![]() Therefore organizations like Save The Salt have sprung up to preserve the salt for its historical and racing future.Īdditionally, when planning to race out at Bonneville, one also has to carefully monitor the weather as there are years where racing is not possible due to water on the course. In fact, because of salt mining and environmental concerns there is the possibility that without care, the salt flats will not last. Out where the races are held however, the salt is more carefully monitored for surface integrity. Of course one has to be careful about just where to pull off the highway out on the salt flats as there are scars in the thin salt crust where people have driven onto the salt intentionally (thinking it would be cool to drive on salt) or not (falling asleep at the wheel) and broken through the think salt crust only to discover the incredibly thick and sticky mud underneath. ![]() The car comes to a rapid stop, no words are spoken and photographers pile out of the car configuring their gear to capture those particular moments of light and form that will never return. It’s hard for non-photographers to travel with a photographer because of this sort of behavior, so it was an extra special treat to be traveling with Ann as this is understood and shared knowledge. It’s entirely possible that if the driver is a photographer, he/she will suddenly pull off the road to grab a shot or if the passenger is a photographer, they might suddenly shout “stop the car!” in order to obtain that special shot. The problem of traveling with a photographer is that one has to plan for “contingencies”, such as the ideal shot that suddenly appears. So, a cup of coffee, a couple of doughnuts and we were on our way. ![]() ![]() Last years race provided for some spectacular photography and served as Robert and Ann’s introduction to salt flats racing. So, it was out of the door at 3:30am to pick up Ann and off to the Salt Flats. ![]() We contemplated camping out the night before, but Ann was coming back from the horse races with Robert and I had an early morning with H for the Provo half marathon. My friend Ann and I wanted to get an early start to this years Bonneville Speed Week. ![]()
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