Salt Lake City

Well, the group of four has slit up.  Mel & Dee, Roy & Carol, and Ron & Roberta have headed south to Maob and we are in Ogden in a mobile home & RV park for 2 nights.  We have a bus tour Thursday afternoon and evening of Slat Lake City including the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.  Judy is excited!  Here's our site for 2 nights.

When we set up I had trouble with a rear Big Foot leveler, it went all the way down and would not retract, whatever I tried.

What a pain in the ass.  I called Quadra Manufacturing and we tried several things, none of which worked.  After 2 1/2 hours and swapping the up and the down hydraulic lines (ATF was squirting out all over) twice it finally retracted.  I'm still leary of it's reliability.  We shall see.

A statue in SLC honoring the Pony Express Riders, preferably young teenagers, 120 pounds and orphans.

"This is the place" a quote from Brigham Young, the second Mormon leader, after leading his flock west in the 1830's after religious persecution in the eastern states.  He said he had seen the view from this spot in a vision.

                                                             Brigham's farm home.

Here's the Brigham's "Lions House" named after his nick name "the lion of the Lord".  We had dinner here.  The house was large to accommodate his 51 children and 27 wives.  Smart?  You decide. Me....nope.

Utah state capitol.  A couple decades ago it was refurbished and two large office buildings were added, one for the senators and one for the representatives.  They wanted them made of the same stone as the capitol building but it was not available due to new federal regulations.  What to do?  Well lets imprort it from Italy, it's only the taxpayers money.  So 750 million dollars later Utah had a grand refurbished capitol building and two new office buildings for their representatives and senators. Oh, I should mention they work 45 days a year.

                                  And a couple pictures of the Salt Lake City Mormon Temple.

And here's what Judy really came to see.....................................

There are 360 members of the choir and the process they have to go through to be a member is VERY rigorous.  The choir (and orchestra) are in street clothes as the had a recording session and we were not sure when or even if we would get to see and hear them.  They rehearse Thursday evenings. We both could have spent hours listening to them and watching the antics of the conductor.