Antelope Island Day

This winter has been record-breaking cold and wet. Well, not actually first place record-breaking, but top 10 cold and wet. It has been a great blessing because of the awful drought that we've been in, but it has made adventuring difficult. Visits to our website are down 10-15% because no one is leaving the house! We have been too cold, and too wet to do much ourselves. This week alone, we had storms on every day but Thursday, and the average high temperature is about 15 degrees below normal.

The lake was all icy around Antelope Island.

Luckily, we did find an opportunity to go to Antelope Island. This is one of our favorite drives, because we always see a lot of amazing animals. This year was no different. First, we stopped for Seth to complete the Junior Ranger program. He's done it before, but he enjoys working on it as we drive along. Mark and Dax spent more time looking for animals, and we saw plenty. As always, the bison were out in force. We saw a half-dozen porcupines in the trees, too. At one point, we were able to stand right beneath one sleepy guy, who dangled lethargically from a branch a dozen feet above us. At the end of the drive in the trees around Garr Ranch, we even saw a great-horned owl. It was a pretty awesome day. The kids were really good about trying a new Mongolian barbecue restaurant, which made Mark and Dad happy. 

It was a nice day for an outdoor adventure.

Dad thought to take this cute picture with Mom.

Seth loves Antelope Island.

We did one short hike.

The buffalo were right by the Visitor Center and this guy was rolling in the dirt.

We love finding the porcupines.

My porcupine hunters

We found our friend Mr. Owl.

We had a great time together.

Usually we miss the chukars, but Mom spotted one on the way out!

The blue sky was a nice treat on our outing.

Seth was the only to do the Junior Ranger and he did great!