Brigham City Utah Temple
November 24, 2017
I was thrilled to drive up to Brigham City from the Ogden Temple. The Brigham City Temple was easy to spot once I got near the valley.
With a plan to make it to the Logan Temple later tonight to do an endowment session, I decided to do initiatory work in this temple. The workers inside love it when you do initiatory work. You almost become a welcomed hero to them.
One of the workers in the initiatory really struck me as a very happy man. He was constantly smiling and seemed to be having the time of his life serving in the temple. It’s a wonderful thing for a temple patron like me when you can do some temple work while sitting down and basically catching your breath.
When I finished doing some names, one of the temple workers took a moment and thanked me for my service. That was a very nice touch.
This is Elder Boyd K. Packer’s piece of the planet, Brigham City. He’s legendary in this town and he dedicated the temple here. I loved seeing the old tabernacle right across the street from the temple too.
The other thing that’s legendary in this town is a fast-food drive-in called Maddox. It’s an institution here. I visited it as a kid!
You just pull up to one of the parking spots and the wonderful young ladies come right out and help you.
This was my 19th temple visited this year. I ordered the food to go so I could head 25 miles up Logan Canyon to my last temple of the day, the Logan Utah Temple.
I loved the cheeseburger, thick onion rings, fry sauce, custom root beer, and a small Heath Bar shake from Maddox’s Family Drive-in.
Ironically when I finished up inside I spotted a young couple walking along outside in front of the temple. I asked them to take a photo of me out front. The lady was wearing a sweatshirt that had the state of Texas on it filled in in blue. The label on the shirt said, “B.Y.U. y’all”. I asked her where she was from. She said, “Austin.” That’s where my brother lives!
I would like to come back here and do an endowment some day. It’s a beautiful place here!