Merida Mexico Temple
May 8, 2018 It all started last December after I had visited my 23rd temple for the year. I got the idea to make the 24th one a “wild-card” temple. I pulled up a random number generator on my phone and put in the range …
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Edmonton Alberta Temple
The first thing I’ll say about the Edmonton Alberta Temple is that after visiting the Calgary and Cardston temples, this one is small! That’s OK! It’s not the size of the temple that matters, it’s the fact that the work is getting done in more …
Calgary Alberta Temple
It all started last night as I approached the Calgary Alberta Temple from the east, having done an endowment session in the Cardston Temple a few hours earlier. I love to look for a temple on the skyline, and this one did not disappoint! Calgary …
Cardston Alberta Temple
O Canada! 
I’m in Chicago, having just boarded my flight to Calgary, Canada. I flew here this morning at 6 AM from Washington Dulles. I left my home at 3:30 AM. In the next 48 hours, I will visit three Canadian temples: Cardston Alberta, …
McAllen Texas Temple
There’s a lot to say about this temple trip! But I have to start off with this commercial from Chipotle, because it features a girl named Karen who works at Chipotle in McAllen, Texas. I plan to go there for lunch tomorrow, and I hope …
Casper Wyoming Temple
It’s 6 degrees right now in Casper, Wyoming. Tomorrow morning at 4 AM I will get up and head to Reagan National airport. My flight to Denver is $16. My rental car is $30. The drive from Denver to Casper is about 5 hours. I …
Tallahassee Florida Temple
It started this morning at 7:30… It ended tonight at Steve Spurrier’s Gridiron Grill in Gainesville…What a great burger! 
The flight cost to Orlando was only $16. The rental car from the Orlando airport was only $7, but Advantage keeps their cars off lot. …
Deseret Peak Utah Temple
I came to Utah to attend my nephew’s play, Phantom of the Opera, at Spanish Fork High School, where he plays the Phantom. I didn’t know that the Deseret Peak Utah Temple was open for business today, until last night. I was fortunate that I …
PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA TEMPLE
This temple trip is all about Edward Tasca. It’s also about my dad. My father served a mission in the eastern states mission around 1950. Back in those days you actually sold a copy of the Book of Mormon to an investigator instead of just …
Feather River California Temple
It’s 2,695 miles from my home in Maryland to the Feather River California Temple in Yuba City, California. Consequently, this post is going to mention travel stops—lots of them. We’ll start at the beginning… The Food at Union Station Bring on Charley’s Philly Steaks. It …
Bentonville Arkansas Temple
As with all good temple trips these days, it tends to start with a 4:30 AM departure from my apartment, headed to Reagan National Airport. From Reagan, I fly to Denver, and from there I can fly to just about anywhere on Frontier! Today, that …