Time With My Dad: Part 3

Yesterday I left you in Temple Square surrounded by beautiful flowers :) After such a long, cold winter it was like eye candy seeing so many vivid colors!

After photographing endless amounts of flowers we decided to grab a bite to eat before the pipe organ concert at noon. Going out the south gate we didn't see much in the way of eateries until we spied the "Blue Lemon" right across from the south gate entrance to the Temple. We walked in and checked out their menu....yep, we definitely wanted to have a "Blue Lemon" experience. We didn't have time to really soak it all in without being rushed. So we decided to go back after the concert....it was SO worth the wait :)

The rest of the center opens next March

Dad and I taking pictures of each other.....love the water!

Yummy!

Our view in Temple Square waiting to go in the Tabernacle (right ) for the pipe organ concert 

Waiting for the concert to start ~ The Tabernacle is home to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
A pin dropped on the floor at the pulpit can be clearly heard in the back - 170 feet away.......that's how awesome the acoustics are!

A few of the 11,623 pipes

Leaving Temple Square after the concert I caught a reflection of the Assembly Hall in these windows

Back to the "Blue Lemon" for lunch :)

What a cool light ~ love the color!

 Inside.....you can grab some coffee and sit to the right or get in line to the left and order some wonderful food

We happened to be there on their one year anniversary

A peak at the kitchen from our table

Our view out the window

A spinach & artichoke dip ~ one of the best I've ever had

Spinach & Pear Salad ~ very good

Chicken Picatta

Fiery Fish Tacos ~ grilled salmon, mahi mahi & shrimp

Dad & Me ~ the waitress was sweet and offered to take our picture

They were passing out free sugar cookies to celebrate their one year anniversary ~ They were really good but so big!

One last look before we leave

We saw this billboard out the train window on the way home. It's very sad what people will believe ~ the Bible clearly states no one knows the day or hour of when Christ will return. (Matthew 24:36)

Dad and I had a wonderful day in SLC  :) We only made it to the Family History Library for about 15 minutes but that's ok! We were spontaneous and enjoyed the time together. In the end that's what matters.

Have a beautiful day!
~JanMarie

Time With My Dad: Part 2

Ok, onto part 2 of my time with dad :)

We went to SLC to mainly go to the Family History Library. It's across from Temple Square so we decided to walk through the square "real quick"....
The flowers were so beautiful that our time there was much longer than anticipated!
I will leave you to wander through Temple Square..........

The view as we got off the TRAX

Walking along the outside wall toward the south entrance

The sign says it all :)

Looking over the wall at the Assembly Hall

Entering through the south entrance

They were in the process of changing the flower beds from spring to summer  

Assembly Hall ~ gothic style built between 1877 & 1882

SLC Temple

Hello Spring!

Love the color of the tulips!

I'm always drawn to trees! This tree really caught my eye.

Tomorrow you can sit with us as we listen to the Pipe Organ inside the Tabernacle ~ home to the world famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir then we'll take you along to the "Blue Lemon" for a scrumptious lunch! 

~JanMarie

Time With My Dad: Part 1

It was wonderful to have my dad here for 2 weeks!
We didn't get out to take pictures very much as the weather was not real great alot of the time! Utah just had it's wettest May on record with at least 5" in rain. That translates into the mountains getting quite a bit more snow! One ski resort out of SLC got 1' of snow in 24 hours this last weekend and people were snowboarding / skiing for Memorial Day weekend!! That's crazy! The resort said they should be open through the 4th of July ( a first! )
Ogden Canyon had a mudslide again a couple days ago and many of the hiking trails are closed due to saturated and unstable ground.
Dad and I got up a week ago this past Saturday and drove up towards Trappers Loop about 7am. It was a beautiful morning. We took the Stoddard/Peterson exit and set up our tripods along the side of the road. I'm learning to use my camera in manual mode instead of auto so some of these pictures aren't as great as they could be. Just bear with me as I learn!

Wasatch Mountains along Stoddard / Peterson

Snowbasin from Stoddard / Peterson exit

After a few pictures we drove over to Trappers Loop and set up along the road. The mountains were constantly changing as the clouds rolled along.

Snowbasin

Snowbasin ~ we see the other side of this from our back yard

I love this picture of my dad

I think he was checking to see what the sun was doing on the hills behind us

One last look at Snowbasin in the early morning light

Last Wednesday Dad and I hopped on the FrontRunner train and headed to Salt Lake City for the day. We were mostly going to visit the Family History Library and do some research. We ended up getting a bit sidetracked but still had a wonderful day!

FrontRunner station here in Ogden ~ "it's all within reach"
Pretty much any winter or summer activity you can do within 30 minutes of Ogden ~ 

Leaving Ogden

Arriving in SLC

This is your view as you get off the train in SLC ~ across the way is where you get on the TRAX ( light rail system ) and get around almost anywhere in downtown SLC for free



Join me tomorrow....we'll walk through Temple Square. You will love the flowers :)


~JanMarie