Sunday, October 26, 2008
Never to old!
Monday, October 20, 2008
Temple in Draper
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Jim was training in SLC and Oakland Construction was having a BBQ at the Stake Center next to the New Draper Temple. Tom Howell invited us to this event. Jim's sister, Anna and husband, Wes, joined us. Colton Taylor is another PM in the North America Southwest Area. We didn't take any pictures inside. I believe they call it a 4-50 building. The wood inside is beautiful and from Africa. They didn't spell it out for us but it was pronounced Makore. It doesn't need any finish on it. Jim and I truly loved it. The granite outside is from China. Wow was that a shock. It too is beautiful. What is interesting is that every piece is cut over in China and sent to the site with a number. The builders connect the numbers.
On July 8, 2008, a gold-leafed pedestal and statue of the angel Moroni were hoisted atop the single central spire of the Draper Utah Temple. The Moroni raising marks an important milestone in construction and coincided with completion of the exterior granite facing.The Draper Temple will sit on 12 acres at 2000 East and 14000 South in Draper, Utah. The 57,000-square-foot (5,300 m2) temple will be 166 feet (51 m) high from the main level to the top of the structure's spire, which now includes the symbolic Angel Moroni statue that sits atop most LDS temples. The lot, in Draper's Corner Canyon, includes an LDS meetinghouse that was completed last year. The temple will also tower over 1,000 acres (4 km²) of pristine open space in the canyon that the city approved in fall 2005. The plan also calls for many varieties of trees to surround the temple and line the 492 parking spots. (this paragraph from website)
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Sunday, October 19, 2008
Park City
In 1871 settler John D. Lee was directed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to establish a ferry on the Colorado River. The location had earlier been scouted by Jacob Hamblin on his numerous missionary expeditions to the Hopi and the Navajo east of the Colorado River. Today, the site is used primarily for fishing and launching rafts.
The new Navajo Bridge in Grand Canyon National Park is the only crossing of the Colorado River for a stretch of (600 miles). The $15 million steel arch bridge carries traffic across Marble Canyon, (470 feet) above the Colorado River. The 1929 Navajo Bridge remains a pedestrian bridge.
On the Navajo Nation (east) side of the bridge, there is an area for Native American craft vendors. The Navajo Bridge Interpretive Center opened for business in April of 1997 .
Jim and I have been to the bridge several times, but this time drove the seven miles to the beautiful Lees Ferry along the River. We would have liked to have stayed longer because it is so peaceful.