Donny just moments before he gets the news that S&S are on the parent track. Baby Ball is due in late May and both parents are a bit tired but otherwise doing well.
We are in Temple Square in Salt Lake City when we get the news. We have stopped here to do a bit of touring and also get some lunch (another delicious pumpkin soup). We take a short guided tour. The missionaries are all girls, one of ours is from Chile and knew no English before coming here a year ago. One of our stops is the Assembly Hall, one of the original buildings. At the time they only had pine to build the seats with and so workers hand painted each bench (and there are a lot of them) to resemble the much preferred oak. The pine supporting columns were painted to resemble marble. The domed Tabernacle, where the choir performs, has perfect acoustics. We heard a demonstration of a pin being dropped 170 feet away and then a nail. The difference is amazing and we can hear both as though they are miked. We also get to hear the organist practicing on the grand pipe organ. It has over 10,000 pipes and five keyboards with 0ver 200 ranks. In our small tour group is a honeymooning couple from Greenville SC. They know Beth, Dr Eubank to them, and Sarah and Theo.
Earlier in our trip we pass miles of salt flats along the Great Salt Lake Desert. We stop at the Bonneville Salt Flats where numerous land speed records have been set.
After Salt Lake City we take Route 6 through the western side of the Rockies. The scenery is gorgeous. We pass Soldier Summit 7,000 feet about sea level where the winters are generally brutal and summers can even produce snow.
We stop for the night in Price, a quiet mountain town. At dinner in the close by diner, Donny gets another local beer, this one is called Polygamy Porter. Have More Than One, is the slogan on the label.
We are in Temple Square in Salt Lake City when we get the news. We have stopped here to do a bit of touring and also get some lunch (another delicious pumpkin soup). We take a short guided tour. The missionaries are all girls, one of ours is from Chile and knew no English before coming here a year ago. One of our stops is the Assembly Hall, one of the original buildings. At the time they only had pine to build the seats with and so workers hand painted each bench (and there are a lot of them) to resemble the much preferred oak. The pine supporting columns were painted to resemble marble. The domed Tabernacle, where the choir performs, has perfect acoustics. We heard a demonstration of a pin being dropped 170 feet away and then a nail. The difference is amazing and we can hear both as though they are miked. We also get to hear the organist practicing on the grand pipe organ. It has over 10,000 pipes and five keyboards with 0ver 200 ranks. In our small tour group is a honeymooning couple from Greenville SC. They know Beth, Dr Eubank to them, and Sarah and Theo.
Earlier in our trip we pass miles of salt flats along the Great Salt Lake Desert. We stop at the Bonneville Salt Flats where numerous land speed records have been set.
After Salt Lake City we take Route 6 through the western side of the Rockies. The scenery is gorgeous. We pass Soldier Summit 7,000 feet about sea level where the winters are generally brutal and summers can even produce snow.
We stop for the night in Price, a quiet mountain town. At dinner in the close by diner, Donny gets another local beer, this one is called Polygamy Porter. Have More Than One, is the slogan on the label.
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