What a nice day we had! We left Elko Nevada around 9:30 am. I (Geneva)drove. It’s really flat and straight.
With the speed limit at 75mph, we made good time to “The Great Salt Lake”. We got to “Saltair” right on the lake which used to be quite the place. It was literally Coney Island until the fire. Now it is a rebuilt small venue for concerts.
But we walked out to the Lake and didn’t choose to get our feet wet/crusty. I’m still confused about the sign that says surf board rentals. I never saw much of a “surf’s up”, but I suppose having grown up in So CA, I have a different perspective of surfing! After all, it’s a lake!!! Can we get real...
The Great Salt Lake reminded me of Lake Nakuru in Kenya, except it didn’t smell quite as bad. The walk out to the water was crunchy due to the minerals and such. Once out there, we took a picture and walked back.
We drove to the marina and paid some man $2 to enter the park and eat our picnic lunch. It was quite nice. Then back to Saltair where we splurged and ate skinny cow ice creams. Yum!
We are terribly disappointed that we won’t be near Saltair this month as we will miss the groups “Insane Clown Posse”, “Shinedown” and Five Finger Death Punch”. But I must say, we probably wouldn’t attend the concerts (?) anyway, as there are signs posted everywhere saying we couldn’t wash our feet in the bathroom sinks and if we tagged the place we would be ejected. Harrumph!
80 miles west of Salt Lake we saw the “World’s Largest Drum” being driven westward, presumably to the world’s largest band. Wish we could have gotten a picture for you all, but they were going West and we were going East, (at 75mph each that's a combined 150 mph and we just weren't that quick!)
After our experience at the Great Salt Lake we drove into Salt Lake City to the Mormon Temple Square. My goodness, that is quite a place! We were given a nice tour by Sister W. Lee from Hong Kong and Sister Ramona from Mexico. Of course "we" couldn’t go into the temple, but we did go into the smaller church, which was quite large. Then we went into the assembly hall where the Mormon Tabernacle Choir performs and records. We heard a gentleman playing the huge organ (it is reported to be one of the largest in the world and was actually built by a man in Australia and shipped back to Salt Lake City) and it was marvelous! Then we went to the visitors center which was amazing!
The weather has been so good! Mid-70’s, lovely sunshine. We are loving it!
Our room in Ogden is fine. No free breakfast, but we’ll survive. Free internet though which is good.
Bart is taking good care of us and we are enjoying ourselves. Till next time, take care, Bob and Geneva
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