My Effort to Visit Various Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Throughout the World
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 …
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 …
My experience this morning in the Layton Utah Temple can be summed up in two words: John Pulver. John is a temple worker there. And thank heavens they have name badges! When I saw his name badge, I asked him if he ever attended the …
Like all good temple trips, this one started early. I was on the road to Reagan National Airport at 3:59 AM! The nonstop flight to Montreal leaves at 6 AM. I will fly back tonight at 7 PM! The spirit is willing, but my French …
As with all good temple visits, it starts with where you were when you began the visit. In this case, I was at FanX in Salt Lake City. Here’s proof: I’m here in Salt Lake City to help out my friends at this convention. The …
I had an 8 AM endowment session the next morning so all was well. It’s a joyous thing to drive 84 miles an hour using cruise control all the way up through Idaho and Montana. We can’t drive that fast legally in Washington DC, but …
Any trip to the Richmond Virginia Temple from the Washington DC area has to go on I-95 South. That’s generally not a pleasant experience, especially on Juneteenth weekend! The Richmond Virginia Temple was dedicated on my birthday, May 7 of last month. It was originally …
My trip to the Anchorage Alaska Temple was going to be my final US operating temple, number 82. But then the airlines stepped in and gave me too good of a deal. So, I just scheduled my Anchorage Alaska Temple trip for the last week …
My second stop on this 48-hour Hawaiian temple trip is the Kona Hawaii Temple. I left my sister Patti‘s house in Laie at 5 o’clock this morning. Then, I drove an hour north to the Honolulu airport. Next, I boarded a Hawaiian Airlines flight at …
As is the case with most of these trips, it starts with the food. Accordingly this morning, it was the Dunkin’ Donuts card that I’ve been carrying around in my wallet for years. It actually had some value on it! Accordingly, it scored me an …