Lake Bonneville and The Great Salt Lake

[Lambeau]

Recently visited Antelope Island State Park, The Great Salt Lake, and Lake Bonneville. All are stunningly beautiful.
Well, so is the state of Utah.

Pic from east side of Antelope Island State Park looking east. As all pics go, they just don’t/can’t do it justice.

Here’s 9 pics from a video presentation at the Vistors Center on Antelope Island State Park about the History of Lake Bonneville.

To help kinda define the geography keep in mind that, “The Great Salt Lake is a shallow, salty remnant of ancient Lake Bonneville.”

Not sure how accurate the last pic is of Lake Bonneville’s size today.
The attendant at the visitors center did say that the water level in Lake Bonneville has risen over the past couple years because of increased rain/snowfall.

Besides pointing out the stunning beauty of this area, I also wanted to show that God didn’t just make earth, and everything stopped changing and evolving.

Mother Earth is just doing Mother Earth stuff, so is Lake Bonneville.

 

[Lambeau]

Couple more pics from Antelope Island.

 

[blownstang01]

As all pics go, they just don’t/can’t do it justice.

True Story. My wife and I took a trip to Red Rock Canyon and were in awe, took probably 100 pictures. Got home and they all looked the same, lol.

 

[03cobra#694]

I've flown over it. It's cool. I thought the same of the Oregon coast when we've been there.

 

[Morgan]

Thanks for sharing, the vastness and grandeur of the western US is my favorite.

 

[Lambeau]

More pics. Brine Shrimp that inhabit the lake.

 

[gimmie11s]

Awesome!!

 

[CobraBob]

Awesome and beautiful country. I've never been there, but would love to see Lake Bonneville some day. When I saw the glass with the brine shrimp, it took me back to when I was a young kid amazed at the "sea monkeys" you found for sale in magazines, comic books, etc. They were brine shrimp. It was fun to watch them grow. We did a lot of simple stuff like that back in the day.

 

[bosscj]

Very interesting!!! When i think of Bonneville this is the only thing that comes to mind....

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[svtfocus2cobra]

Utah is an amazing place to visit. So many cool areas.

 

[Fat Boss]

Very interesting!!! When i think of Bonneville this is the only thing that comes to mind....

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For me it's Burt Munro.

 

[bosscj]

For me it's Burt Munro.

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Its on my list of events to go see. Its on my bucket list to build and participate in the event

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[Lambeau]

Awesome and beautiful country. I've never been there, but would love to see Lake Bonneville some day. When I saw the glass with the brine shrimp, it took me back to when I was a young kid amazed at the "sea monkeys" you found for sale in magazines, comic books, etc. They were brine shrimp. It was fun to watch them grow. We did a lot of simple stuff like that back in the day.

Bob, ya gotta go. Fly into Salt Lake, travel to Antelope Island State Park, Hill Air Force Museum, Bonneville Salt Flats, Park City, then continue north up the Wasatch Range.

For me it's Burt Munro.

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WOW! Thanks!

Very cool story of an amazing Kiwi! The 2006, 127 minute movie about Burt, “The World’s Fastest Indian” is included on Amazon Prime right now for free too!

I’ll be watching it!

 

[supercharged91m]

That's super cool stuff

 

[Fat Boss]

Its on my list of events to go see. Its on my bucket list to build and participate in the event

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Good luck with the effort! A friend of mine is building an under 250cc motorcycle he's going to bring to Bonneville.

Bob, ya gotta go. Fly into Salt Lake, travel to Antelope Island State Park, Hill Air Force Museum, Bonneville Salt Flats, Park City, then continue north up the Wasatch Range.




WOW! Thanks!

Very cool story of an amazing Kiwi! The 2006, 127 minute movie about Burt, “The World’s Fastest Indian” is included on Amazon Prime right now for free too!

I’ll be watching it!

Are you saying you've never watched it? Great flick.

 

[Lambeau]

Good luck with the effort! A friend of mine is building an under 250cc motorcycle he's going to bring to Bonneville.



Are you saying you've never watched it? Great flick.

Yup, I’ve never watched it. Sadly, never heard of Burt Munro.

Never heard of Ab Jenkin’s Pierce Arrow, and Mormon Meteor lll, or Malcolm Campbell’s Blue Bird, until I started watching the “Boys of Bonneville” - lol. Another documentary on Bonneville included on Prime.

The Mormon Meteor lll.

Thanks again. Fascinating history to learn and appreciate.

 

[HillbillyHotRod]

Thanks for sharing, the vastness and grandeur of the western US is my favorite.

Nothing like driving the loneliest highway, yawn. OK it is Nevada but still yawn.

 

[Fat Boss]

Yup, I’ve never watched it. Sadly, never heard of Burt Munro.

Never heard of Ab Jenkin’s Pierce Arrow, and Mormon Meteor lll, or Malcolm Campbell’s Blue Bird, until I started watching the “Boys of Bonneville” - lol. Another documentary on Bonneville included on Prime.

The Mormon Meteor lll.

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Thanks again. Fascinating history to learn and appreciate.

Check back in after you watch it. I heard about it from my folks who saw it in the theater.

 

[Lambeau]

Check back in after you watch it. I heard about it from my folks who saw it in the theater.

Wife and I watched, The World’s Fastest Indian, last night. It’s excellent, 5/5 stars.

Do you have a lemon tree? If you do, pee on it in Burt’s honor. That’s all I’ll say.

Both them, The World’s Fastest Indian, and the Boys Of Bonneville are excellent. The former is a movie, whereas the later is a documentary. Both are currently freebies on amazon prime.

 

[railroad]

While on a vacationing, road trip with another couple, we stopped at a Quik Mart.
The sign at the corner said, Bonneville Salt Flats Track or something like that.
I was the only one interested and the others agreed to make the short turn, so I could say, I have been there.
As we read the history on the sign and gazed at the flats and surrounding, a second car pulled up. Two middle weight guys got out and sorta gave us the once over.
As we walked out from behind the SUV, they gave us a up and down check out and left.
We did not have a good feeling about the situation and I, often wonder, did we dodge a bad situation.
I cannot remember, if I packed a firearm back then. We did have some size on them.
My buddy is about 6' 2", 250 lbs. I am just 5' 11", 220.
The wives were useless for defensive purposes.
My question, is did the quick mart people, set us up, or is the location a place for deals or robberies? This was about 14 years ago.