Salt Lake City

Today we headed down to Salt Lake City which is the capital of Utah. The day started with a tour round the LDS conference center. We started the tour at the main conference room which was spectacular. The thing that most struck me was the size and the capacity that it held was just amazing, plus the short space of time that the building was built and furnished in. We got told that the key to this was the builders always had a supply of materials so that meant they were never waiting for materials to arrive. The second location that we visited was the Church Office Building. Here we were lucky enough to get the elevator to the top floor instead of walking up 26 flights of stairs. At the top we got to see the stunning view's across the whole city. It was simply stunning.

Following this it was a fairly long walk down to the O2 news studios. In my opinion, I found this most interesting as I found out how much work and effort goes in to just one news show. The tour guide showed us round the whole studio, before showing us a news show in action. After we had spent time touring round the studio, we all climbed aboard the tram to take us back to the car's where our lunch was waiting for us. Lunch was a perfect time to rest our legs after a morning of walking.

Following lunch we headed out to the Genealogy Center where we could attempt to find our ancestors. Some of the group had much better luck then others as some didn't even find a trace. Still, it was an extremely interesting activity to do.

The last thing to do before heading home was to go shopping. This was the part everybody was looking forward to as you could easily buy gifts like build a bear. As shopping came to a close it was time to head back to the cars and head for home stopping on the way to buy a huge soda, which was a perfect end to a perfect day.

(Randy Martin update) I have to add that Kingsley is an extremely accomodating young man. He let my daughter Megan and her friend Ellie paint his finger nails - see photo.

Megan, Kingsley, and Ellie.