On the Road Again - Moab to Salt Lake City to Montpelier, ID

I bet you were expecting a post yesterday and were disappointed not to find one. I apologize the 103 degree weather in Moab kicked my ass more than I thought and I was exhausted last night.
Here's another reason why:

Now I am in Montpelier, ID outside Bear Lake. Bear Lake is gorgeous but I was too exhausted yesterday to consider stopping and taking a picture. Use your mind's eye and imagine a big, beautiful lake surrounded by mountains at sunset. That was Bear Lake yesterday.
Now it's off to the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone!

My Morning with the Mormons - Temple Plaza - Salt Lake City, UT

I will not pretend to know anything about the Church of the Latter Day Saints or Mormons or whatever they prefer to be called. Most of my knowledge regarding the church can be summed up in the South Park episode that spent 30 minutes ripping (quite hilariously) how the Mormon church started.

While I do not agree with the Mormons on many things, now that I found myself in Salt Lake City I felt the need to check out the center of their universe. I am not Catholic and I would go see the Vatican, why not go see the Temple Plaza?
I visited early this morning.
Since I am trying to squeeze this in before I head on the road again, this will be brief.  The buildings in the plaza are quite impressive.

The plaza was beautiful.  

Whether it was the fountains and monuments to their founders...

 ...or their churches...

 ....or their tabernacle, which is behind those trees,...

...or their private temple...

...the Mormons know how to build some pretty buildings!

Now it's off to Moab.