For those of you who may be unfamiliar with the Great Salt Lake, it's not exactly a swimming destination (although it used to be!) -- the water is super salty, hence how the lake got its name, and is really shallow in most parts. But Sara said she wanted to go to the beach, so we did!
Sara was really excited about going, and before we left our house she collected some leaves, sticks, and sunflowers to take with her to the beach.
The sand was really crunchy from all the salt.
Sara was really excited to see the Saltair building and kept calling it "my castle". She really wanted to go inside! We had to keep telling her it wasn't open, which almost broke her little heart.
Walking with Daddy to the water.
This is what Sara did with her flowers, sticks and leaves when we reached the lake:
...and stuck the leaves and sticks into the mud.
Then we just walked around in the shallow water for a while until the sun set and it started to get cold. I was glad Sara was wearing her rain boots, because the mud was pretty slimy in parts. I know because I walked around barefoot in there.
It was a fun little adventure. Sara loved it! Too bad I only had my phone's camera with me--the quality of these photos is pretty bad. We'll have to go again one more time before the weather gets too cold.
p.s. It's too bad Saltair burned down so many times. The original structure looks amazing! (see below.) Plus, roller coasters, merry-go-rounds, ferris wheels, games, bicycle races, rodeos, bullfights, boat rides on the lake, fireworks displays, and hot-air balloons sounds like a lot of fun!
Saltair Pavilion, circa 1900
5 comments:
SO FUN!
Seeing that old pic of Saltair makes me wish someone would do something with it. Make a vintage place where everyone dress up in 1900 attire and we could rent full body swimsuits and stuff. Utah needs something cool like that. :)
You should watch Carnival of Souls, a funny old Halloween movie shot at Saltair in 1962. We own it; I wish I could lend it to you. Maybe the library has it? I think you'd really appreciate it.
Thanks for the movie recommendation. We'll definitely have to check it out! Perfect timing since it is a Halloween movie. -- 1962 would be during the Saltair II phase, so still way better than what is there now, but not quite as awesome as the original. I'm interested to see it!
And Becky, when we both have a million dollars to spare, you and me can rebuild Saltair to all it's original glory. It would be pretty awesome if it were still around today!
Sweet!
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