A friend of mine from Seattle flew down to see Salt Lake City with me, and I convinced her to drive to the
Bonnevile Salt Flats, near the border of Nevada. We drove for what seemed like forever, through beautiful scenery.
While in Salt Lake City, you can see the most amazing mountains right out of your window, as we got closer to Nevada the land was extremely flat.
And then out of no where, the ground was white. I'm not sure we even noticed where it changed over.
And then there was this sign:
This is the site of testing of high speed race cars. It is an extremely large flat salt pan, which forms where water pools. The water that doesn't sink into the ground remains on the surface until it evaporates, leaving behind the salt.
We ran out onto the salt, which gave the eeriest feeling of being out on a lake, as if we jumped too hard, we might fall through. We then tasted the salt. It was salty. Then we turned around a drove back.
While in Salt Lake City, you can see the most amazing mountains right out of your window, as we got closer to Nevada the land was extremely flat.
And then out of no where, the ground was white. I'm not sure we even noticed where it changed over. 
And then there was this sign:
This is the site of testing of high speed race cars. It is an extremely large flat salt pan, which forms where water pools. The water that doesn't sink into the ground remains on the surface until it evaporates, leaving behind the salt.
We ran out onto the salt, which gave the eeriest feeling of being out on a lake, as if we jumped too hard, we might fall through. We then tasted the salt. It was salty. Then we turned around a drove back. 
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