Salt, Salt and more Salt in Salt Lake City

 

 

We left Boise and headed towards Salt Lake City. We had a long drive and took a small detour to Hagerman Fossil Beds and took in a short movie about the history of the area and looked at the Fossil Collection they had there. We also found a post office in this small place and I was able to post my postcards finally.

We got to Salt lake City and fought the battle once again on the freeway to get into the hotel area that we are staying. We got settled and went and had a wonderful Chinese banquet for dinner. It was delicious.

After a great sleep and yummy breakfast we headed today to the Bonneville Salt Flats. We were interested to see what this historic place was like. ( lots of salt I imagine. lol)

The salt plains went on forever. We stopped at a rest stop and walked out onto the salt which caked itself to our shoes. There was so much glare it was impossible to see without sunglasses. It was pretty amazing.

We then drove out to Bonneville Salt Flats International Speedway. This is where jet and rocket cars exceeded 500 and 600mph in the early 1960′s.

We drove out onto the speedway and clocked a fast 55mph. LOL

It was the strangest place I have been to. No plant life, just white on white. We had a bit of fun out on the salt with the shots. Oh what a feelin’ Bonneville.

We then headed to Wendover which is just next to the Salt Flats. It is on the Utah/ Nevada Border and on the Nevada side it looks like a mini Reno or Vegas. It is all casinos.

We decided to head back to the motel and we are going to go into the city this afternoon and have dinner and see a bit of the city.

 Car in Salt Lake City.