This week, for fun, Elder Koberstein and I took a side trip to see Germany during our lunch hour. Actually we visited the "Discovery Zone" of the Family History Library. We then drove to "Sage Market" and enjoyed a bowl of Japanese Ramen. I had Miso Ramen and Elder Koberstein enjoyed Tonkatsu (pork) Ramen. It reminded us of our time in Japan. A quick whirl wind trip around the globe in a one hour lunch.
For the labor day week-end we went to Vernal Utah. The entrance into the Vernal, Utah temple today.
This is a more typical view of the temple which shows the beauty of the old tabernacle it once was.
This is the back of the temple with Elder Koberstein standing in front of the doors. I wonder if this may once have been the front door into the tabernacle because of the cement circles on each side of the door with the dates 1907 and 1997, the years it was used as a tabernacle.
"Originally, the building served as the Uintah Stake Tabernacle for Latter-day Saints in eastern Utah. The tabernacle's foundation was constructed of nearby sandstone with walls built of four layers of fired brick from the local clay. The building was built with considerable donated labor from the fall of 1899 until it was dedicated on August 24, 1907 by LDS Church president Joseph F. Smith. Smith reportedly said he would not be surprised if a temple was build there some day.'" -Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia on line
Saturday after attending a session in the Vernal Temple we drove to the Dinosaur National Monument-Fossil Bone Quarry. We attended a fireside by the park ranger about bats. It was fun but not new. We then went to another campground for a Star Party led by the park rangers. They had two telescopes we could look though and pointed out constellations and the milky way. It was quite spectacular last night.
After our church meetings we did an Auto Tour of the Tilted Rocks. This is the Green River. It is the same Green River found in Wyoming.
We saw "Turtle Rock".
Elephant Toes Butte, eroded from the Nugget Sandstone.
We saw petroglyphs about 1000 years old. The Fremont people made these using sharp tools,they pecked away at the dark natural stain on the rock surface, called desert varnish, to reveal the light colored sandstone beneath. If you look close you can see a bighorn sheep and other animals. We have one thing left for tomorrow to see the dinosaur quarry.
THOUGHT FOR YOU
"You and I can not control the intentions or behaviors of other people. However we do determine how we will act. Please remember that you and I are agents endowed with moral agency, and we can choose not to be offended.
- David A Bednar
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