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Saturday, March 19, 2005


Fred was delighted to see streetcars in Salt Lake City. We managed to leave the city without riding on one. A rare event.

The Mormon Temple. Not quite as impressive as "our" Temple in DC, but considering what they had to work with at the time it was built, pretty amazing. It took 40 years to build.

Our tour around Temple Square was conducted by these two young women, one from Germany and one from Alabama. They did quite a bit of proselitizing.

After a tour of Temple Square, we went to an organ concert at the Convention Center--the Tabernacle was closed to be "earthquake proofed." The center holds 21,000 people, although there were only about 25 there for the half-hour concert.

Salt Lake City was a fascinating place. Here is the reflection of the Latter Day Saints headquarters.

We visited the Bonneville Salt Flats. Unfortunately, during the winter months, they are flooded, so we came to the end of the road. Good thing we weren't trying to break the MINI land speed record at the time, as there is no warning that the road disappears into a lake!