Elder Koberstein and I started this week by taking our bikes in for their yearly tune up to this bike shop on our drive to the Family History Library. We hoped for good weather to bike and Elder Koberstein did bike home from the library twice this week.
Thursday night and Friday we did have a spring snow storm. We did not park in the garage and had about 4 inches of new very wet snow on the car when it was time to go in to the Family History Library on Friday Morning. This picture was taken on our drive in.
The bulbs in front of the library were covered with snow.
They amaze me to how hearty they really are. I think they will be ready for conference this next weekend.
Elder Koberstein and I debated about a trip in this winter weather but decided on our half T/R day on Friday to drive to Monticello, Utah.
Monticello is in the warm part of Utah so we thought it would get better as we came out the other side of the mountain pass. We stopped after the pass and I was surprised as I looked at out licence plate. It was covered with a layer of ice. Roads where basically clear and not a bad drive in a snowstorm.
Saturday morning we attended the 8 am session in the temple. It is the 16th of 17 operating temples that we have visited this past year in Utah. Our goal is to visit all 17 temples before our year in Utah is over. In this picture you can see the temple and beyond it the steeple of a chapel at 7:30am on Saturday morning. Monticello, Utah is a very small down but blessed with a beautiful little temple which must draw from surrounding areas.
After the temple we changed and drove to Arches National Park. This is Wilson Arch. It is visible from the highway.
We hiked to the arch. It was quite a view of the valley.
After waiting for what seemed a very long time in this line we actually gained enterance into Arches National Park.
On the right is Courthouse Towers on the left is the gossips. We think they are the three wise-men.
This is called Balanced Rock. It looks ready to fall.
We saw two rock climbers climbing these soft sandstone rock formations.
Doesn't seem as safe as the granite in California.
This is Delicate Arch taken with Elder Koberstein's telephoto lens. The people looked like ants with the naked eye from the upper viewpoint vantage we hiked to.
After leaving the park on our ride home we noticed the unusual color on the side of some of the mountains.
The color remained us of corrosion on a copper pipe. We wondered if the soil had a high content of copper in it.
The drive back though the canyon to the Wasatch Mountain front, was beautiful. We had clear roads all the way and it was not snowing. We had a wonderful weekend together.
A THOUGHT FOR YOU
For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgement unto the Son; John 5:22
1 comment:
Looks like a fun weekend. Arches would be nice to see I think.
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