Cruising SLC-Style

I have an odd fascination with the Great Salt Lake. You may have noticed it in my post about the Spiral Jetty, but I'm officially admitting it now. How can such a large and unique body of water be so close, yet no one seems to want anything to do with it.

In an effort to find more recreational opportunities involving the lake, I tracked down Great Salt Lake Adventures which offers cruises on the lake. This weekend I finally got enough people together to meet the minimum required for a cruise and got out there. It was a perfect fall day and the lake was gorgeous.

Shockingly we weren't alone. The captain who was a wealth of information about the lake says about 450 people sail regularly on the lake. Of course, this doesn't even come close to the old days when resorts lined the lake's shore and paddle boats transported tourists from resort to resort.