God Bless America

On a whim I decided to do a spot of white water rafting today. It was the Sevier River, central Utah and was two hours well spent.

I then meandered my way up to Salt Lake City which reminds me of Toowoomba during the Carnival of Flowers. I'm sure it is a very different scene in the winter time! It's a pretty place and very clean and conservative - at least the town centre which is based around a large area of squares belonging to the Mormon Church and their huge Temple. Tourists are made very welcome in the area and I spent the afternoon catching up on my general knowledge of the Bible with all the Missionary Sisters hanging out around the temple. As it turns out, I'm familiar with most of the chaps; Abraham, Jacob, Isaac, etc because they are the names of the mountains in Zion Canyon.

As the sun sank low on the horizon a blue-grass band began to play, starting with some praising of Jesus and ending with some prasing of America. This is to be expected as the 4th of July long weekend has now officially begun.