My Effort to Visit Various Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Throughout the World
It’s one of the three remaining operating temples I haven’t visited in Utah, the Jordan River Temple. The other two are Monticello and Vernal Temples. I left it until now because it was under renovation for awhile until it reopened in May of this year. …
May 31, 2018 When I got up this morning I wondered whether I should knock on my mother and stepfather’s hotel room door to wake them up. I decided not to and when I walked in for the free breakfast there they were already! We …
May 30, 2018 We were able to attend the Boise Idaho Temple tonight. We dashed over there after coming out of the Meridian Idaho temple and after driving approximately 400 miles this morning to make it to these two wonderful places. We did the same …
May 30, 2018 We left Spanish Fork, Utah this morning and drove almost 400 miles to the Meridian Idaho Temple. We stopped in Eagle Idaho to see my wonderful mission president, Ted Johnson and his amazing wife Jan. I haven’t seen them in 40 years. …
February 9, 2018 My parents picked me up at the St. George Shuttle stop (the Flying J in Springville) yesterday at 4 PM. I keep a set of temple clothing at my mother’s home to use when I come out West. Because the Manti Temple …
February 9, 2018 I came to Utah to attend the wedding tomorrow of my nephew. I flew into Las Vegas because of the scheduling of flights. I arrived in Vegas at about 1 AM and slept in the terminal until 5:30. At 6 AM I …
January 31, 2018 My wonderful uncle drove me 11 miles from the Mesa Arizona Temple to the Gilbert Arizona Temple so I could attend it. I ended up doing initiatory work here like I did in the Mesa Temple. I did learn something new also: …
January 31, 2018 Going from the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport out to the Phoenix Temple and back this morning cost me about $70 with tips. My wonderful driver on the return trip with SuperShuttle suggested I take the free airport tram to the metro station …
January 31, 2018 Once again, it starts with the airfare: $40 from Washington DC to Denver, $20 to Phoenix, arrive at midnight. Find a gate with some vacant, non-armrest chairs, lie down, and fall asleep for five hours. I took the SuperShuttle at 5:15 AM …
January 17, 2017 The bus ride from the Los Angeles Temple got me to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles by about 11 AM. At 11:30 I paid $13.50 to catch the train for a two hour ride out to San Bernardino. From there I …