February 14 - 15, 1947

Elevation 4,319

February 14, 1947

Leaving at 9:10 Couldn’t get oil leak fixed as it was in main bearing.  Will try and make it home.

Brigham

Ogden

Salt Lake City — in time for 35 min. organ recital at Tabernacle in Temple Square.  Wonderful!  Taken for a tour of grounds.  Only Mormons (and not all of them) get into the Temple itself.  They have to have a reference from their “ward” and from the “stoke.”  Went to a concert in the Mormon Tabernacle in evening.  350 voice Mormon choir and 2 Metropolitan guest artist — Jennie Tourel - soprano  John Carter - tenor and Martha O’Driscoll — movie actress and _______________ - who plays on Columbia B.S.  CBS Proceeds of concert went to “March of Dimes”.  

Got a cabin early ($3.50) close enough so we walked to “Temple Square”  Brigham Young laid the city out in 10 acre squares so blocks here are rather long.  Drove out to the lake in afternoon.

Saturday  February 15, 1947

Leaving at 7:00  Went past cement plant.  Sun is coming over the Mts. (all covered with snow.)  Much colder than in Salt Lake City Valley.  (Castle City Mts.)  Echo Canyon  Saw 3 deer.  Took some pictures of Castle formations.  Entering Wyo. at 10:10 Elevation 6,850  Wyuta cafe on line.  Snow fences had really caught the snow.  Higher than fences in places.  Stopped at Free State Historical Museum, at Fort Bridges.  Quite a place, open, but no one anywhere.  First school house, built in 1860, many other log buildings, some older of course, but still in good condition, considering age.  One building of old things - very interesting.

We have come thru hills and badlands today that were red for miles, gray for miles, yellow for miles and now green.  Church butte  - very pretty formation with cathedral like spires with shades of green and tan. Had dinner at Little America.  Have 2 mounted penguins caught by Ad Byrd at the South Pole.

Got car greased at Rock Springs, Wyo.  — coal mining town.  Leaving here at 3:35.  Saw lots of big sheep herds.  Crossed Continental Divide at Creston , Wyo. at 5:20  El. 7,178.  Got a cabin at Rawlins, Wyo for $4.50 (double with kitchen)