Monday, June 1, 2009




Sunday (5/31)  Started our day by going to hear the Mormon Tabernacle Choir sing.   It was just beautiful - three hundred voices and 110 piece orchestra (see picture.)  The tabernacle was built in 1847 and the acoustics are amazing.  Every one at the tabernacle was so polite and friendly. After that, we took a tour of the flower gardens in Temple Square, the seat of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (the Mormons.)   It is a very large complex with many nice buildings and wonderful flower gardens.   A very nice experience all around.

We came back to our camp site to change our clothes and saw the greatest tire cover on one of the campers.  We have enclosed a picture of it for fun.   We ate lunch at the Red Iguana, a restaurant that was featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.   The mexican food there was excellent.   We tried to eat there last night but there were at least 30 people waiting outside to get in to eat.

After lunch, we toured the home and office of Brigham Young, the man responsible for bring the Mormon to the southwest.  The home was very nice and I am sure it was elaborate for the time.  

We also visited the Tracy Aviary.  It has many different kinds of birds living there.  These are birds that have been injured and cannot survive in the wild.  Particularly fun was a peacock who just posed and posed for pictures.   We think he had the hots for Sue as the more picture she took the more he posed.


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  1. Salt Lake City is my second favorite city in the world, next to Chicago.

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