Temple Square in Salt Lake City

 

Ancestry Building

Entry into the Church History Museum

Family Search Library 

Inside the Tabernacle

Looking at the Altar

Lee talking to two young Mormon sisters

who were here to answer any questions 

This is the Mormon Temple which is now under seismic 

renovation to protect it from earthquakes. Thus all the renovation. It was very disappointing not to be able to see it!

Here is a link to information about the temple, including the details of the temple renovation: 

www.churchofjesuschristtemples.org/salt-lake-temple.

The temple encased in scaffolding

The Mormon Tabernacle was constructed in 1864 and was completed in 1867. It had some renovations in 2007 and now seats 3500 people.

The Gardens

We wished we could spend more time here but we are running out of time in Salt Lake City.

Idaho Falls - Mormon Temple and Falls

We have taken several trips to the Best Buy in Idaho Falls to get my lap top fixed in the last weeks. Today we went back to pick up it up. We hope for the last time! We signed up for a three year service contract when we purchased it. It turned out that it paid for itself. They gave me a new battery, a new motherboard and they replaced the fan in the unit. They also deleted several viruses. We hope this means that this laptop will last more than three years which has been about the rate that we have had to replace them.

Since we were here, we decided to find the falls in Idaho Falls since we didn't get a chance the last couple of times. These falls are part of a hydroelectric project but they are pretty impressive and the Mormon Temple in the background is a plus. 

Double-crested Cormorants

We stopped at the Mormon Temple too. Of course, you can't enter the temple but we did visit the Visitor Center and we walked the grounds. It was an extremely warm day in Idaho Falls so wandering around too much was out of the question!
 

Mormon Temple from the parking lot

Angel Moroni

Jesus Christ

Front of the Temple

Flowers with Water Fountain Behind

The Mormon Temple in Nauvoo, Illinois

After lunch we took a short hike around town. We were here several years ago before the new Mormon Temple opened and we were able to get a tour through the whole place. Today, we just walked around town and down by the temple and took a few pictures.

 See http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/nauvoo/ for more information on Hotel Nauvoo.ne

The rest of these pictures are scenes around Nauvoo.