# Just When You Thought California Couldn't Get Crazier! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 30, 2012, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-you-thought-california-couldnt-get-crazier/629840 "2012-07-30T11:31:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-you-thought-california-couldnt-get-crazier/629840/41 "2012-11-02T15:16:30Z")
The southern tip of the “Sea” used to be a great birding spot. I was overflown by thousands of snow geese once and it was amazing (and I didn’t get pooped on, which was even more amazing.) ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-you-thought-california-couldnt-get-crazier/629840/42 "2012-11-02T15:21:22Z")
Since the Salton Sea resembles Great Salt lake (in some respects), I have a question for SLC Dopers-was the Great Salt Lake ever developed as a resort area? With seaside condos, marinas, amusements, etc? Why not? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-you-thought-california-couldnt-get-crazier/629840/43 "2012-11-02T15:34:46Z")
There are parts that were, most notably the Saltair pavilion, which has been rebuilt multiple times. When I first got there in 1983 I found it surrounded by water on all sides. It had been built well back from the Lake, but that year they had torrential rains, and the lake swelled up until it threatened the building. “When do the waters go down?” I asked. “You tell us,” they replied. Within a year the lake swallowed up the adjacent water slide, and overflowed the expensive wood dance floor. I don’t know if they had showers there, but that’s something that would be essential. Once you get out of the Salt Lake, the saturated solution immediately starts evporating, and it leaves a deposit of salt on every body hair, and you can’t wait to get it off. The times I bathed in the Lake, I was nowhere near any kind of washing facility, and fervently wanted to wash off. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-you-thought-california-couldnt-get-crazier/629840/44 "2012-11-02T17:43:02Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > Since the Salton Sea resembles Great Salt lake (in some respects), I have a question for SLC Dopers-was the Great Salt Lake ever developed as a resort area? With seaside condos, marinas, amusements, etc? Why not? As I understand it, when the Salton sea got developed as a resort area, it was a _lot_ less salty than it is now, and home to a far greater variety of fish and avian life. Playing along the shore and in the water was reportedly rather pleasant. As Salton sea’s salinity approaches that of the Great Salt Lake, the feasibility of using it as a resort declines even further. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-you-thought-california-couldnt-get-crazier/629840.md?page=2)