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| Trams operate around the City |
The
weather has changed significantly in the last couple of day for the worse with a
cold front moving in and a very strong chance of heavy snow in the Yellowstone
Park area and so we have decided that we cannot risk getting snowed in with a
car without tyre chains or four wheel drive and so we have cancelled all plans
to go to Yellowstone. Yes it’s a shame but we don’t want to risk it and we did
know that this could happen as it is late in the year.
Snow has
also been forecast around Salt Lake City, perhaps not much but we should leave
here before it gets worse.
We shall
now head East towards Grand Junction and decide from there whether to go
slightly back to Moab where there two National Parks one called ‘The Arches’
and the other 'Canyonlands' but that is for tomorrow to decide.
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| Shopping Mall |
Today we
decided to spend our day enjoying the sights and sounds of this very nice City
governed by the Mormons for quite some time. We visited the Visitor Centre
where they informed us of an Organ Recital in the Temple and so after a bit of
window shopping and a pretty awful cup of coffee (why is that in the land of
coffee that they could mess it up so much and so often) anyway we skipped down
to the Mormon Temple only to find that the doors were closed?. We wandered
around and asked several people who sent us in different directions but finally
we found our way in and we both agreed that the twenty minutes we listened that
the organ sounded really great and was beautifully played. As we left the big
hall where the Mormon Tabernacle Choir performs there were about eight young
ladies with badges offering personal tours whilst holding their bibles, not for
us we thought.
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| Inside the main Shopping Mall |
We
headed back to the large semi open mall and found a food hall with many types
of food but we chose Chinese, as you do, which was extremely filling and very
tasty. We continued our walk down town and to another open area Mall where we visited
a few shops and then checked out the Apple shop a little more. My plan was to
thank the guy who had made suggestions how to get music on Jen’s IPod and she
is now the proud possessor of about 850 songs and that should keep her happy for a
while. By some amazing chance we happened upon a Ben & Gerry’s and of
course we needed to check the quality and we can both say it was up to
standard.
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| Mormon Temple Leaning a bit |
SLC is a very nice and very clean city, we visited the Loo’s in Macy’s and they have to be
the cleanest and most beautifully designed restrooms that we have ever seen. If we
had been staying longer we might have moved in.
Back at
the Hotel we caught up some emails and sort out today's photos before we depart
for the Cinema which is about ten minutes’ drive away and we arrived ,thanks to the Satnav,
on time and the tickets for ‘The Dark Knight Returns’ were, because we are OAP’s
or Seniors, were US$ 1.25 each or let’s say 80 pence. How do they do it at that
price?? The film lasted about two and half hours and was a little confusing to
start but perhaps if we see it again we might begin to understand it. We left
the cinema to find that it was pouring with rain and drove a few hundred yards
up to Whole Foods where we could by some milk and a few other bits for lunch on
the road tomorrow. The drive back to the Hotel in the rain in the interstate
and local roads was not great but we made it back safely.
We had purchased a new large cool bag in Whole Foods and whilst I am typing up this
Blog Jen is having a sort of bags in one hand and a glass of red wine in the
other, I hope she gets it all packed correctly?
We have
found, as before, that people in these towns are extremely nice and friendly
and go out of their way to help you which is very nice indeed for us visitors.
