The "Great" Salt Lake

On Saturday, we took a ritual skinny dip in the Great Salt Lake. I wish you could understand the depths to which this lake is gross. The whole place smells like sewage, and bugs roll across the ground in swarms....literal, visible swarms. The best part of this lake is that it's 12% salt, so you can float like CRAZY! So not only were we skinny dipping in mid-day, but we had a hard time keeping everything under the water because of the buoyancy.

Fact: The only creature that lives in the Great Salt Lake is the brine shrimp.

Here's how our conversation went as we entered the lake:

Sarah T.: "EEEWWWW...this place smells like death and decay."
Sarah K.: "Uhh...what's that black stuff on the bottom?"
Sarah T.: "Death and decay."
Lacy: "You guys, this is really gross...why are we here?"
Sarah T.: "This is a God-forsaken place."
Sarah K.: "This really stings, guys. Why are there dead bird carcuses everywhere?"
Sarah T.: (gagging) "This is GROSS."
Lacy: "This really stings. And itches."
Sarah T.: "I feel like a brine shrimp could take advantage of me at any second."

After that, we took showers in the boat rinsing station, while all the boat-rinsers looked on.


P.S. We were clothed during the showers.