Well, we have been slackers and for no really good reason. The two days after the last post were pretty slow. We still were able to enjoy some outdoor activities, but not a whole lot. The first day, David's back was causing him tremendous pain, which now, praise The Lord, he has been pain free for 4 days now! The second day I had been up all night with nausea and threw up, ick :/ (lets just say I will not be eating tuna for a while).
June 4th, we left the Grand Tetons to make our way down to Salt Lake City Utah. We would stay there 2 nights and pick up Noah. Fortunately, we do not have anything to report from that travel day. Other than the fact that Reno felt the need to either be a sail boat or Tigger, from Whinny the Pooh, bouncing all over the place. Everything ran smoothly and we got there in good time. Unexpectedly, our RV park was right next to an amusement park. However, the amusement park was not opening yet and we were the only people in the park. The grass there was wonderful!! They also had some nice showers. (I have realized I have come to appreciate some of the simple things in life).
More the merrier!
On the 5th we picked Noah up and spent our day driving out to Antelope Island. This is an island in the middle of the great salt lake. We thought it was be fun to go swim and see how well we could float. I was anticipating a nice sandy beach to relax and play in the water... HA yeah right. We got there and were greeted with smell of rotting, dead, fishy, poop (thanks to Noah and David for the adjectives). It was gross! None the less, we still headed down to the "beach". Due to a drought, the water had evaporated and the beach was no longer the official beach. We had to walk 1/4 mile, no big deal, to the water line. When we got there, we were greeted by literally THOUSANDS of gnats!!!!!!!!! ugg, gross. I was skeptical and did not want to get into the water. Noah still went for it and when he finally got the a place that was past his shins (200-300 feet away from shore). He did report that he couldn't sink (pretty cool).
Shortly after arriving at that beach we decided to explore the island and see if there were any better spots to take a dip, preferably with fewer gnats! To our dismay, we did not find another spot and returned to the same spot just a little further down to try again (hoping this time it would be better....) We got out and started walking down to the water again. David and I had taken our shoes off to my stupid, stupid suggestion. The ground over there was harder, pricklier and smellier. This was a bad, bad idea. We finally made it to the water and David and I got in, but only to our shins. We saw in the water that there were little shrimp swimming and mating all around us. I decided I had my fill and started heading back.
More the merrier!
On the 5th we picked Noah up and spent our day driving out to Antelope Island. This is an island in the middle of the great salt lake. We thought it was be fun to go swim and see how well we could float. I was anticipating a nice sandy beach to relax and play in the water... HA yeah right. We got there and were greeted with smell of rotting, dead, fishy, poop (thanks to Noah and David for the adjectives). It was gross! None the less, we still headed down to the "beach". Due to a drought, the water had evaporated and the beach was no longer the official beach. We had to walk 1/4 mile, no big deal, to the water line. When we got there, we were greeted by literally THOUSANDS of gnats!!!!!!!!! ugg, gross. I was skeptical and did not want to get into the water. Noah still went for it and when he finally got the a place that was past his shins (200-300 feet away from shore). He did report that he couldn't sink (pretty cool).
Shortly after arriving at that beach we decided to explore the island and see if there were any better spots to take a dip, preferably with fewer gnats! To our dismay, we did not find another spot and returned to the same spot just a little further down to try again (hoping this time it would be better....) We got out and started walking down to the water again. David and I had taken our shoes off to my stupid, stupid suggestion. The ground over there was harder, pricklier and smellier. This was a bad, bad idea. We finally made it to the water and David and I got in, but only to our shins. We saw in the water that there were little shrimp swimming and mating all around us. I decided I had my fill and started heading back.
That night after playing frisbee golf around the empty RV park we got everything settled and headed out. Since there was no wind, David thought it was best to get as far as we could with a calm cool night....
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| (We took a video for Donevon and Jory Loewen's birthday. Props compliment to Ashleigh Rude and Drew Meyers). |
Nice Stashes... better than mine. LOL
ReplyDeleteHaha, that sounds like you made the most of that day! Miss you guys but I'm glad you are enjoying your trip!
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