Sunday morning (April 9).
I wanted to go for a tour to the Great Salt Lake, unfortunately there wasn’t enough time to do that. I took this picture just as the plane was leaving SLC. This lake is the second saltiest lake on earth..second to the Dead Sea.
UTA bus 92 to Solitude/Brighton
Saturday afternoon (April 8 ).
A view of the mountains and the bus that I took.
Big Cottonwood Canyon
Saturday afternoon.
Both Brighton and Solitude Mountain resorts were located in the Big Cottonwood Canyon. This is one of the many pictures I took while on the bus to and from the mountain.
The Village at Solitude
Saturday morning
I took the UTA train and bus to get up to one of the ski resorts near SLC. Since they claimed to have the greatest snow on earth I had to see the place for myself. Unfortunately noone else could go with me so I went up alone. This picture was taken when I was on my way down from the Brighton ski place. The ski “resorts” itselves were a disappointment, not very resorty, just lots of cars in the parking lot and a lodge with nothing much. I guess to enjoy a ski resort one would have to ski and sit on one of those chair lifts.
Shilo Inn
I chose to stay at Shilo Inn for several reasons. The hotel was located right across the street from the convention center. The room included a refrigerator and a microwave. Complimentary breakfast and free airport shuttle included. Other than those “perks” the room was rather small and unimpressive. However free breakfast was great and I did use the microwave to heat up leftovers.
Gateway fountain platform
Friday evening (April 6).
After the trip to U of Utah, we visited the Gateway, a shopping place in downtown SLC. Kids were playing with the water shooting platform. It was quite cold, I’m surprised the parents would let their kids play around with water.
U of Utah medical campus
Friday evening.
I went with 2 other friends to explore Salt Lake City. We wanted to take the light rail train to go south but unknowingly entered the train that went east towards University of Utah. This is the medical campus of University of Utah.
Friday morning
It’s spring and the flowers are beginning to bloom beautifully. There’s even some snow on the ground..leftover from Thursday heavy snow/rain.
Latter Day Saints Conference Center
Friday morning (April 7)
Before I went to the CEC conference, I took the opportunity to walk around SLC and took more pictures. This is the conference center of the church of the latter day saints which is opposite the temple square.
Wednesday afternoon (April 5).
The Temple Square of the Church of the Latter Day Saints (Mormons). Well any trip to Salt Lake City would not be complete without dropping by at this place. I joined a short tour of the temple square where 2 sisters of the church brought us around the different buildings in the square. The temple itself is not opened to visitors. At the end of the tour, the girls sang us a song and gave us a card to fill in if we would like more information about the church.