April 18 2009
Today is another beautiful day in Utah. We have two adventures planned-the first is to see if "the great salt lake" actually does exist. The second,and the one I am most excited about-I get to go see Millstream Lane-and the house where Mom and Dad and Dave and I lived when I was just two or three years old.
We start out and DO find the great salt lake. It is huge! not what I would call a beautiful lake, but it is very large, and seems to go on forever! there is a marina with lots and lots of sailboats-there are a few on the water-and a few people getting ready to go out. It is a bit chilly and breezy-I guess a perfect day for a sail! we learn that 400,000 tons of salt are extracted from the lake per year-that's a lot of salt! The shoreline varies by 15 miles by season,tat the Dead sea is the only body of water saltier than Salt Lake.Swimmers cannot sink in this water-that is a good thing! there are many brine shrimp that live in the lake-that's about it.
So now YOU know too! Now, on to our next adventure!
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