My Effort to Visit Various Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Throughout the World
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 …
It isn’t often that I start off one of these temple trips by commenting about the hotel, but tonight is an exception. I’m in the La Quinta Inn and uites at the Salt Lake City Airport and I’m thrilled to death! I flew from Washington …
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 …
AUGUST 26, 2023 This is going to be a great day! I’m on board for Skywest Delta connection flight from Washington DC to Minneapolis and it is 6 AM. I have a two hour layover in Minneapolis and then it’s on to Bismarck where I’ll …
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 …
It’s 132 miles from the Columbia River Washington Temple to the Spokane Temple. I arrived at 2:30 PM and my session wasn’t until 3:30 PM so they let me sit in the celestial room for about a half hour. That was wonderful! when I entered …
It’s 321 miles from the Lubbock Texas Temple to the Albuquerque New Mexico Temple. I finished my work in the Lubbock temple at about noon and my appointment in Albuquerque (to do some sealings was at 7 PM. No problem on the travel! Besides, it …
It would be my final and seventh temple in the last five days. I drove here from Atlanta this morning. The trick would be to make it before they close. Their last endowment session starts at 2:30 PM. I got there at 3:10 PM. But …