EXPLORING SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

SO, THE NEXT MORNING BEFORE THE SHUTTLE BUS CAME TO TAKE US TO TEMPLE SQUARE, WE WENT IN THE OFFICE AND CLAIMED OUR FREE NIGHT!! THE SHUTTLE BUS WAS RIGHT ON TIME!

THE VAN DRIVER WAS VERY FRIENDLY AND TALKATIVE, FULL OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE MORMONS AND TEMPLE SQUARE. WE FOUND OUT ON THE RIDE  OVER  THAT ONLY MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH ARE ALLOWED IN THE SALT LAKE TEMPLE.

WE WALKED BY THE SALT LAKE TEMPLE.

OUR FIRST STOP WAS THE SOUTH VISITOR CENTER.

IN THIS BUILDING WAS A REPLICA OF THE INSIDE OF THE  TEMPLE.

IT SHOWED ALL THE DIFFERENT ROOMS.

WE FINISHED TOURING THE BUILDING.

WE WERE STARTING TO GET HUNGRY AND NOTICED ON A SIGN THERE WERE RESTAURANTS RIGHT HERE IN TEMPLE SQUARE. WE CHOSE THIS LITTLE SANDWICH SHOP AND IT WAS DELICIOUS!

AFTER LUNCH, WE WALKED OVER TO THE CHURCH OFFICE BUILDING AND TOOK THE ELEVATOR TO THE 26TH FLOOR. THERE WERE SPECTACULAR VIEWS OF THE SALT LAKE VALLEY AND THE TEMPLE.

WE WENT THROUGH BRIGHAM YOUNGS TWO RESIDENCES, THE BEEHIVE HOUSE AND THE LION HOUSE.

THESE BUILDINGS WERE CONNECTED TO HOUSE HIS MANY WIVES AND CHILDREN.

OUR LAST STOP WAS THE NORTH VISITOR CENTER.

BEAUTIFUL WORKS OF ART PORTRAYING JESUS'S LIFE, DEATH AND RESURRECTION. WE WALKED UP A FLIGHT OF STEPS AND THIS ELEVEN FOOT MARBLE  STATUE OF JESUS IS  BREATHTAKING.

IT WAS TIME TO HEAD BACK TO THE RV, IN  ONE OF OUR BROCHURES OF TEMPLE SQUARE,  WE REALIZED WE COULD COME BACK AT 7:30 AND HEAR THE MORMOM  TABERNACLE  CHOIR REHEARSALS. WE COULDN'T MISS THAT! THE VAN PICKED US UP AGAIN. IT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE!