It has been a while since being in touch thanks to the fact that our guest modems have either been sick or non-functioning in the Utah boonies.
Several days ago we enjoyed a three day fun filled reunion with the Meslers and Nolens in Salt Lake City. In our view, Salt Lake City has three must see experiences; the 36 acre Mormon campus, Kennecott's immense copper mine and Park City, the nearby venue for the 2002 winter Olympics. The great salty lake was a disappointment. Lake levels are low and the seashore looks like a huge salt flat. Boating life looked margainal too.

The Mormon Temple with the Mormon Tabernacle behind. We attended an organ recital in the Tabernacle that was breathless and remarkable, both for the sound and for the complexity of the pieces selected. We spent the better part of a day at the family geneology center where I found the missing link (6 generations ago) in my family lineage. Penny found a wealth of new information about her family.

The grounds around the Mormon campus were an illustration of floral excellence interspersed around the buildings and sculptures. Penny was thrilled to find so much flora that she had never seen before.








This photo shows about 10% of the Kennecott Copper mine. It is immense. A mountain once stood here. They extract 100s of tons or ore daily and supply about half of America's copper.

We are standing in front of one of the tires used on the 90 gigantic trucks used for removing ore from the mine. Perhaps you will notice Don Nolen's fingerprint at the top of the photo. LOL