Thursday, August 21, 2014

A PLEASANTLY UNEXPECTED ROAD TRIP


ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, I TOOK AN UNEXPECTED ROAD TRIP.
I HAD AN EXPANDED ADK  BOARD MEETING AT THE CLEARFIELD LIBRARY.
WHEN I GOT THERE, NO ONE WAS THERE.
THESE LADIES AREN'T LATE!
I TEXT THE PRESIDENT AND PAST PRESIDENT.
NO RESPONSE.
FINALLY, I CHECKED MY EMAIL.
THE MEETING HAD BEEN CHANGED TO MURRAY LIBRARY FOR AUGUST 23.
I HADN'T CHECKED MY EMAIL SINCE THE DAY BEFORE.

WHAT TO DO?
THE BOUNTIFUL TEMPLE HAS BEEN OUT OF CONTROL SINCE
THE OGDEN TEMPLE CLOSED.
SO, I DECIDED TO GO TO THE LOGAN TEMPLE!
LOVE THAT DRIVE!!!
WELL, WHEN I GOT TO THE TEMPLE, I QUICKLY REMEMBERED WHY I
DON'T GO TO THE TEMPLE ON 
"SEMESTER BREAK SATURDAYS!"
IT WAS HARD TO FIND THE DOOR TO GET IN!!!


 THESE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS GREET YOU WHEN YOU COME OUT THE DOOR.








Come thou fount(ain) of every blessing
Tune my heart to sing thy grace
Streams of mercy never ceasing
Call for songs of loudest praise
Teach me some melodious sonnet
Sung by flaming tongues above
I'll praise the mount I'm fixed upon it
Mount of thy redeeming love.

(Thought of this hymn when I saw the beautiful fountain!)



 FLOWERS BY THE FOUNTAIN.
THE CHURCH REALLY DOES UP ALL LANDSCAPING WELL!!!
EVEN IN NYC, THEY CREATED A LANDSCAPED ISLAND IN THE
ROAD IN FRONT OF THE TEMPLE, IN A "CONCRETE JUNGLE."






UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY
(AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OF UTAH)
BOTH OF MY PARENTS GRADUATED FROM HERE.
MY DAD TAUGHT MATH HERE FOR 3 YEARS.
HE WAS MY MOM'S MATH TEACHER!











THIS IS THE ICONIC
"OLD MAIN" BUILDING. 

Old Main was the first building built on the campus of the Agricultural College of Utah, now Utah State University. It sits at the top of Old Main Hill, overlooking the city of Logan to the west, and facing the quad to the east. Old Main is the oldest functioning academic building in Utah.[1]

DAD'S OFFICE WAS IN THIS BUILDING
 



THIS WAS THE BUILDING MOST OF MY MOM'S CLASSES WERE IN.
FAMILY LIFE



 SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DRIVE!



 LOVE THIS LITTLE COMMUNITY.
IT IS LOCATED IN SARDINE CANYON.
MANTUA (PRONOUNCED MAN.A.WAY....GO FIGURE!)
THIS IS THE GORGEOUS RESERVOIR.







MANTUA WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE IN SUMMER. . .
 
. . . AND FALL




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