Salty Tale

Just like the grassland, that seemed to go on forever (just like the ocean), so the salt flats of Utah stretch on and on, vast and flat and remarkable. Who knew this about Utah?

This afternoon, we have driven through mountains and past amazing cliffs and rock formations. Garry the Geology Professor is delighted. Then we journey on and wade into the Great Salt Lake. But driving away from this remarkable lake, we are awed by the salt flats that extend for miles and miles – the remnants of a dried up ancient inland sea.

There are even salt hills. Standing among all this salty goodness is a production plant. Painted on the side of the building is a picture of that famous little girl whom we all have known from childhood – the umbrella’ed little Morton Salt girl, who has proclaimed for more than half a century, “When it rains, it pours.”