Tastes Like Salt
THE DAY I GOT MY DOG was a very fun day. Ashley and Aspen, Mom, Machelle and I all loaded up in Ashley’s vehicle and headed due West (ok slight lie, we headed North for an hour and then West). On the way to Wendover to meet my Aunt, we have to drive past the Utah Salt Flats. The illusion of water is so amazing to see on the horizon, and the pools of water that are here and there are even more strange, considering they are surrounded by pure salt.
That’s mom in the background. Camera died shortly afterwards, so I have no pics of her. Which in turn makes me want to slap someone. And yes, I am conceited. Deal with it.
Machelle didn’t know I took this. She doesn’t read the Mo blog and she’s the type that’ll steal your lunch money, so if anyone tells her I’m toast. Or more like roadkill.
What was the most surprising thing of all? Aspen’s spur of the moment love of the land. That lil girl was headed for the mountains in the distance. Mom told her to come back once, she turned, shrugged and said, “No” and kept on her way. May I remind you, she’s not even one and a half yet.
Ready, set, GO.
Hey little girl, want some candy?
I’ll take that as a no . . .
But at the end of the day, she still loves her momma.
And Aspen? Your momma loves you right back.
Thank you again to all parties involved – Ash for driving, Aspen for being a such a good little tot on what would’ve been a loooong ride if you weren’t happy with it, Mom for arranging everything, Machelle for ceasing to cuss at me and being the first to thank me for buying your lunch, and last but definitely not least, my aunt and uncle for giving me their precious little mutt.
I should write a novel, just so I can write five pages worth of thank-yous. Or maybe I’ll just make thank you cards. Then again, I know someone who is really good at that.
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I love the photos from this post! Aspen looks like she was definitely having fun running on the utter white-ness.
Haha, I won’t tell Machelle, I don’t even know her. Anyway, congrats on your new puppy! Now we both have a pet named Olly/Ollie. 
Aspen looks SO much like her mama. Holy Cow! Check out the side profile! I haven’t had the pleasure of having any of my children look that much like me. Gracie is the closest, but much more beautiful than I! So glad you got your doggie home safe. If you can believe it we haven’t even been out to the Salt Flats since we’ve lived out here.
I just got a puppy this week, so it’s great to see someone else blogging about a new dog! I love small dog mixes – ours is chihuahua with schnauzer and pomeranian.
I just looked at the pics at first and just assumed that was a normal beach until I went back to reread. Insane!
Beautiful pictures! That’s a beach right? It looks like a huge glacier. =P
Hey Katy, thanks for commenting! it’s actually not a beach, its a huge salt flat in Utah. Looks like a beach though, doesn’t it? It’s right next to a lake so there are little pools of water everywhere. Sometimes the salt is a murky brown, but we were lucky and caught it on a day when it was all white. Trust me, it was all I could do to even keep my eyes half open.
Here’s a little info on how its created:
The Bonneville Salt Flats and the Great Salt Lake are remnants of ancient Lake Bonneville. Wind and water combine to create the flat surface of salt. Each winter, a shallow layer of standing water floods the surface of the salt flats. During spring and summer, the water slowly evaporates while winds smooth the surface into a vast, nearly perfect flat plain.
Your puppy is so cute! Yea it’s nice to see someone else writing about theirs. The funny thing to me is people call our dogs mutts, but the ones you buy in pet stores are designer dogs with the same mixed breeds.
I didn’t even realize that it might look like a beach. To be honest I’ve never even seen the beach…but this was probably close enough (a beach of salt that is). They make that Mortin Salt here because of all of it.
The salt flats always make me miss the beach. It’s cool to drive by because it just looks like sand, don’t quite so much like the smell when you get close to the lake though. But it looks like you had some fun!
It sounds like you guys had a blast on your trip. It kinda makes me
want another dog, but I swore when he died I would never get another
one. I may reconsider.