Slept in this a.m. Brilliantly sunny day. Had a nice walk downtown. Visited Temple Square, which as you might guess is immaculately kept. The Temple is not as large as we expected. Smaller than Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. We didn't go in. You have to be a very, very good Mormon to warrant that. And the Tabernacle is another building altogether and seems to be mainly devoted to choir activities.
For brunch, we met Marge, our former next-door neighbor in San Francisco who moved to Salt Lake City two years ago. She lived next door to us and we really miss her. And she is none too happy about living here either (no Neiman-Marcus or Saks!). But her children prevailed. She was occupied with church activities all morning, so we met her early afternoon for a sumptuous brunch at a very posh hotel -- Grand Americana -- which despite the name aspires to a European style. Many Venetian-glass chandeliers, lots of marble, and carved wood. Very Salt Lake City!!
Drove 300 miles along Hwy. 80. Ancient topography, much eroded. Small herds of pronghorn antelopes along the highway.
Tonight in the town of Rawlins, notable for its territorial prison. Skipping the tour tomorrow. There are still remnants of yesterday's snow.
