This is the view as we were driving in on the causeway. The lake is on either side of the car, right up to the side of the road.
View from the top of Buffalo Point Trail
Is this Antelope Island, or Buffalo Island? Cause we didn't see any antelope!
Top of Buffalo Point Trail, eating lunch with our group of friends.
Bugs, please don't eat me! I know I'm cute and all, but leave me alone!
This is a brine shrimp costume that one of our little friends was kind enough to demonstrate for us. We learned a lot about brine shrimp, brine flies, and the few types of vegetation that survive in the Great Salt Lake.
Brine Shrimp babies cling to their mother as shown above.
Looking at the brine shrimp eggs. They look like little pieces of sand!
Listening to the ranger telling us about the sand at the Great Salt Lake. It is perfectly round, which makes it different from sand at most other beaches.
Dipping for brine shrimp!
Did you catch one?
Not yet! Elise and Kaleb both ended up catching a couple of brine shrimp and taking them home, but they died the next day. We were almost eaten alive by the "no-see-ums"... apparently it's best to go either a) early spring, b) late fall, or c) in the middle of a really hot month in the summer, when most of the bugs are dead. Even with bug spray, they still got us! (Thanks, Jenny for sharing bug spray with us!)
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