My Effort to Visit Various Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Throughout the World
I wasn’t sure I was going to make this trip across the country to visit four temples, including the Sacramento California Temple. After finishing Monday’s work load, taking a quick shower, and dashing off to BWI airport, I made the Spirit Airlines flight with about …
After driving almost 1000 miles yesterday it felt great to get some sleep at a Best Western Hotel near the Kansas City airport. Stretching out on the king size bed felt like heaven! Temple #4: Kansas City Missouri Temple The sessions at the Kansas City …
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 …
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 …
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 …
My 50th temple! I knew it was going to be a good day when I saw my buddy Al Jackson at the BWI airport this morning. He’s so cool he looks great even from the back… I left BWI at 7 AM and arrived at …