May in Utah

We made a trip to Utah to visit Cristal and see her dance performance. We took 89 through Jacobs lake and then to Kanab. From there hi way 14 over the mountain to Cedar City. there was snow still on the ground and plenty of wild life to see.

Yellow Bellied Marmot

Some Deer

Snow on the ground, nearly 10,000 feet

We continued on to Provo with only a minor altercation with a dumb driver that wouldn't leave us alone. We passed him and then he passed us slowed down, did  this a few times before he finally got off the road, without injury. ( I was already taking inventory of where the tools were in the trunk, just in case). We made it safely to Jordan and Cristal's house.
We went to the Salt Lake Temple Friday morning, it is amazing inside of this temple. John waited for us outside and got a tour of the conference center, and even got escorted to the garden on the roof.

Mike and Elsie

Salt Lake Temple

 We spent Saturday with Elsie, visiting Promontory Point Utah and the Golden Spike National Park, teaching her about trains, then we went to Ogden to the Union Station Museum, for what? More trains, classic cars and Browning Rifles, Then back to Salt Lake so we could take some pictures around the temple grounds.

Elsie holding on to the Iron Rod.

A couple of the reenactors  for the golden spike ceremony.

The Jupiter

The 119

 

 

 

Driving of the spike.

Mike and Ginger and Elsie holding historical spikes

Then on to the museum. There were several locomotives on display out side, from steam to diesel and even the turbine locomotive. They are huge!

Union Pacific #833, the wheels are 6 feet tall.

Ginger next to a DD40X, probably the largest diesel Locomotive.

Elsie on a HAND car, notice it eats hands.

John trying to sneak onto the DD40

 

 

Elsie at the temple door

Like to play with light and focus.

Got to have some flowers.

And a fountain.

Hang gliders at the point between Salt Lake and Provo

Elsie helping Cristal sew.

In the rocking chair at the Beaver Chevron

While in Utah we had lunch at the Red Iguana in Salt Lake with Aubrey Winn, she was a missionary serving in Mesa AZ and has finished and gone back home. Lunch was good, if your in Salt Lake and want some Mexican food, check this place out.
Our stop in Beaver was for Sister Amber Mitchell, who is currently serving her mission in Mesa AZ. so we had to stop and get her some Cache Valley Cheese Curds, or squeaky cheese, and it does squeak when you eat it.
4 days and a lot of running around, we only saw Jordan a couple of times he was training for a Marine celebration for Memorial Day.
No Pictures of Cristal's performance, but it was amazing, there were close to 40 dances and they went off one right after another, very well done and obviously Cristal was the star of the show.