I really came to Utah this time for my “date” to meet Anthony Bourdain—who waved me off like an irritating mosquito.
(Yes, the story is coming soon.)
After that ego-deflating incident, I took advantage of my visit to get high.
No, not that kind of high…this is Utah, after all, where the beer is capped at 3.2% alcohol and if you want wine or anything stronger you have to visit a State Liquor store with more security than my bank.
I took a drive to see the lake kayaking and fishing possibilities up in the 10,000 feet+ high-country of the Uintas, which are only now reluctantly shaking off their winter coat of white.
(Yes, that story is also around the corner.)
This installment of our latest Sand Dollar Adventures is a short shout-out to my high-wind, adrenaline-addicted, water recreation junkies.
On my way out of Utah’s Uintas, heading north on State Highway 150, I crossed into Wyoming, on the road to Evanston, WY, and Highway 80—for my drive back to Salt Lake City.
Off in the distance, I happened to notice the distinctive bright-colored, aerial display of kiteboarding sails. As I got closer, I could also see clear mylar windsurfing sails, trailed by foamy white rooster tails (a good indication that they were really ripping it up out there on some lake).
I took a slight detour to check out the boys and girls and their water toys strewn about the lawn near the launch ramp and packed into their nearby overloaded vans and trailers.
These people were obviously serious about their playing.
I did find some evidence as to what great place I had “discovered.”
I wandered over to a guy named Mark, donned in a wetsuit while taking a break on his lawn chair, joined by his dog, which appeared to be of a Samoyed-wolf-mastodon breed.
After the normal chit-chat of a fellow windsurfer—“what sized sail are people rigging”—Mark informed me that the Salt Lake City crowd calls this fantastic Wyoming water-based, wind tunnel
“The Best Windsurfing Lake in Utah”
Mark’s other comment was that another great thing about this place (yes, he acknowledged it is, in fact, in Wyoming) that they can get “real beer” around there, as in full-strength, like it was intended to be enjoyed.
Click here for a map to the best wind-on-water in Utah.
For this, and other windsurfing venues in Utah, here is a list.
As far as I’m concerned, they can pretend that Sulphur Creek Reservoir is in any state they want; after all they do have real beer there.
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