No. I smelled like...a fish market, but where all the fish had been left out all day. Sorta like those salt pools near the Dumbarton bridge except worse. So, I guess it was different. Sorry. --- Gail <http://profiles.yahoo.com/gail_sx> wrote: > Does it smell like turpentine or karosene? > > <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert> wrote: > > Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 22:20:03 -0700 (PDT) > > From: Gail Schultz > > > > We headed down the road to Hamelin Pool. As we walked to > > the waters edge we were a bit put off by the strong > > turpentine smell. Jody, our tour director, said it was > > due to the high salinity of the water, but I have my > > doubts. I don't remember that type of smell at the > > Great Salt Lake. > > Believe me, Great Salt Lake can get pretty stinky.