Echo Canyon Rest Area Westbound

This is in Utah on the I-80 just before the 80 and 84 separate.  It is not as extensive as the eastbound rest area in terms of talking about Mormon migration, but it is closer to the red rock walls of the canyon.    

Half Moon Bay, Francis Beach

 A night at Francis Beach State Park Camping and then morning sit on the beach.

day area

Devil's Slide in Utah

 Devil's Slide is on I-84 about 25 miles west of Wyoming.  It is a gologic formation that looks like a big slide.  The limestone slabs erode slower than the mountainside.  The Mormon Trail passes close to the slide before in travels north to Emigration Canyon and on to Salt Lake.  The Weber River flows between the slide and the freeway.  

Salt Lake Temple Square Visitors Center

 The new visitors center recently opened to the public has two building above ground, which are connected underground.  It includes the Christus Statue with the temple behind the statue.  It has models of many different tempes from around the world, and it has a model of the Salt Lake Temple which has several cuts in the structure showing the inside of the temple.

Nauvoo

Cardston Alberta Temple

Washington D.C.

Tokyo Japan

Arequipa Peru

Rome Italy

Congo

Phnom Penh

SLC

SLC temple with open facade

Annex to temple with open facade

Rear view of SLC temple with open facade

Modesto Temple Open House

 We visited the Modesto Temple Open House which is fifteen minutes from where we use to live and where my son still lives.  Lots of beautiful pictures inside, but we could not take pictures.  We did take lots of pictures outside.  There is a mural of almond blossoms painted by Annie's cousin, Louisa Lorenz.  There are many strawberries and almond blossom patterns in the borders in the temple.  I enjoyed holding the younger kids up to see in the mirrors that go back and forth for eternity.  Outside there are olive trees.  

a waterfall in the stonework