wasn't worth the long walk in deep, hot sand mixed with sharp rocks in 93 degree weather. The lake has a thick layer of brine flies at the edge and it stinks like rotten garbage - although you get used to the stink fairly quickly. Plus, when it was time to walk back to the car (which was now uphill as well) Gwen had a fit because she didn't want to get out of the water. She struggled and cried all the way back trying to squirm out of my arms. That was really no fun.

After we left the island, we stopped in Layton and ate at Red Robins. Jonathan went through 4 rootbeers and 2 glasses of water. I had forgotten to pack water for us but remembered it for Gwen at least. I think we were both dehydrated. After we got home, we all showered and felt much, much better.