The Great Saltair

I touched the great Salt Lake.  I have grown up in the state of Utah and to my recollection had never touched this wonder that we literally have at our finger tips.  I had seen it.  I had heard and learned of its wonder, but had never felt the salty waters that cover so much of the northern part of this state.  I walked along its white expanding shores and smelled its salty brine shrimp aroma.  I thought of all the people who had come before me to experience this natural wonder.

In this excursion I also was able to experience the great Saltair and learn if its history.  It was once deemed "The Coney Island of the West".  Oh, to have seen it in its grandeur and magnificence.  The building that now stands I believe is about the 3rd structure to be raised, the other two having burned down, and is used as a concert venue.  The previous buildings were gathering places for thousands of people to socialize, dance, listen to music, experience culture, and swim in the mineral rich waters.  Piers and bath houses lined the shores of those great buildings.  Today's structure is not quite so grand and could use some major work if it were ever to be near what it once was, but you can feel the spirit of the people who gathered there and continue to gather there.

So much human experience has occurred on the shores of the Great Salt Lake.