Salt Lake City

State Capital building:

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One day we drove into the city and mainly walked around Temple Square while we were there.

For the 13 million Latter-day Saints around the world, this is the historic and spiritual center of the church.

The square is in the middle of the downtown area and holds the iconic Salt Lake Temple:

The Mormon Tabernacle:

and The Assembly Hall:

as well as many other historical buildings.

While we were walking around the Temple (you can't go inside unless you are a participating member of the church), we saw 7 wedding parties. All were taking pictures side by side, all the way around the building, all at the same time. We asked one of the volunteers at the building, what the heck was going on. He said that on that day, they had 27 weddings scheduled. And not only that, it appears that was a slow day. They normally have about 50 weddings a day at the temple! The wedding planning business is certainly not feeling the effects of the economy in Salt Lake City.

We also swung by the stadium


and saw where the Olympic torch was lit


And I'll end this post with my favorite picture of the day:


I can't imagine why this is my favorite;)