Our first stop in Salt Lake City was at Great Salt Lake. The you have to walk about a quarter of a mile to get to the water. The beach is very smelly due to lots of dead birds, ducks and fish littering the sand. Additionally there are patches of wet sticky mud to walk across, not a pleasant scene but you just have to do it at least once. The kids went wading the rest of us just looked at the water.
This structure is known as Saltair, a venue for concerts and shows. It has a storied history having burned down a couple of times and been flooded also.
This is some of Kennecott Copper's mining and smelting operation on the shores of Great Salt Lake.
This is the Mormon Temple in Temple Square. There are several buildings in Temple Square which can be toured however the Temple is not one of them.
The gold statue on the top of this spire is a representation of the angel Moroni who according to Mormon tradition, visited Joseph Smith Jr. one of the founders of Mormonism, on several occasions.
The Mormon Tabernacle is a round building with a domed ceiling and spectacular acoustics which is used to do musical presentations. To demonstrate the acoustics a lady standing on the platform tore some sheets of newspaper and without the aid of microphones and speakers the tearing could be heard at the rear of the auditorium. She continued her presentation and rotated 360 degrees while she spoke and you could hear everything she said.
We stayed at a KOA which was only about two miles from Temple Square. The public rail system ran right by our campground so we were able to leave the motorhome in the park and ride the train.
On the way to West Yellowstone we stopped in Blackfoot Idaho at the Idaho Potato Museum to see the largest 'potato' in the world which included 'butter' and 'sour creme'.
