Space and Time
Klaire and Paxton head towards the horizon. The water level is pretty low this year, making the beach a little more than 1/2 a mile wide.
Antelope Island is a State Park located on the Great Salt Lake. It is one of my favorite places, simply because when I’m there, I literally feel like I am in another world. There’s also a strange combination of death and life. The island is filled with lots of wildlife, antelope, bison, coyotes, etc, yet the water of the Great Salt Lake which surrounds the island is so salty that hardly anything can live in it.
There’s a sense of space that you just can’t find anywhere. The flat salt/sand beaches seem to go on forever, clear to the horizon. For me, walking towards this empty horizon is almost a spiritual experience. I don’t know what it is about it. I think it might be the simple fact that by literally separating my self from everything in space and time, I am able to see how it is that I fit into the world a bit better.
Early Spring is one of the best times of year to visit Antelope Island. Yes, it is a bit cold this time of year, but that also means that the gnats and mosquitoes are not out yet. Those flying bugs can take the fun out of a visit.
The next time I go with my kids, I plan on taking a few kites. We miss the beach on the West Coast for flying kites, and this is the closest thing we have this far inland.
I’ll have to give the kites a try. I bet the kids would have loved that.