10/20/2023 0 Comments Bonneville salt flats rest stop![]() There are no services there, but just after you leave the interstate, there is a Sinclair Fuel Center and a C-store selling touristy things, drinks and sandwiches. It's free to visit during the non-season. Most of the water from this spring's snow-melt was gone, but there was much sticky mud alongside the road as we drove out there. We drove out on the flats and took some fun pictures. We were blessed on the weekday we visited in June to not have the drive-in cul-de-sac going out on the flats be crowded, and more importantly, there was light cloud cover, so we were not blinded or baked. We took care to clean off our footwear before getting back in the car. The lake ceased to exist about 14,000 years ago when most of its water. It is a desiccated artifact of ancient Lake Bonneville that once covered much of the Great Basin. The crust is thinning, but it's still thickest in the center and less than one inch toward the edges. The Bonneville Salt Flats are just that, about 90 sodium chloride (common table salt) with lesser amounts of potassium and other minerals. The Flats are 12 miles long and roughly 5 miles wide. Today it's used to set land speed records during the racing season in August. It's the remnants of the prehistoric Lake Bonneville, which also formed the Great Salt Lake. To learn about this very interesting place was fascinating to me. ![]()
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