If you ever get the chance, I highly recommend spending a couple of hours exploring the Great Salt Lake.

Last week, we ventured out in an airboat right after a rainstorm, feeling the crisp, cool air even as dark clouds threatened to split wide open again. The deluge delayed our launch for about an hour, but we were grateful for the moisture since, as we all know, the lake is alarmingly low this year.

Even so, life on the lake is abundant.

Once on the boat, we navigated narrow waterways through the wetlands, with several peregrine falcons serving as a welcoming committee. When we finally reached a clearing, hundreds of avocets sensed our advance and dramatically took flight en masse, fanning out over the bay.

Chris, our guide from The Nature Conservancy , pointed out graceful white-

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