One of our adventures this fall in Texas is La Sal del Rey which is about a 45 minute drive from us here in Leisure World - a unique place in Edinburg, Texas also known as The King's Salt. Dick and I enjoyed the adventure of the one mile hike each way to view the salt lake which includes about four million tons of salt and was once part of an extinct island sea. The lake has a circumference of five miles, is a mile long, and normally ranges from two to four feet in depth. It may dry out completely, or, if much rainfall, be more than ten feet deep. The bed consists of rock-crystal salt. Does not connect with any other body of water. If you would throw something into the lake, it can be recovered a day or two later encrusted in sparkling crystals.
This part was dried up for now, but in the background you could see the water.
Along the path, you can view different types of trees (this being a bean tree).
Sitting over a solid dome of salt estimated at 4 million tons. Exactly how the massive salt deposit originally formed remains unknown, but it is probably a remnant of an ancient seabed. With salt crystals that are 99 percent pure sodium chloride, the lake can be 10 times saltier than seawater. Salt blocks removed from any spot in the lake are quickly replenished, often in two or three days.
Even though the walk might be tiring to some, we felt it was a worthwhile adventure to see. Come on down and we'll show you around....
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