Day 70: Temple Square

We spent several hours in Salt Lake City one day and really enjoyed it.
The big draw for Jack was that we rode on the downtown cable car.
We parked near a station and rode it for less than 5 minutes, two stops down the line
to the Temple Square station.  He was absolutely thrilled.

The first place we visited was the Church History Museum.  It was really neat and had an impressive variety of exhibits.  The kids enjoyed standing behind the podium that is a replica of the one in the Conference Center.

In the upper level of the Church History Museum, there's a great children's area that reminded me
of an interactive Friend Magazine.  There was a farm, garden, and kitchen.  There were puppets, a small truck, and great children's exhibits about the Book of Mormon.  My cousin's wife and her 3 kids met us here and everyone had a great time.  Cat's favorite exhibit was one where children dress in traditional Central American costumes and learn Latin dances.  She stayed there for a while.  Jack had fun "building a temple" with Daddy.

After getting a little lunch we walked over to the Church Office Building and took their tour, which culminated in an amazing view of Temple Square and SLC from their 26th-floor observation deck.

Then we spent some time just walking toward the temple and taking pictures.

It really is awesome, and the flowers and water features were gorgeous as well.

The last thing we did was walk around in the South Visitor's Center.

It has a cool cut-out replica of the temple where you can get an idea of what the inside looks like.  

Cat enjoyed the exhibit that taught about how the temple was built.

Then, back on the train that took us to our car.

A great outing!