We are doing our best to find random state-bound activities while we are social distancing. What better place to social distance than the Bonneville Salt Flats? Basically we drove an hour and a half west of Salt Lake, and just shy of the Nevada state line we pulled over to check out the salt flats. They really are as cool as they look in pictures. It seems so vast and desolate. It IS so vast and desolate. The kids just started walking away with no real goal in sight, and I wonder how long they would have walked away if I hadn't wanted to take a picture of them.
They noticed that the salt left patterns in the surface that looked like tiles and they played a game of chase where they had to follow the same path as the person in front of them.
My mom drove down from Smithfield just to explore with us.
McKenzie wanted to get some gymnastics time in and practiced her handstands and cartwheels across the flats.
The salt stuck to our shoes as we walked, and since it was just slightly wet the kids were able to make little salt men with it.
We found a little pond that felt very smooth, but it coated the kids in a thin layer of salt that sparkled in the sun.
After we had explored for a bit, some of the Rogers joined our fun.
We tried to get a picture of all of the kids jumping at the same time, but it simply was not going to happen.
After we were done exploring this crazy alien landscape, we drove just a few minutes further to find the Bonneville speedway where so many land speed records have been set. I don't know what I expected, but the only difference between where were playing and the speedway was that this spot had a sign. There were no other indication that this was where these rocket cars would race.
I'm so glad we made it out there. It was simply such a random adventure!
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