Tuesday
Because the weather forecast suggested rain (and it did) we decided to return to Temple Sq to finish off bits we didn't see yesterday.
So we visited the North Visitor Center, with its exhibition about the life of Christ and its replica of a Danish statue of Christ, followed by a visit to the top of the 26 floor Office Building to great views of Salt Lake City and the surrounding area, complete with rain squalls.
We then rushed to the Tabernacle to hear the 12.00 organ recital.
Time for a cuppa, so we went into the town to find a drink, then back to find that we could not get into the Beehive House, (Brigham Young's house), so we went into the Joseph Smith Building, which was built in 1911 as a grand hotel of the Edwardian Era. We ended up on the 10th floor and had lunch in the Garden Restaurant, with it's grand views.
So although we didn't see a lot we did run into the problem of Temple Sq being a very relaxed place where people are happy to stand and talk, even a group of English people on a 17 day coach tour which included just about every tourist spot from Phoenix to Las Vegas, via Mount Rushmore and Yellowstone, they were on day nine and exhausted. Although this meant that Sally may not have seen a lot, but by gum she did some talking. So she really enjoyed her day (not that I didn't).
So if you haven't had enough of pics of Temple Sq. then here are some more
We returned to the trailer in good time, so I left Sally to rest and went down to Saltair to see the lake at sunset, very nice pastelly shades. There was an interesting group on the beach, looked they were taking photos for a wedding, I assume the violinist was going to play at their wedding. It gave some very nice counterbalance to the big vistas of the Salt Lake.
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