Another unplanned stop turns into a surprisingly cool time! There’s not a whole lot between these two cities. I didn’t even find it picturesque as I had the other drives we had under our belt at this point. But, after stopping at Wendy’s, the gas station and a much-needed car wash, we decided it might be well-worth driving the 20+ miles out of the way to see the Golden Spike National Monument (www.nps.gov/gosp/index)
Our timing was impeccable once again as we arrived just in time to see a short video regarding the railroads and then watch them put the engines away for the evening. Who knew the east-west railroads met in such an odd place? Now, that was historical, and worth the designation. We also drove past some missile or rocket-testing area and were hoping to see some action, but it was not to be that day.
Once we arrived in Salt Lake City, we headed downtown to Temple Square and had dinner on the tenth floor of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building overlooking the Mormon temple and a lovely sunset (templesquarehospitality.com/restaurants/garden). Dave and I have decided to start our own religion since it seems like that’s where the big money is to be made! Our religion is going to be okay with alcohol consumption though, as dinner without a beer or glass of wine seems somehow incomplete. My stomach was a little upset that night.
But I muddled through and we took an after-dinner stroll through Mormon-town. It was a perfect night for it, even smelled good with all the flowers in bloom.
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