A few hours north of Salt Lake City and on the north east shore of the Great Salt Lake is the Spiral Jetty. I visited here as a recommendation from a friend and it didn’t disappoint. What a magical place. I felt as if I were on a different planet.
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The Spiral Jetty is an earthwork sculpture built in April, 1970 by Robert Smithson. The Jetty is made of mud, salt crystals, and basalt rocks, forming a 1,500-foot-long, 15-foot-wide counterclockwise coil jutting out into the lake. I was there when the water level was low enough to walk out onto it.
To get to the Jetty, it’s necessary to get off of the main road and travel along 14 miles of gravel road. The road was ‘ribbed’ and I found that if I traveled too slowly, the car would bounce up and down along each rib. There were two options to deal with this. The first was to drive very slowly, which would then take me hours to get to my destination, while the second was to travel very fast and just go over the ribs. It was an interesting journey traveling 40+ mph along this gravel road in the middle of nowhere. Even though it was in the middle of nowhere and a desert, I found it to be beautiful. I stopped frequently just to enjoy the sights and to take a break from the stress of the drive.
 If you enlarge, you can see the ribs. |
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Upon arriving at the Jetty parking lot, I opted to hike up the rocky hillside to get a view first. It was a short 1/4 mile hike to the top.
 Looking up at the parking area and the hillside hike. |
  Taking a moment at the pedestal looking out onto the Jetty. |
I walked back down and onto the Jetty. I walked the Spiral very slowly and meditated along with it. Then I set out towards the lake. I had been told about the water here and wanted to see it for myself.
 On the Spiral. |
 On the Jetty looking out towards the lake. |
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 Like being on a different planet. |
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Dark blue is driving. Light blue is walking.
