Antelope Island

Went with our Honors Biology class on a field trip to Antelope Island. The class took off Wed. Morning and went to the Farmington Bay wildlife park and then did a service project for the DNR and removed Dyers Woad a noxious weed that will take over the area if not taken out. They then went to Antelope Island and went on a tour with a DNR ranger around the Island where I met up with them after spending the morning at school. We set camp at White Rocks Group Campground a remote area on the West bank. We had hobo dinners and I made cobbler in the D.O. the kids ate it I don't know how it really was no one said anything....(I used pears on accident), but they cleaned the pot. That evening 2 members of the Ogden Astronomical Club came and set up their telescopes for us. They were very nice scopes on home made with a 16" reflector and the other with a 12" reflector. The 12" was all computerized and tracked the object you were looking at. We looked at Saturn through both and it was amazing. The 12" you could see 5 of it's moons it was awesome they stayed with us until 11 pm and then had to go they both had 4 am wake up calls for work. We were very appreciative of their time and equipment.



We woke up and got breakfast. We woke up with visitors around the camp.

Spent the night in my new tent it was nice and comfy. Lots of room and up off the ground.



We broke camp after Janniece Leis made us French Toast yummy!




The kids went on a hike on Lakeside Trail and met up with us at Bridger Bay campground where they did a little more work on the Dyers Woad weed. I was on lunch detail which meant I went to town and picked up Subway for them. After lunch was play time in the lake, some of the kids had never been there. Then they met up with a biologist from Westminster College and learned about the Brine Shrimp in the lake. Bird logs were kept by everyone and reflection notes were written. Mine was about the amount of bugs!!! Great trip and fun thanks folks for letting me go.