It’s hard for non-photographers to travel with a photographer because of this sort of behavior, so it was an extra special treat to be traveling with Ann as this is understood and shared knowledge. It’s entirely possible that if the driver is a photographer, he/she will suddenly pull off the road to grab a shot or if the passenger is a photographer, they might suddenly shout “stop the car!” in order to obtain that special shot.

The problem of traveling with a photographer is that one has to plan for “contingencies”, such as the ideal shot that suddenly appears. So, a cup of coffee, a couple of doughnuts and we were on our way.

Last years race provided for some spectacular photography and served as Robert and Ann’s introduction to salt flats racing. So, it was out of the door at 3:30am to pick up Ann and off to the Salt Flats. We contemplated camping out the night before, but Ann was coming back from the horse races with Robert and I had an early morning with H for the Provo half marathon.

My friend Ann and I wanted to get an early start to this years Bonneville Speed Week.

Bonneville salt flats speed week 2020