Drove over to Antelope Island, the largest island in the Great Salt Lake. John Fremont and Kit Carson were the first Anglos to explore the island and named it for the pronghorn antelope grazing on the rangelands. The Great Salt Lake at 1700 square miles is a remnant of the pre-historic Lake Bonneville which was 20,000 square miles during the last Ice Age. There are 4 rivers that run into the lake and no outlets, so all the water evaporates leaving high concentrations of minerals in the water. We saw a lot of Buffalo and a few Antelope at a distance.
Visited the 133 year old Ranch on the Island and the Birthday Girl took the big seat while the party boy went Bull Riding. Interesting is where the water has completely evaporated in areas it looks like a field covered in a blanket of snow but it is salt.
