Salt Lake City

The annual meeting of the Unitarian Universalist Association was held in Salt Lake City this June, making it easier for us to attend. We stayed in the Salt Lake Plaza Hotel, just across the street from Temple Square.When we go to Guadalajara, one of the things we enjoy is "tacos on the street." We found that we don't have to go all the way to Guadalajara for that. Each day, a small taco stand would appear at the corner of the park, across from Temple Square and across from our hotel. Mighty good tacos, as hot, or as mild as you may wish...

It has been some time since we were in Salt Lake. Though much is the same, much has changed, and right now it is changing rapidly. There were many, many cranes, and tall buildings were growing quite rapidly.

Let's take a look at this very tall building, growing just south of Temple Square. The downtown is beginning to make Temple Square look small, though there are some good sized buildings there as well.

Can you imagine what this place looked like long ago when Brigham Young said "This is the place"? I wonder what Brigham Young would think if he could see this place today. There are so many buildings, so many people, so much activity today.... but it is still a beautiful place here beneath the towering mountains.