![]() I like to imagine Smithson beaming as he drives north on I-15 towards Rozel Point. On that spring day in Utah, he was just some guy from New Jersey with a crazy idea about making something - a spiral, did he say? - out at the Great Salt Lake. It’s easy to imagine the clerks rolling their eyes. I've been a lot of places, ridden all over the USA, ridden to Alaska and back, and by far, it's one of the coolest things I've ever seen in person.In certain circles, as far away as Italy, Smithson was already a celebrated artist. But there's likely a schedule of events somewhere. ![]() They were doing some sort of time trials when I was there on a weekend in September - this is a desert - don't go there in July. Which only makes sense once you go there. Imagine a world of white where's no color anywhere. No roads, no landmarks, no people, just perfect nothingness. Truly an epic spiritual experience, you'll love it as much as I did. ![]() But pressure wash bike at the next town to get all the salt off bike. When it rains, the salt turns to a consistency of cake batter and yes, it got all over the Busa. I thought my kickstand would sink in, but nope, it's super hard. The paved road (pull up Winnemucca, Nevada on Google Earth) goes right to the edge of the salt flats and just stops and you keep right on riding onto this board flat table top of salt, It's crazy strange. It was the coolest thing I'd ever seen and far exceeded my expectations with how cool that was. No gate guard, no entrance, no fanfare, barely a sign. What I didn't know at the time is you can exit off the I-80 freeway and drive right out onto the salt flats. The salt flats are on the border of Nevada & Utah right outside Winnemucca, and the freeway goes right across them.
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