Chapter 40 Yellowstone Trip 2
Then they, a group of three adults and three children, took a plane to Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City was not close, so they had lunch on the plane and arrived in the afternoon.
But the time is not difficult to bear. With friends around, sometimes we chat, sometimes we watch TV, and the time passes quickly.
When we were almost there, we looked down from the plane and saw very beautiful mountain and river scenery. It was really different from the scenery in China, with a strange and magical beauty.
As soon as she got off the plane, she felt the difference between here and New York City. It felt several degrees colder than New York City. Fortunately, she was wearing a windbreaker jacket.
Although Salt Lake City is at a similar latitude to New York City, it is located deep inland and you can see snow-capped mountains in the distance. It is surrounded by mountains.
On the way to the hotel, I didn’t see any tall buildings, and there were not many people and cars on the road. It looked like a quiet little city.
"Are we going to Yellowstone Park now?" Dora asked impatiently.
"We've been on the plane for too long today. Let's go to the hotel to rest first and set off tomorrow. What do you think, my dears?" The speaker was the black female bodyguard Ruth.
That’s right, it’s the name of the famous heroine of the Titanic. Zhang Wei has heard many people call this name, it’s very common.
Zhang Wei advised, "I think it's a good idea, Dora. After we rest, we can take a walk around here. The entrance to Yellowstone Park is quite far from here. I heard there's the famous Sky City - the Great Salt Lake here."
"If you want to go to the Great Salt Lake, it's not too far. If you pay attention this afternoon and have enough time, you can go."
Zhang Wei and Dora looked at Paris. They had agreed before they set out that if they had to make any decision, they had to discuss it together as a group of three.
Paris nodded. "I agree to go. I've also prepared a collection bottle so I can collect some salt to take back as a souvenir."
The place where they lived was a resort, which consisted of six small wooden houses.
Originally, each person had a room, but Dora strongly requested to share a room with Zhang Wei, so they had an extra room in their building.
Originally, Zhang Wei thought that they would all take a nap after getting off the plane, but she didn't expect that no one, including herself, was tired at all. So the three of them just walked around the front and back yards of the hotel and swung on the swings for a while. Feeling quite bored, they decisively found Ruth and told her that they wanted to go to the Great Salt Lake.
Then they set off in the car. The only thing that was not satisfactory was that there was a child seat, and even Paris wanted to sit in it.
There's nothing we can do about it, because they are small.
Zhang Wei tried to plead with Ruth, saying that they were all good kids and would not do anything wrong in the car, but unfortunately she refused.
So the car is going to be with them for a week, which is really frustrating, no kid likes a car seat…
The road to the Great Salt Lake was even more desolate, with only a straight road and sparse plants on both sides. Zhang Wei suddenly realized: "This is the western part of Country A!"
"If we ride a horse, wouldn't we be cowboys now?" She said it accidentally, and Dora interrupted.
Ruth immediately burst into laughter: "Cowboys, haha! Yes, you all are!"
"Look, Venus, the little princess wants to be a cowboy, and you have someone to take over." The cold white female bodyguard is called Venus.
"Is Venus a cowboy?" Zhang Wei remembered that the cowboys in the movies seemed to be the kind of people who were carefree and unrestrained.
Unexpectedly, Ruth laughed even more happily after hearing this. Before she could speak, Dora continued:
"Really? Venus has her own horse and gun?"
Zhang Wei felt that she didn't know whether Venus had a horse, but she looked like she must have a gun.
Venus curled her lips for a rare moment and said, "Yes, I have a horse and a gun. I was born in the West, so I should be considered a cowboy."
"If you want to be a cowboy, come to me when you're older and I'll teach you."
"Vera likes riding horses, you can teach her. I don't like riding horses." Dora is even more reluctant to exercise than Zhang Wei.
If Venus were to be the teacher, she would probably teach grappling and fighting, as well as guns. Living in Country A without knowing how to use a gun wouldn't be possible. Zhang Wei was a little tempted by the thought and immediately said,
"You can teach me, I'm willing to learn!"
Ruth immediately winked at Venus and said, "Look, I found you so well! I've even found you a job for retirement!"
"Okay, you can ask Mr. Lin to find me when the time comes if you still want to learn it when you grow up."
There was no hint of joking in Venus' words; it seemed that she really agreed to be a tutor.
Although Zhang Wei just said it casually, she also thought about it seriously. She would definitely have to spend money at that time. She was penniless, so when would she be able to earn some money on her own?
This way the journey went by quickly, and they arrived at their destination in just over an hour.
"Wow! I brought a camera. Please help me take it out. I want to take a picture!" Dora walked towards the trunk as soon as she got out of the car.
How should I put it? Zhang Wei felt that this place was not quite the same as the Sky City she had imagined.
The edge of the salt lake is covered with gray-white salt grains, and the water surface covers it as you go deeper. The water does not look deep. It looks a bit dark blue from a distance, and a bit reddish when you look closely. It is not very transparent, probably because the sky is a bit gloomy. If the sun is better, it may be more beautiful.
The salt lake is very large. You can see the mountains by the lake in the farthest place, but the snow has not melted. It looks as if it has merged with the salt lake, making the salt lake look boundless.
There was no one else by the lake. The wind was a bit strong, and sometimes it would blow some salt grains, so Zhang Wei pulled his jacket to the top to cover his face.
When the feet stepped on the salt grains, it felt like walking on the snow, with a crunching sound. The team leader Joe was introducing to them the formation of the Great Salt Lake. Only Zhang Wei and Paris were listening. Dora had already run away.
Zhang Wei has seen the Chaka Salt Lake in Qinghai. When she went there, the weather was suitable and the light was just right. Although there were many people, the entire salt lake was transparent and beautiful. It was a veritable sky realm. This place was indeed inferior.
Then she squatted down to help Paris collect salt samples. It was also the first time for Zhang Wei to touch the salt from the salt lake so carefully. There were small particles and large ones. Zhang Wei picked up several large ones that were square, a bit like the single crystal rock sugar she had seen before.
Finally, she asked Paris for a larger bottle and picked up a whole bottle of salt grains of large, small and strange shapes. Not to mention that it was placed in transparent glass, it looked quite beautiful.
Dora finally took enough photos and ran towards them, immediately joining their collection team. Not far away, Ruth and the others were chatting about something and looked very happy.
After picking the salt, they asked Ruth to take a lot of photos for them. Finally, everyone got on the bus back to Salt Lake City with a sense of reluctance.
Zhang Wei thought, no wonder people in Country A like to travel with their families. It's so sparsely populated, it would be a bit daunting to come here alone...
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