Friday, July 13, 2007

Tearin' Up the Salt Flats


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Originally uploaded by themactech
The 2.5hr drive from Park City to Wendover, NV, isn't all that exciting. Except for the last 10 miles or so before you enter into Nevada. This is where you come face to face with the Salt Flats of UT....100+ miles due west of the great Salt Lake, straight out I-80, you arrive at what appears to be a wide spread area of snow, which is in fact SALT. Salt left over from the remains of another great lake in the area... many many years ago.

We visited in the middle of July... the HOTTEST time of year to visit the Flats... it was SCORCHING!!!

A few miles west, we arrived at the Bonneville Speedway. All it really is a really flat, level surface of salt. Many speed records have been broken here. You can even drive your own car out on the flats if you dare and open her up. :)

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