Salt Lake City

This city is where we turn toward home but first we have a few things we want do here.  The LDS Family History Center houses the immigration records and census reports for the past two hundred years.  We returned to the Center to explore more information on our families.  It is easy to spend hours searching their computers.  The volunteers are very helpful.  We each found some new facts about our parents and Jerry’s grandparents.

AAA magazine had an article on Jewish delicatessens, one of which is in SLC.  We had a good lunch at Feldman’s and learned the owner’s story of coming from New Jersey to SLC as a drug tester for the Olympics.  His job changed and he and his wife decided to stay and follow her dream of opening a restaurant. 

The Utah State Fairgrounds are just down the street from the campground.  We spent a nice evening browsing the exhibits.  This wood carving was excellent.

This young boy gives his sheep a hug during competition.

 and the flower arrangement was whimsical.

Anna Lee fulfilled a lifelong ambition and saw a butter sculpture.

 In the morning we took another 10 walk, this one with a bit of modification.  It was the same walk we did last November.  Volkswalks have directions but no one forces you to do as written, so we went a bit off path to see sites beyond the Temple Square.  The Court House is a beautiful structure built in 1894 with Columbia holding her torch above the clock tower. 

In contrast to the classic look of the Court House is the new library.  Standing in a park, the  multi-level structure with its massive glass wall seems to open its “arms” in welcome.  We found more whimsy in this bike rack near the library.

Though the LDS Temple dominates the city,

 there are other houses of worship worth visiting.
The Cathedral Church of St. Mark, Episcopalian, was built in 1870 and has four Tiffany-design windows. 

The needlepoint kneelers and cushions were created in honor of the new millennium.

Cathedral of the Madeleine, Catholic, was built in 1909.

We passed a Greek Orthodox Church and a Lutheran Church.  We assume the synagogues are in the suburbs.  Each of these denominations have only several hundred members.

After resting from the walk, we did what we came for, had dinner at the Red Iguana, a tradition when we stay here.  The planned leftovers tasted even better as the sauces and spices had more time to blend.  This picture is the early crowd.  It gets larger as the evening goes on.

Jerry had heard the Morman Tabernacle Choir on his road trip with Harold in the early 60s.  He has always wanted Anna Lee to have the same pleasure.  We attended a rehearsal in the Tabernacle.  They began with Handel Hallelujah Chorus.

It was interesting to watch and listen to the interchange between the choir master and the choir.  He is charming but what he says is law, including blunt information on presentations they will be doing next year.

We are now leaving Walmart in Winnemucca and heading to our brick and mortar home in Rocklin.  The trip has been wonderful but as Dorothy says, “ .....