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| Yes, we tasted it and it tastes like......... salt! |
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| Most of the flats were covered by water. |
530 miles is roughly what our Gps indicated would be the trip to Salt Lake City From Carson City. I had a plan to stop at the Bonneville Salt Flats which were about 80 miles west of Salt Lake City. This made the drive a little more bearable in my mind. On the road and heading out of Carson City was an easy drive and then we found interstate 80 east and it was smooth sailing! To some the thought of a 400 mile drive that is straight as an arrow sounds boring, but after some of the driving ordeals we have been through I really enjoyed the break! I kicked back and set the cruise on 72 mph, put my Ipod on and listened to some music for a few hours! My lovely bride on the other hand was doing home school all the while. I look at it as a trade off for the times I'm stressed out driving and they are watching videos or playing on the Internet. On most of this trip we haven't made reservations for campgrounds and the stop in Bonneville was no exception! I figured when we got close and we would find a campground and pull in. We crossed the Utah border and the 1st sign we see is "Bonneville Salt Flats this exit". We pulled off and hit the only gas station there was. I asked the attendant if he know a place we could stay as the sun was going down and he told us right across the street in the truck parking lot. We pulled across the street and setup the camper and walked back to a little Mexican restaurant that was in the gas station off to one side called "Salt Flats Cafe". Dinner was great and cheap to boot! The next morning we woke and made our way down to the flats and spent a few hours taking pictures and yes, even tasting the salt! The flats are 5 miles wide by 10 miles long and the salt is as deep as 5 feet thick in certain areas. Which by the way is composed of roughly 90% common table salt! In the photos, you will see the flats have a lot of water on them which happens during the winter. When summertime comes around they dry out and its time to go racing! I will definitely be returning to Bonneville when the salt dries and the race cars come out!
530 miles is roughly what our Gps indicated would be the trip to Salt Lake City From Carson City. I had a plan to stop at the Bonneville Salt Flats which were about 80 miles west of Salt Lake City. This made the drive a little more bearable in my mind. On the road and heading out of Carson City was an easy drive and then we found interstate 80 east and it was smooth sailing! To some the thought of a 400 mile drive that is straight as an arrow sounds boring, but after some of the driving ordeals we have been through I really enjoyed the break! I kicked back and set the cruise on 72 mph, put my Ipod on and listened to some music for a few hours! My lovely bride on the other hand was doing home school all the while. I look at it as a trade off for the times I'm stressed out driving and they are watching videos or playing on the Internet. On most of this trip we haven't made reservations for campgrounds and the stop in Bonneville was no exception! I figured when we got close and we would find a campground and pull in. We crossed the Utah border and the 1st sign we see is "Bonneville Salt Flats this exit". We pulled off and hit the only gas station there was. I asked the attendant if he know a place we could stay as the sun was going down and he told us right across the street in the truck parking lot. We pulled across the street and setup the camper and walked back to a little Mexican restaurant that was in the gas station off to one side called "Salt Flats Cafe". Dinner was great and cheap to boot! The next morning we woke and made our way down to the flats and spent a few hours taking pictures and yes, even tasting the salt! The flats are 5 miles wide by 10 miles long and the salt is as deep as 5 feet thick in certain areas. Which by the way is composed of roughly 90% common table salt! In the photos, you will see the flats have a lot of water on them which happens during the winter. When summertime comes around they dry out and its time to go racing! I will definitely be returning to Bonneville when the salt dries and the race cars come out! 
Hmmm, yeah. There's something quite appealing about those long drives, especially when the music is playing and you're moving at a steady pace. Driving the car forward gives one a feeling that things are progressing nicely.
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