23 August 2012

Truth be told, I miss starting school.  We saw several children on their way to school today with their backpacks slung on there shoulders or carried by mom.  What fun and excitement!  Catching up with old friends and meeting new ones.  The first days of school are nervous for the teachers as well.  The children bring so many interesting talents and persoalities to the classroom.  Each child is so amazing in their own special way.

25 August 2012

Box Elder Tabernacle

We drove to Brigham City today for a Culture and Brotherhood celebration at the Tabernacle; however, we couldn't find it.  We walked around the Tabernacle there and saw lots of people going to the Temple open house.   The Box Elder Tabernacle is across the street from the new temple.  (I've been calling it the Brigham City Tabernacle and now realize that it is the Box Elder Tabernacle.  Brigham City is on the eastrn edge of Box Elder County.)

Brigham City Temple

Just on a chance that we had it wrong, we went back to the Logan Tabernacle.  Sure enough, they were having the cultural fair there.  It was mostly Hispanic culture. I was expecting a little more diversity.  I guess I have been spoiled by the Provo multi-cultural celebration.

pioneer family

On the grounds outside the Logan Tabernacle there is a statue of a pioneer family.  If you stand behind the statue you can see that the family is looking towards the Logan Temple.  If you look at my picture you can see the spires of the temple between the man and the woman. 


The Logan Tabernacle was giving tours.  (They give tours six days a week anyhow.)  I learned a few things I didn't know before about tabernacles.  Until I arrived at Logan, I thought the only tabernacle was the one in Salt Lake City.  Wrong.  There are over eighty in Utah and eight in the Cache Valley area.  The tabernacles were built as a place for the community to gather.  It wasn't just a meeting house for church services.

The organ pipes to the right in the picture are the actual pipes of the organ; the rest are a facade.  The smallest pipe is the size of a #2 pencil; the largest is 17 feet long.

27 August 2012

My companion thinks she knows why there is a flag on the fire hydrants ... so they can find them when it snows.  I don't relish seeing that much snow.  That means I will have to drive in it!