The Great Salt Lake is 75 miles long and 28 miles wide. The average depth is about 30 feet. Antelope Island is 15 miles long and 4.5 miles wide, encompassing 28,000 acres. Today we drove up the East side of the island and visited some historical ranches and homesteads. At the end of the road we did a 6 mile (3 hour) hike which carried us up and over the spine of the island. At one point we had a view of both sides of the lake. We were on the trail by ourselves probably because the climb was grueling and it was 100 degrees. The part we need to fix our door arrived today. We'll pick it up tomorrow as we leave. We are actually not sure where we are going. We are changing our plans on the fly.
Probably a silly question but can you get in the lake? No yaks?
ReplyDeletePeople swim in it. Calling it swimming might not be correct. The water is so dense with minerals that floating would be a better description. We drove to the marina to look at the water. It was gross.I wouldn't want to put my kayak in in much less my body. We have been here 2 days and not seen a boat.
ReplyDeleteInteresting, heard it was thick water, wonder if getting into it, thru osmosis, would draw moisture out of ur body. Guess you didn’t try it out.
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