On the road again...

Our next long vacation has finally begun! This time the plan is to start in Utah and make our way through Nevada, Idaho and Oregon before ending up in Washington. We have a lot of plans to visit some parks and see some sights over the first week while the second week will be spent relaxing on San Juan Island in Washington State.

Even though we often spend hours each day in the car while driving hundreds of miles a day, it still seems like sitting on a plane is one of the most exhausting parts. We started in Raleigh and got to Salt Lake City via Houston. Our flights were on time and generally good (except for a windy landing in SLC) so at least that worked out.

After landing and getting our car from Enterprise (which was very easy at the airport here), we got to our hotel for the night and ate some dinner. After that, it was still relatively early so we decided to go to Temple Square, which is the headquarters for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (aka the Mormons). The Salt Lake Temple is pretty famous and is really a beautiful structure. The Square itself is very well kept and very peaceful. It's a little odd being there since we don't follow their church and it's obviously a big deal for those that do so we just spent some time walking around and taking a few pictures. It was nearly 100 degrees, though it's a dry heat, so that's better (not really) so we made it a quick stop.

Tomorrow we head to the Great Salt Lake, the Bonneville Salt Flats, parts of northeastern Nevada and then finally Idaho.

As they say in Utah, "If you find a place where the water is saltier than the ocean, never leave." Note: no one says this.