Temple Square

Yesterday, we took the FrontRunner (train)

 from Ogden's Union Station to downtown

 Salt Lake City.  It was so much fun!

It took about 45 minutes to get from

 Ogden to Salt Lake City, with about 

five stops in between the two. 

The FrontRunner

Riding the FrontRunner

On the southwest corner of Temple Square 

is the Assembly Hall. This building was 

constructed between 1877 and 1882. 

Currently, the Assembly Hall hosts

 occasional free weekend music concerts

 and is filled as overflow for the Church's

 Annual and Semiannual General Conferences.  

Temple Square in Downtown Salt Lake City is 

one of Utah's number one tourist

 attractions and world headquarters 

of The Church of Jesus Christ of 

Latter-day Saints. This magnificent granite

 structure was constructed over a 

period of 40 years, from the laying of

 the cornerstones on 6 April 1853 to the

 dedication on 6 April 1893.

Attracting 3 million to 5 million visitors 

a year, Temple Square is the most popular 

tourist attraction in Utah, bringing in 

more visitors than the Grand Canyon 

or Yellowstone National Park. 

The temple is considered the 

House of the Lord 

and is sacred to members of The Church

 of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 

Today Church members gather in 

more than 100 temples worldwide to

 worship and participate in 

sacred ordinances.

 Temple Square is surrounded by a 

high wall that was built shortly after

 the block was designated 

for the building of the temple.

The square also became the headquarters

of the LDS church. Other buildings were

 built on the plot, including a tabernacle

 and Endowment House, both of which

 were later torn down. The Salt Lake 

Tabernacle was built in 1867 to accommodate

 the General Conferences of the church, 

with a seating capacity of 8,000.

"Scroooooge"
Eric thought this looked like
something out of the
Christmas Carol. 

There was a wedding going on while we were at Temple Square

At Temple Square

At Temple Square

Trax - we rode this around downtown Salt Lake.

We decided to go into the Planetarium for a minute.

It's a pretty neat place.  I got to visit Mars.

On Mars

Eric visited Mars as well

I visited the moon also

We had so much fun exploring the city.

It's fun to act like a tourist in your own town.