From her email - "Visting the salar is a seasonal activity, summer rains turn the salt pavement into a slushy salt sea. While the dry autumn and winter months allow it to dry out but like ice, holes and small pockets of water are frequently seen, the lake beneath the salt. We are lucky as we are just at the end of the wet season, with warm day temperatures and nights above zero. In winter, temperatures drop often to 15 or 20 degrees below freezing. The only problem is that the salt is too hard to set the pegs. Instead we tie the tent to the bikes which make the perfect anchor and enjoy the strangeness of feeling ´lost out at sea'."
From her email - "Visting the salar is a seasonal activity, summer rains turn the salt pavement into a slushy salt sea. While the dry autumn and winter months allow it to dry out but like ice, holes and small pockets of water are frequently seen, the lake beneath the salt. We are lucky as we are just at the end of the wet season, with warm day temperatures and nights above zero. In winter, temperatures drop often to 15 or 20 degrees below freezing. The only problem is that the salt is too hard to set the pegs. Instead we tie the tent to the bikes which make the perfect anchor and enjoy the strangeness of feeling ´lost out at sea'."
Pete
That may be the coolest picture I've ever seen.
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From her email - "Visting the salar is a seasonal activity, summer rains turn the salt pavement into a slushy salt sea. While the dry autumn and winter months allow it to dry out but like ice, holes and small pockets of water are frequently seen, the lake beneath the salt. We are lucky as we are just at the end of the wet season, with warm day temperatures and nights above zero. In winter, temperatures drop often to 15 or 20 degrees below freezing. The only problem is that the salt is too hard to set the pegs. Instead we tie the tent to the bikes which make the perfect anchor and enjoy the strangeness of feeling ´lost out at sea'."
Pete
That's a fantastic picture Pete. Send our props to Bridget.
From her email - "Visting the salar is a seasonal activity, summer rains turn the salt pavement into a slushy salt sea. While the dry autumn and winter months allow it to dry out but like ice, holes and small pockets of water are frequently seen, the lake beneath the salt. We are lucky as we are just at the end of the wet season, with warm day temperatures and nights above zero. In winter, temperatures drop often to 15 or 20 degrees below freezing. The only problem is that the salt is too hard to set the pegs. Instead we tie the tent to the bikes which make the perfect anchor and enjoy the strangeness of feeling ´lost out at sea'."
Wickedly cool. Reminds me of the Black Rock Desert.
