One of the states on my list was Utah. I was not real excited about it, but it turns out I was wrong. I always did want to see the Great Salt Lake, so I did put that on my list. It always seemed mezmerizing to have a giant salty lake in the middle of no-where. How did it get there? Plus, the pictures of it always seemed amazing. It was pretty anti-climatic, some it may have been the weather, it was over cast and windy. Strangely enough, it did make excellent pictures. Sometimes when I see an amazing place I know my camera isn't going to capture it right, this place is the opposite. It was perfect. Extremely photogenic. The colors were just mute enough and the difference in them was distinct enough, it worked. Being there in person though, it seemed depressing.
My questions were answered: the lake has several rivers that empty into it and none that go out. Therefore, the only way the water leaves is by evaporation. Of course this leaves behind enourmous amounts of salt and minerals. There are no fish in the lake, only algae and brine shrimp, it makes the lake a greenish color. Also, on the beach I saw a lot of foam, I'm not sure why. It wasn't really that exciting. Unless you like taking pictures, then its like Disneyland. One last thing about it, the smell. It smells really, well, ...not good. It actually burned my eyes a little the air was so salty. The smell of dead fish was in the air, but it did not make any sense.... there is no fish.
My cousin Courtney lives in a city near Salt Lake City and I had only met her on Facebook, so I was lucky enough to have her reach out to me. She took me up into the mountains and I got to see a place called Rock Canyon. She lives near Lake Utah, a fresh water lake, it was visible from these mountains. Also we went to Bridal Veil Falls, a really beautiful double waterfall. There used to be a cable car traveling up the mountain. It looked like it would be scary.
We then had lunch at the Sundance Grill. This is home to the Sundance Film festival. I had no idea there were so many movies filmed in Utah. I found that out at the capital building in Salt Lake. There were posters from every film shot in Utah. There were a lot.
Mostly the city was beautiful. There were a lot of Homeless people wandering around and the public transportation wasn't that great. One thing that caught my eye was a busy intersection had these orange flags on both sides, when crossing you carry them with you for greater visibility and leave them on the other side. I've attached a video link to my Facebook account. Its a public video so it should be visible.
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