Aug. 21, 2011 - Sunday
Our First Sunday in Utah
Saturday
evening we stayed at the Plaza Hotel on West Temple Street. It's
on the end of the block where the Family History Library and the Church
Museum are located. They didn't have a regular room so they gave
us a reduced rate on a suite.
The bedroom and living room both had large TV sets.
And there was a Jacuzzi bath which we did not use.
The view of the city out our balcony window was impressive.
The same view in the evening was spectacular.
Looking east from the window we could see the new condos rising, part of the Downtown Rising effort of the central part of the city. Probably the most popular part of this development effort is the City Creek Plaza which is in the same block. The brown building next door is Deseret Book Co.
I had trouble comprehending the logic in putting a large dressing mirror opposite the toilet.
For church we drove to Provo, about 45 minutes away, and attended sacrament meeting with our daughter, Karen, and our dear friends Ruth and Walt.
One of the amazing things about Utah is the plethora of church buildings. At the bottom of the hill a block from the above stake center is another stake center equally as large.
When we returned to the hotel we got a more modest but equally attractive room.
At the end of the hall was a view of temple square from the 12th floor.
What a neat picture window. The Salt Lake Tabernacle is on the left with the temple beyond that and the church office building beyone that. On the right is the Assembly Hall. Beyond that is the Joseph Smith Memorial Building where we'll likely be working.
We took a walk to temple square where the Nauvoo Cafe is located. It's closed Sunday so I got this photo Monday when we ate lunch there.
Sunday, we visited the South Visitor's Center where another of the 4 Salt Lake Missions is located. The 4 missions are The Family and Church History (FCH) Mission, Temple Square Mission. Salt Lake North Mission, and Salt Lake South Mission. The last 3 mission are proselyting missions. The FCH Mission is a service mission.
From the huge picture window in the South Visitor's Center there's an excellent view of the Salt Lake Temple.
Before the picture Window is a model of the temple with interactive video that explains the purpose of the temple and shows what's inside.
Millions of visitors from all over the world visit temple square every year. Tours are conducted in the tour group's native language by sister missionaries from many countries. Here are a couple of missionaries conducting a tour in Japanese.
We bypassed the tour groups to look at the flowers on the way in and again on the out of temple square as we went back to our hotel.
The flower gardens are well laid out and seasonally updated.
In the winter, these pretty summer flowers will be removed and the flower beds prepared for Christmas decorations. Then, in early spring, thousands of tulips will replace the summer flowers.
The bedroom and living room both had large TV sets.
And there was a Jacuzzi bath which we did not use.
The view of the city out our balcony window was impressive.
The same view in the evening was spectacular.
Looking east from the window we could see the new condos rising, part of the Downtown Rising effort of the central part of the city. Probably the most popular part of this development effort is the City Creek Plaza which is in the same block. The brown building next door is Deseret Book Co.
I had trouble comprehending the logic in putting a large dressing mirror opposite the toilet.
For church we drove to Provo, about 45 minutes away, and attended sacrament meeting with our daughter, Karen, and our dear friends Ruth and Walt.
One of the amazing things about Utah is the plethora of church buildings. At the bottom of the hill a block from the above stake center is another stake center equally as large.
When we returned to the hotel we got a more modest but equally attractive room.
At the end of the hall was a view of temple square from the 12th floor.
What a neat picture window. The Salt Lake Tabernacle is on the left with the temple beyond that and the church office building beyone that. On the right is the Assembly Hall. Beyond that is the Joseph Smith Memorial Building where we'll likely be working.
We took a walk to temple square where the Nauvoo Cafe is located. It's closed Sunday so I got this photo Monday when we ate lunch there.
Sunday, we visited the South Visitor's Center where another of the 4 Salt Lake Missions is located. The 4 missions are The Family and Church History (FCH) Mission, Temple Square Mission. Salt Lake North Mission, and Salt Lake South Mission. The last 3 mission are proselyting missions. The FCH Mission is a service mission.
From the huge picture window in the South Visitor's Center there's an excellent view of the Salt Lake Temple.
Before the picture Window is a model of the temple with interactive video that explains the purpose of the temple and shows what's inside.
Millions of visitors from all over the world visit temple square every year. Tours are conducted in the tour group's native language by sister missionaries from many countries. Here are a couple of missionaries conducting a tour in Japanese.
We bypassed the tour groups to look at the flowers on the way in and again on the out of temple square as we went back to our hotel.
The flower gardens are well laid out and seasonally updated.
In the winter, these pretty summer flowers will be removed and the flower beds prepared for Christmas decorations. Then, in early spring, thousands of tulips will replace the summer flowers.
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