Day Six - Saturday

Well, in light of yesterday, today was a pretty uneventful day. We slept in and got some much needed rest. Then we headed out on the town in Salt Lake City. We made a stop in Temple Square. Must say, all of the buildings and the grounds are absolutely beautiful. Sad to think they are all going to hell. We saw lots of brides taking pictures in the gardens and what not...four or five we counted. We watched a movie about Joseph Smith. The more we learn about the Mormons the more questions we have. But, you have to give them credit...they were pretty sincere about what they believed and suffered a lot for it. Too bad they didn't believe the truth. After temple square we hit up a local brewery restraunt for lunch, the Red Rock Brewery.

The food and the heat made us tired so we decided to head back to the hotel and chill for a little bit. We needed to relax after two longs days of traveling. We hung out and then tried to venture out for dinner but gave up after we drove around to several restraunts and were unable to find a place to park. Salt Lake City needs serious help in the downtown parking department. So we hit up a grocery store to restock the cooler and then ate at the hotel. All in all, a pretty un-exciting day, but a relaxing one.

Tomorrow morning we're ready to head out to see Salt Lake and then on to Reno, Nevada in route to San Francisco. At least we know that with the exception of the detour to the lake we will be on the freeway. Certainly a less adventuresome roadtrip but a much quicker and safer option as we have discovered. We have certainly covered a lot of ground in six days and we still have almost a week to go before we make it to Seattle. Then, Kathryn is done, but I'll still have the drive back to MN/WI. At that point it will be a lot of driving and very little sight seeing. I might be touristed out by then though so it will be okay. It certainly has been awesome to see God's wonderful creation. I never cease to be amazed at the beauty of it all.

Quote of the Day:
"I didn't find God - He found me. Religions teach man's search for God, but the gospel teach's God's search for man." - E. Stanley Jones

Mormon Fact of the Day:
Joseph Smith had 6 wives and 48 children.

Questions to Ponder:
~How does someone like Joseph Smith convince himself that he is a prophet from God to the point that he is willing to die for what he believes?
~Where do people in Salt Lake City park?!?!?!
~Why did so many people take the long journey by wagon out to Utah following Brigham Young? A lot of them died!!! They talk about signs and revelations...maybe the one true God was trying to tell them that they were following a false prophet and not to go!