We spent the night at Walmart just north of Salt Lake City where we had some action in the parking lot to entertain us for about 3 hours. It appeared three under-cover cops in unmarked trucks had a young couple hand cuffed and in and out of the police cars. Extra officers were even called in. Andy gave me minute by minute account of the happenings as he watched through binoculars out our window. Eventually, they were released and the cops left and the young walked into Walmart! Without electricity or TV, we enjoy any type of entertainment.
In the morning we toured the Temple Square in downtown Salt Lake City which covers 35 acres. The temple itself allows no tours, but its 6 towers topped with finial spires is easy to spot anywhere in the city.
We toured the Tabernacle and actually sat in on an organ recital. The Tabernacle is home of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They said the Tabernacle has almost perfect acoustics, seats 6,500 and has a 11,623 pipe organ. Then we visited "This is the Place" museum. It sits at the foot of the mountains. There are statues and monuments of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, the first two presidents of the Mormon religion. It also explained the history of the Hand Cart Era when almost 3,000 Mormons made the 1,200 mile journey to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake pulling only 2 wheeled carts with their supplies. And Andy and I think we have it rough when we have no electricity or phone service!
In our journey to different cities we have noticed the large number of homeless. We didn't see any in the state of Idaho but then surprised to see them here in Salt Lake City...actually sitting right outside the iron gates around Temple Square. We even noticed young people sleeping in their cars in parking lots. This is upsetting.
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