I’m a dirty, dirty girl
Yes, I am dirty. I will admit that I am at times the fun kind of dirty, but tonight, it is dirt in my hair, dirt on my feet, dirt in my clothes. Dirt. But good Antelope Island hiking dirt.
A few times a year my daughter and I drive out to Antelope Island. We love talking and listening to Fred on XM and looking at all of the beauties of nature.
Today’s trip was a spur of the moment kind of thing while we were out running errands. Amazingly, it wasn’t a zillion degrees, so we stopped at one of the easy hiking trails and hiked. She had on Vans and I had on my Birks, so we couldn’t actually make it to the top of the trail, but almost.
We had seen Buffalo and Antelope on our drive around the island, but at the bottom of the trail was a sign showing us the type of wildlife to be on the lookout for. Bobcat? BOBCAT? Shit. Where is Sarah Palin when you need her? She would be toting a gun and could blast any bobcat into smithereens, skin it, tan the hide, make hot dogs from its meat, and mount its head for a souvenir.
Nonetheless, it was a great hike. My daughter and I had a great conversation, which included me asking her if she would want to live in another country which it would be? Her first pick was China. (She had a Chinese-American friend in her class last year.) I then gave her a choice of English speaking countries and she picked Canada…because it would be like Utah. Just laying the groundwork.
Funny thing.. I’m having the same conversations with my daughter, but it’s difficult since she’s only 7. She’s being indoctrinated to the world of politics in a much different way than I ever was. And she thinks Utah is the greatest place on earth. Ugh.
Erm… Canada isn’t much like Utah at all. They are almost as bad at driving though, but not quite. The biggest difference though, is that they are nowhere near as frustratingly conservative. Come to think of it, neither is the rest of this country though…
Hmm…
Note: I used the word “though” three times in three sentences! I R teh grammar win!
So, Sov and I went to Antelope Island in spring or early summer, and the only wildlife we saw besides the seagulls and brine flies was a jack rabbit. They didn’t even have buffaloes in the pen. Maybe they have already served them all up at the buffalo burger joint on the island.
It’s a cool place, though.
Score: 1 “though” for Sra = not as cool at grammar as Sov.