We left Flamming Gorge and headed to Great Salt Lake. The drive wasn't bad, it was close to four hours and we cut through the busy city of Salt Lake. When we got to our camp site on Antelope Island at Salt Lake State Park I was shocked to see bison. Apparently they reintroduced the bison to attract tourists. There are between 500 and 700 on the island.
The population is kept in check so the island isn't overgrazed by the population. The camp site had a beautiful view of the lake with lots of wildlife in near site. The only problem were the insects but once the winds picked up they seemed to go away. While we went on a short hike we were attacked by mosquitos and gnats. I got to within fourty yards of bison and probably even closer to a coyote. After dinner about 12 of us decided to on a late night excursion. We walked through the meadows, the brush, the bogs with think reeds, and a beach 10x wider than Wildwood's beach to get to the salty water. We rolled our pants up and walked about a mile into the lake until the water finally began to get a little deeper. Someswam out, I decided to walk back to the beach. A classmate and I drew an enormous figure in the sand which we hoped we'd be able to see form the campsite. It didn't seem to be large enough but if one knew what they were looking for they could see it. We ended the night with sitting by the fire.
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