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Subject: Salt Report
From: Wester Potter <wester6935@comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 19:57:34 -0600
What Hugh's pictures don't show is the Salduro Dike.  When we went by 
early Saturday morning on I-80 I was struck by the amount of water 
inside the dike in front of the viewing area and also the height of 
that water compared to the dike height.  Near the freeway there's only 
maybe three feet of dike showing above the water.  From the canal that 
is used to mine the salt flats, at about mile marker 14, to  a mile 
west of the Salduro Dike the water is very high.  There is lots of 
water right up to the freeway fill.  The immediate area at the bend in 
the road where we have Salt Talks is not under water but it is VERY 
muddy.  Perhaps we were just too early in the morning (6:30 Mountain 
Daylight time) but the Mexican restaurant at the truck stop was closed. 
  I'm hoping it was just the early hour.

I will be posting a couple of pictures from the Nevada Open Road 
Challenge and the Z2Z Challenge tonight or tomorrow.  Rex Svboda ran 
his McLaren with Tom Burkland as his pit crew.  Gene and Betty Burkland 
were Course Workers.  We had a great time visiting with them around Ely 
and Lund, NV as the days progressed.  Tom reports that Rex learned a 
lot about the car running at the over 100 mph speeds, all good.  When 
they were on the stretch of road where the Brits were running the 
electric car they jumped four antelope ... on the road ... and the 
Aussies think kangaroos at Lake Gairdner are a menace at high speeds!

Wes






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