The Spiral Jetty

I learned about The Spiral Jetty in an art class during college. I have wanted to see it since learning about it, but it has been covered up for a while. On Memorial Day, Mark and I went with my parents to see the Jetty because it was uncovered. We decided it would be fun to do before the baby comes. Here is a little information about The Spiral Jetty from Wikipedia.

"The Spiral Jetty, considered to be the central work of American sculptor Robert Smithson, is an earthwork sculpture constructed in 1970. Built of mud, salt crystals, basalt rocks, earth, and water on the northeastern shore of the Great Salt Lake near Rozel Point in Utah, it forms a 1500-foot long, 15-foot wide counterclockwise coil jutting from the shore of the lake which is only visible when the level of the Great Salt Lake falls below an elevation of 4,197.8 feet.
At the time of its construction, the water level of the lake was unusually low because of a drought. Within a few years, the water level returned to normal and submerged the jetty for the next three decades. Due to a drought, the jetty re-emerged in 2004 and was completely exposed for almost a year. The lake level rose again during the spring of 2005 due to a near record-setting snowpack in the mountains and partially submerged the Jetty again. Originally black basalt rock against ruddy water, it is now largely white against pink due to salt encrustation and lower water levels."

It was a really fun trip aside from the 15.5 mile dirt road we had to drive on. This was a little hard being pregnant...just a little bit too bumpy! I should have found a bathroom before getting on the dirt road. The pictures from the trip are posted in a slide show above this post.