Growing up in Utah, I heard a lot about the Bonneville Salt Flats, but I never went to see them. I knew that races took place there and movies were filmed there. It was one more place I really wanted to experience on this trip. I thought it would be a cool place to take family pictures.
Something funky happens with the GPS because both my mom and Baylie's phones said the flats were four hours from Provo, but it's not nearly that far. They're just an hour outside of Salt Lake. On the way there, we passed a couple mounds of salt near factories where they process salt.
We were advised to get there as close to sunset as possible to get the best pictures. We cut it pretty close and I was afraid we would end up getting there too late, but it was just perfect. The pictures were great.
We made salt balls.
My cute parents.
I found the ground fascinating. After dark, these cracks glowed.
Jalen shed his shoes and decided to run. He's fast!
We decided to stay and watch the evening sky. It was so worth it. We were able to see the stars from horizon to horizon. It was like a real life planetarium. We saw a shooting star, Venus, Saturn, both dippers, and the NEOWISE comet. It was breath taking. It would have been nice to sleep out under the stars.
My camera didn't work to take any nighttime photos so I got these off the internet.
When we got home, the floorboards of the truck looked like this.
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