Antelope Island, March 30, 2012

 We headed out to Antelope Island with our guest from Florida, Peri Silvares.  Antelope Island is on the northern end of the Great Salt lake, near Salt Lake City.  As you can see from this photo, we were not sure whether we would have a pretty day or not.  I think we arrived at the Island about 9 or 9:30 am.  This photo is looking back from the Island toward the mainland, or eastward.

 I really loved the colors of the rushes at the edge of the lake, with the sagebrush in the foreground.

 

Just another scene of the same area as we head south on the Island on the east side toward the Ranch.  I just love this place!

 This shot is s little more clear to show the mountains of the Wasatch Range on the east of the island.

 

One of the first signs we came across on the road was the buffalo sign.  We weren't sure whether we would see any to show this gal from the Southeast but we eventually did.

 And here they are!  I don't know how they get enough to eat on that sparse grass but they do.

 We thought our grandchildren would like these shots of buffalo prints in the sand.

 

 This shot shows the causeway we came across to get to the island.

 These are shots from the road as we travel toward to ranch on the island.  It is such a beautiful place!

 I don't know if you will understand the vastness of this place but there is a small white dot about in the middle of the photo which is a vehicle heading our way.  Maybe you can make out the road as it winds ahead of us.

 Hollywood produced a silent film in 1923 called the Covered Wagon.  They filmed a buffalo stampede here at this spot.

 

 Just more mountain scenes as we head south,  Note how small the road gets in these photos.

 This buffalo head was introduced onto the island in 1893 and is one of the oldest & largest public herds in the US. The herd numbers now about 700.  In the fall many are rounded up and some sold to limit the size to what the island can support.

 Pretty, eh??

 The foreground was this beautiful lush green-blue color.  I am not sure it is captured in this photos but trust me, it was beautiful!

 Now we are at the farm and they have this old sheep herder's wagon which I think was a very early RV!  It has sleeping quarters and a stove inside!  Pretty cool!

 This is the ranch house on the ranch with Peri walking out the door.  The furnishing were quite sparse.  The buiding was origiunally made of adobe brick and later added onto with cement blocks with a stucco covering.

This shows one of the rope beds in one of the bedrooms.  I think that often the mattresses were made of straw...talk about bed bugs!  I am sure glad that I was born in today's time.  The floor is linoleum.  I dont think kids today know what that is.