Fall Break Day 3

We've been wanting to go to Antelope Island for years.  Every time we pass Antelope Drive (which isn't that often since it's a bit north of where we usually travel), we mention how we want to go to Antelope Island sometime.
Well, we finally got our chance.  For Day 3 of Fall Break, we made the trip out there- to the island in the middle of the Great Salt Lake.  We were not disappointed.  We headed up to the Visitor's Center first of all and as we were driving up the hill, there on the side of the road as if greeting us was an antelope (pronghorn is the accurate name, or "Antelocapra americana" for my brother, but it's what we call the American antelope).  That was fun.

It was a fun day.  We got to walk a little, drive a lot, visit a ranch,

and see lots and lots of bison (what some people would call buffalo, "Bison bison" for my brother, American buffalo for others).

There was quite a bit of singing, "Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam and the deer and the antelope play."  We didn't see any deer on this trip, but we saw those buffalo and antelope (more than just the one by the visitor's center).  Though Jeremy did mention to me Antelope Island is where "our dears" and the antelope play.  We played a lot.

There was still so much we could have done but we ran out of time because we had to get everyone home before they got too cranky.  We could have done some hiking, played on the beach, driven around some more places.  There were some really pretty views from places we did go.

When I asked the kids what they enjoyed about Antelope Island, Jr. said he liked finding new paths.  We went on one around the visitor's center.

Nichole said she liked seeing the bison.  Me, too.

Jr. Jr. said he liked playing in the sand and seeing the beach.  We had lunch at a pavilion near one of the beaches.  There was sand all around the pavilion.  Apparently, Jr. Jr. didn't get enough of it at the dunes on Thursday.

It was a good family day.