Day 15 - Salt Lake City

It was the last day in paradise. While waiting for our dried scones to arrive, we sat on the back porch enjoying tea, juice, and the last beer (well, it was bread). It was hard to leave the Ginger Bread house. We came to enjoy the nice surroundings and the quiet part of town.

On the way to Salt Lake City, we drove through Idaho. We could see areas where the wild fires came through.

Today when were about to leave the West, we came to the place where East met West. It was a big surprise for Kim. She didn’t know we were going to Promontory, Utah. This is the place where the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads met to finish the Transcontinental Railroad. Kim wasn’t as excited about this place as I thought she should be. They were just starting to steam up the locomotives to take them back to the shed for the evening. I wanted to stay, but Kim was pretty steamed herself.









We arrived in Salt Lake City too late in the day to be converted into Mormons. Kim was disappointed. She wanted me to take another wife. It was more for her than me. She was hoping for one that would do all of the cleaning! When we went into the temple area, young girls came out of the woodwork to help us and answer questions. They were everywhere. We ducked into a building to get away from them. There were all kinds of propaganda playing on the PA system. We looked around a little at the displays. We walked around the big temple. It would have been nice to go in, but I forgot my Mormon card.





After dinner we went to the airport. We were several hours early for the flight. We left Salt Lake City at 1:00 am. It was a long flight to Atlanta. We tried to sleep, but it was difficult.