# the Salt Flats - Link: https://mywalkabout.net/the-salt-flats/ - Published: 2013-07-15T03:45:00-07:00 - Author: My Walkabout After almost a month outside my country, the return has been a difficult adjustment. I need time to re-evaluate priorities, with no distractions. The Salt seemed the ideal place for some perspective. [the_ad id=”13633″] [[         The[ Bonneville Salt Flats](http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/salt_lake/recreation/bonneville_salt_flats.html) are so flat you seem to see the curvature of the planet, so barren not even the simplest of life forms survive. A place for isolation where one faces demons and personal truths head on. [[ I find an area to set up camp, and set forth upon the salt and rock, clearing my head with each step. I have no visitors except for the lonely crow, cawing his welcome to the unforgiving landscape. The wind blows the cobwebs from my mind. I began cloud bursting with renewed imagination. Disconnected from the outside world. Just me. [[ As the sun begins its inevitable descent, I build a fire and chant in sun kissed skin. Laying naked under the stars, my walkabout is revealed in the nothingness. Surviving the night through sweat and realization. New insight. [[ Sleeping in the howling wind, I rise to the early orange glow of the returning sun along the horizon. Walking out of the Salt with purpose…. [](https://i0.wp.com/mywalkabout.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/f0953-dsc03803.jpg?ssl=1) going forward. ### Share this: * [ Email ](https://mywalkabout.net/the-salt-flats/?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20the%20Salt%20Flats&body=https%3A%2F%2Fmywalkabout.net%2Fthe-salt-flats%2F&share=email) * [Post](https://x.com/share) * [Share on Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/share) * [ WhatsApp ](https://mywalkabout.net/the-salt-flats/?share=jetpack-whatsapp) * [ Nextdoor ](https://mywalkabout.net/the-salt-flats/?share=nextdoor) * [ Threads ](https://mywalkabout.net/the-salt-flats/?share=threads) * [[ * [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) * [ Reddit ](https://mywalkabout.net/the-salt-flats/?share=reddit) ### Like this: Like Loading…