Brigham City Utah Temple

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 Box Elder Stake Tabernacle, also known as the Brigham City Tabernacle, was originally built in 1890, then rebuilt in 1897 after a fire gutted it a year earlier. Brigham Young chose the original site for this tabernacle in 1865.
A Brigham City institution for many years!

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.

A great place to pull up to!

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!