This weekend, my 11-year old son and I rode motorcycles across the salt flats (180 miles round trip) to Wendover and back. It was great fun. We started Friday morning at Dell, Utah about 20 miles west of Tooele. There were about 75 riders who drove 4-wheelers and motorcycles. We rode over a mountain range to Knolls recreational area where we refueled and ate lunch. Then we left Knolls and rode about 20 miles on the salt flats. It's a unique feeling riding at speeds of 70 to 90 miles per hour on a flat surface as far as they eye can see. For several miles we passed vehicles on I-80 that were traveling in the same direction; that's how I figured our speed. Eventually, the feel of the ride changed. I looked down to see if I had a flat. Instead I could see I was gliding on mud. I quickly directed my bike to the highway for solid ground. Other motorcycle riders did the same. The 4-wheelers kept going. And so did my son. When he looked back and couldn't see us he stopped and sank (once you stop you can't ride out of the pasty muck. We rode along the side of the rode, got off my bike and walked a few 100 yards to where he was spinning his tires and digging in deeper. After an hour we got him out, onto the road and rode until we found some dryer salt. We all stopped for a group photo at the metal tree (30 miles outside of Wendover). Once we arrived in Wendover, two police cars escorted us to the Nugget Hotel where we slept and started the ride home on Saturday.