Salt lakes on way to Cactus

The drive into Cactus was amazing - one wonders if surfers are always driving so fast to catch the waves that they don't notice the incredible visions happening roadside - the road stretches through a series of lakes or lagoons each with its own wild colour scheme - backgrounds of huge dune systems reminding me of the shapes of the Egypt you see captured on tv - salt crystals in an array of shapes and sizes encrust the shores in mounds and sheets......bongo buses and station wagons loaded with boards sped past us as we crawled along the road awing and aahing and trying to keep Bill in control - all he could see was dunes, dunes, big, white and beckoning and he wanted to get going and climb them - "bugger the beach"!