Salt Lake City

We were up and gone by the crack of dawn, I mean literally, the sun was just coming up as we left and the sky was a beautiful bright red. It was a beautiful, warm, sunny day. It was a short drive (165 miles) to Salt Lake City. We booked into a campground, Pony Express RV Resort. After we settled in we drove downtown to Temple Square. We did not go into library (it was closed) or convention center (it was huge, looked beautiful in pictures). It was very enjoyable walking around in the sunshine and looking at the nice buildings and gardens.

Temple
We took some pictures of the Temple, which is beautiful, but is not open to the public.

Tabernacle
We listened to organ music in the tabernacle the acoustics are unbelievable. The organist did a demonstration without a microphone she tore strips of paper, dropped some nails, and dropped a penny and you could hear it so clear and loud. The building is huge and the organ takes up almost whole wall and a couple stories high. It was interesting listening to the organ music but most of it was classical and not really to our taste. Would have been nice to see the choir but we were not there at the right time.



South and North Visitor’s Centers
These are two large buildings with different exhibits. They had wonderful paintings, dioramas and statues.

Beehive House
Built in 1854 it served as the official residence of Brigham Young and his family. It has been restored and there are many rooms, bedrooms, parlours, music rooms, dining rooms, kitchens, pantry, etc. The tour was interesting but interspersed with information on Mormon religion and at the end cards were handed out, but I did not fill in our name or any other personal information.