Don’t get us wrong. We’ve pitched a tent in plenty of places from the Himalayas to Baja. But when we arrive at the famed Bonneville Salt Flats http://www.utah.com/playgrounds/bonneville_salt.htm we practically kiss our Airstream.

You wouldn’t dare pitch a tent on this sea of salt, but our Airstream is right at home on the Bonneville Salt Flats.

A sea of white salt that hosts world-famous land speed trials (go rent The Fastest Indian), the flats are open to overnighters free of charge with only one catch: you literally have to set up camp on the salt, something that simply wouldn’t be possible in a tent. Us? We just tow our Safari out onto the flats until we feel sufficiently in the middle of nowhere, put it in park and call it home. Flexibility like that is one of our favorite thing about having the Airstream. So far.

The flexibility to call places like the Bonneville Salt Flats home is one of the best things about our Airstream. So far.

Surrounded by white, it looks like we’re on snow (though the 100 degree heat reminds us otherwise) and the damp, sticky salt even kicks up off the tires like snow leaving splatters of the stuff everywhere. The place is totally silent and totally black and white: white for the salt and black for the color of the surrounding hills. However, as darkness falls, we’re startled by a popping noise breaking the silence and when we look out the window we see fireworks shooting off above nearby Wendover—just one more surreal sight in a totally surreal place.

Exploring the vast whiteness of the Bonneville Salt Flats.