By looking at the photos one probably can’t imagine how freezing cold it actually was at the salt flats. We probably would have spent a little more time there if the wind wasn’t so bad. We walked a little bit to take some photos. That is what we did last time too, but this time we wanted to spare our car from the salt. Instead of parking, many people drove further on top of the salt.

And it happened to be right at the rest area so we parked and headed out. So now when the sky was not grey anymore, the salt flat was.įinally we managed to find a spot where the salt was shining pure white under the sun. Woohoo! But then there was another little obstacle: it was crazy windy and the wind had blown some sand on top of the salt. When we finally reached the salt desert, the sky was crystal clear. Morton is a popular salt brand in the U.S. The first sign of the salt flats ahead was the Morton Salt Factory which we saw by the road.

It wasn’t before we had passed Salt Lake City (which I wrote about a couple of years ago by the way), and we were driving along the Great Salt Lake, that we would see some glimpses of the sun. Everywhere we looked the sky looked grey. The beginning of our trip didn’t look very promising regarding the sun because right after we left, it started snowing. However, in the last few years they had to cancel due to the salt layer getting too thin. Bonneville Speedway is famous for record breaking land speeds during Speed Week and it gets televised to many countries. At its thickest, the salt layer at Bonneville is 1,8 metres (70.86 inches) thick, but looks can be deceiving as it is fragile, since there is often mud under the salt.

This so called salt pan was born when a lake evaporated and left behind a layer of salt. The Bonneville Salt Flats are on the border of Utah and Nevada on Interstate 80. So when we left Vineyard in Utah, I crossed my fingers hoping, that once we reach Bonneville the sun would be shining. This was not our first time to Bonneville, but previously we were there on a cloudy day, and it didn’t look as amazing as in pictures we had seen. This was not really one of our destinations, but since it was on the way back home to California, we wanted to stop to take some photos. The last stop on our road trip to Utah was the Bonneville Salt Flats.

Bonneville salt flats schedule 2018