Daily Mileage=319;Total trip=4083Today we left Utah but not before visiting the great Salt Lake. It's huge and very salty (4-20% salt solution vs the ocean at 3%). No wonder it's called Salt Lake! We stopped at a wonderful state park on Antelope Island which is the largest one in the lake. It is home to a number of animals (such as antelope and bison). Believe it or not, no fish can live in the lake because of the salinity. Only brine shrimp and brine flies (and some algae) can exist there. However, it makes a wonderful buffet for migrating birds which you can see all over the island. The haze was so great that the photos were difficult to take, however on a good day, it really is beautiful. The lake is currently 75 miles long by 28 miles wide and covers 1,700 square miles.
After our trip to the the park, we drove up into Idaho and decided to stop at Ketchum which means nothing to most of you but it is home to Sun Valley (noted not only for skiing but for Robert Redford). Didn't see him, but went to the Pioneer Saloon for dinner and felt back on the range again. The town is very upscale and cutesy with skiing right at your front door. Even though we don't ski anymore, it looks like it would be a great place to come in the winter or summer. Lot's of shops, boutiques and restaurants/bars of all different calibres. Of course, Rich made a f
riend at the hotel.
riend at the hotel.It's lovelier here now because it's between seasons and fewer people are around. So we pretty much have the area to ourselves. You can see where they put the "rails to trails" path and people walk/run/bike all over it. We will probably use it tomorrow. The slopes have a tiny bit of snow on the tops which gives it a different view. We have a little balcony to sit on and watch the "slopes" across the way. It's actually more than just potato land!
That's it for tonight, miss you. Love & joy, Mare & Rich
