Where in the World are Connie and Leo?

Iceland? Svalbard Island off Norway?

Nope.  Antelope Island on Great Salt Lake.

When we left Zion in the morning we were worried by the weather report forecasting snowstorms in Salt Lake City.  In the end the snow was mostly melted until we neared the turnoff for Antelope Island State Park north of the city.  Here there was 6 inches of snow (roads were clear though). Would we be camping in the snow?

Once we turned off, however, the snow gradually disappeared as we dropped down to the lake.  We drove across the causeway to the island passing large flocks of American avocets and other shorebirds.

Our campsite was huge.  There were only a few other campers widely spaced apart.

As wexset up were greeted by singing Western meadowlarks.

Blurry photo of the Bird of the Day

The scenery was stunning with snow covered mountains in the distance.  

It was a long, cold and blustery walk down to the lake.  Great Salt Lake has reached record low levels due to the drought in the Southwest. Hopefully it will go up some when this year's record snowfall melts off those mountains.

We hiked up to a rocky knoll where

we were greeted by a cheeky rock wren.

We did not see any of the namesake pronghorn or the bighorn sheep that live here, but we did see 6 bison in the distance.

We really liked this state park and hope to come back and spend more time exploring when the weather is warmer.

Update April 24:  Recent newspaper articles report that the level of Great Salt Lake has risen 3 feet since Utah's record breaking snowpack has started to melt.  Boats are returning to the lake's once stranded marinas.  They predict another 3 foot rise in the lake level this year.