Saturday, July 05, 2008

I started us off a variation of Brunswick Stew in the slow cooker this morning.... variation was I didn't have but one can of tomatoes, so I substituted tomato soup.


We caught our shuttle van to Temple Square a few minutes after 9 am. We went on a couple of the tours. They were interesting. Two lady missionaries led our first tour which was through the vistor's center and the Tabernacle. One was from Nepal and one was from Ukraine. They spoke English very well and gave a good presentation. We got to see the beautiful organ in the Tabernacle.


Our second tour was of the Conference Center. A beautiful building with many beautiful paintings and sculptures. One of the Elders led our tour. We walked on the roof of the Conference Center. There is a garden there. We understand that it was planted in only three hours... that took quite a work force.


We then walked around the square to the front of the temple. A beautiful building. The Joesph Smith Memorial Building we passed had beautiful architecture. While walking we came across a man that works maintenance? on the square. He asked if we would like to get a picture of the temple with the water fountain spewing in front and we said yes and he got on his walkie talkie and told someone to turn the water fountain on. In just a view minutes the water gushed upward... as beautiful as Old Faithful. He also offered to take a picture of us in front of the fountain... we said yes.


We dropped by one of the cafes for a soda and made our way back to the shuttle stop. We were home a little after 2 pm and our stew was ready to eat. I dipped it out into our bowls and we sat for a few minutes with our feet up.... soon the stew was cool enough to eat. It sure was good. There is some left over for tomorrow.


Earlier at the Conference Center Frank asked the lady at the information counter where we might buy some buckets of wheat. She was kind enough to look in the phone book and call a store. She gave us the address, phone number and very good directions to the store. So after dinner Frank called and inquired of the price and we found our way there and bought some wheat. Bread sure taste better with freshly ground wheat.


On the way home we bought gas for $4.67 a gallon.


Afterward Frank dropped me back home and he went to wash the truck. When I got back inside the trailer it was a warm 78 degrees. A lot of sun was shining in the window of the door so I taped a piece of tin foil over it and then I went and took my shower. When I got back it was two degrees cooler in the trailer. The poor ac is working as hard as it can. I think it was in the upper 90s today.


Frank came back and tried calling his folks, but no answer. He watched a bit of tv while I copied pictures to a dvd. I haven't tried the portable backup drive yet. Maybe tomorrow.


Frank tried his folks again and reached them. All is fine. Then I called Mama and she is doing better.


Time to get things ready for tomorrow's adventure.