Salt Lake City, Heber, Park City, Utah

We stayed in the town of Heber City--about 45 minutes from Salt Lake City.

The state capitol of Utah.

Inside the capitol is almost solid granite--however not from Utah but from Georgia.

More inside the capitol.

Later we walked over to Temple Square--the heart of the Mormon church. We enjoyed an organ recital in the Tabernacle.

This is the Assembly Hall built in 1882 with the white spires and stained glass windows.

Inside the Assembly Hall is another of the organs.

And finally the Temple--where only members of the Mormon church "in good standing" may enter.

Back in Heber City 4 of us rode the Heber train for an evening ride.

I got to go into the engine cab and blew the whistle--scared even the conductor.

On a short hike one day we stopped by this bridge and picked apples to make a delicious apple cobbler.

Near Heber City is the "Swiss-Austrian" town of Midway City.

The following 3 photos show some of the homes in Midway and the beautiful designs. Having been to Austria just once they do look authentic to me.

Another day we drove to Park City--home of the 2002 Winter Olympics.

While walking around town I saw "Sherlock". Wonder if Parker would share the RV?

And further along the street in Park City was "Loosey, the Moosey".

Up at the Olympic Park we toured the museum and the several of the Olympic event areas.

We couldn't see much of the bobsled track as it was being iced for winter training.

Mark and I were going to practice in the indoor bobsled. I'm the one with the least wind resistance.

In the museum were the masks used in the opening ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics. After a great week in the area we were planning to move on to Great Basin National Park--but with the park being closed we've ambled south and now in Cedar City, UT in the Home Depot parking lot. Did go see the movie "Captain Phillips"--Wow, really enjoyed it. Tomorrow we go into Zion National Park which has been open thanks to the Governor of Utah putting up the money to open 5 national parks in Utah. May not have internet there so stay tuned till I get back in a "service area".