We are finishing a great few days with the Salt Lake City family. Arrived on Friday afternoon from Zion NP up I-15. Called Shielia after we got set up and made arrangements to meet her and Neil on Saturday morning for breakfast at the Farmers Market in town. Now this is not what I had in mind as a typical farmers market. It reminds me more of the Thurmont Color Fest. The whole park was occupied by food stalls and craft vendors. We briefly met Neil's son and daughter-in-law then hooked up with my Aunt Betty (mother to Shielia, Barry, and Tim) and Tim and walked the vendor stalls. Neil drove us over to the Mormon temple grounds for a tour and a chance to listen to an organ recital from the world famous Morman Tabernacle Organ. We were invited to Barry's and his wife Karen's house for a BBQ chicken dinner with everything. The whole extended family dropped by at one time or another so Carolyn and I got a chance to meet their children also.
Sunday we again met up with Neil and Shielia who gave us a first class tour of the highlights in the area. This included the hugh copper mine in the Western mountain then a drive down to the great Salt Lake and an introduction to the only salt water shark and scuba diving facility in Utah. This is in a natural warm water salt pools that has been stocked by a variety of salt water fish such as sharks, sting rays, angel fish, and many more. It is also used to train scuba divers in interaction with sharks. Neil was a diving instructor here. Monday, Carl and Anna returned from Baltimore and we had pizza with the family.
Tuesday we escorted Carl and Anna down to the Temple grounds so that they could see it first hand.
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