Richfield, Utah - Mile 3443 - Route 89 Mile1020

We are currently in Richfield, Utah which is about 150 miles south of Salt Lake City. When we arrived in Salt Lake City yesterday afternoon the weather was rainey, windy, and cold. This morning it seemed nice and we decided to go to Temple Square in downtown Salt Lake City. By the time we got there it was rainey, windy, and cold. We were not sure the Mormons were welcoming a couple of Lutherans from Minnesota. The weather cleared and we spend most of the day here.

This is the Salt Lake Temple; one of about 14 major buildings on a 35 acre site.

This is on the mall in front of the Temple. The value of the picture is to show you how hard the wind was blowing on this waterfall. You can see the wind whipping up the spray in front of the statues of Joseph and Emma Smith.

Inside the Joseph Smith Memorial Building is one of the areas where you can do geneological research. They have folks that sit with you to help you find your roots. Sue and I each had someone helping us and we must have spent 2 hours just doing this. We ended up going to lunch with the couple that helped us. Lunch was on the top floor of this building which looked over the city as well as Temple Square.

Tomorrow we are planning to see two or three more national parks; Zion, Bryce Canyon and Canyonlands. We had thought about Arches but since it is kinda out of the way and since one of the arches has fallen, we will probably skip it. I do like the name; Fallen Arches National Park, however.

Hope you are all doing well.

Blog you later,

The Travelers