Well here we are still in Utah - quite an amazing state - who would have known!!! Salt Lake City is lovely and we had a great time especially on our side trip to Olympic Park in Park City. Also for our family in Beaver we drove past Beaver, Utah and wanted to put the pictures in (thriving metropolis).
We toured Temple Square which is awe-inspiring. The displays were beautiful and the entire complex is huge - the flowers were unbelievable. We listened to a demonstration in the Tabernacle where the choir sings - accoustically perfect. They play a scriptural text of Christ talking while you are sitting in the presence of the fourteen foot statue of Christ and what a moment of reverence it created.
We looked up a few names in their geneology files which was interesting. We also had lunch in a former home of Brigham Young. This was a great stop.
Our trip to the Olympic Park was a wow! We saw the ski jump areas and we decided to brave the ultimate zip line which goes from the top of the highest ski jump hill down 1800 feet at 60 miles per hour. Totally cool!!! We also watched ski jumpers practicing (no snow of course - they water the course) and also the freestyle skiers flipping into a pool. They have camps there for kids to learn and they were flipping into the pool on skis just like the older skiers. A beautiful area - the city was adorable and all uphill. You can see below Barb's reaction as she flew (gracefully??) down the ski jump hill!!!!!!!!!!
Our last stop here was to see the Great Salt Lake which wasn't so great! Bad smell, gnats by the gazillions and remants of a bygone era in which this place was quite the mecca made it sad but glad we did go and see it.
We passed through Idaho on a one night stop in Hagerman and then drove to Baker City, Oregon which will be the next blog. Goodbye to Utah!!!! Hello West Coast!!!
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