My Effort to Visit Various Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Throughout the World
My journey to the Winter Quarters Nebraska Temple started in the Dollar General parking lot in Keokuk Iowa. Having made it back successfully across the Mississippi River from the Nauvoo Illinois Temple, the 350 mile drive across Iowa to Winter Quarters Nebraska was now ahead …
The Nauvoo Illinois Temple is my second of four temples I’m planning to visit on this trip. The Nauvoo Illinois Temple is 171 miles north of the St. Louis Missouri Temple. It’s approximately a 3-hour drive. I planned to leave the St. Louis Temple at …
The St. Louis Missouri Temple would is one of four temples I am trying to visit in a 36-hour period. The other three temples include the Nauvoo Illinois Temple, the Winter Quarters Nebraska Temple, and the Kansas City Missouri Temple. This trip was going to …
My St. Paul Minnesota Temple adventure started at the Baltimore Washington International airport yesterday afternoon at about noon. I went there straight from work so my pick up truck had a load of junk in the back. At around 2 PM I landed in Minneapolis …
Normally I start off by talking about what a great airfare I got but in this case it’s all about the seating arrangements first. That is all important when you make a trip to the Houston Texas Temple. My First Seats This time the airfare …
I knew it was going to be a good trip to the Seattle Washington Temple when the folks at Spirit Airlines gave me an exit row aisle seat at the gate. Prior to that I had a middle seat. The fact that the round-trip air …
The Vancouver British Columbia Temple is about 140 miles north of Seattle. The possibility of going to this temple was confirmed when Payless rented me a car. That was so exciting! I drove from the Seattle Tacoma airport about 30 miles to my aunt Carma’s …
Have done five initiatory names in the Gila Valley Arizona Temple, I made a mad dash 140 miles to the Tucson Arizona Temple. My goal was to make the 7:30 session. I drove 85 miles an hour along Interstate 10 and arrived at the temple …
Having done two initiatory names at the Snowflake Arizona Temple, it was now on to the Gila Valley Arizona Temple (another 177 miles) to repeat the performance, hopefully with a few more names! I saw from a distance what appeared to be an old tabernacle …
Like all great temple trips, it starts with a good airfare. In this case it was $170 round-trip from Washington DC to Phoenix. The plan was pretty aggressive: arrive in Phoenix at 7:30 AM, visit the Snowflake, Gila Valley, and Tucson temples all in one …