All around Salt Lake City you'll find some compelling day-trip and overnight opportunities, especially when it comes to the great outdoors, starting with the Great Salt Lake, a 45-minute drive away. Some 35 miles wide and 75 long - the Western Hemisphere's largest natural saltwater lake - it offers lots of things to do including swimming, boating, and wildlife spotting; but you may want to get here sooner rather than later, as it in recent years as a result of climate change it has shrunk in size by nearly two thirds, with no end in sight.

Read more in Tripatini member Marcos Stone's post A Sojourn in Singular Salt Lake City.

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