Driving home took us through Utah and a small amount of Idaho. We first visited Zion National Park at the bottom of Utah and did a bit of hiking there. We only spent the morning and that was enough because it was getting crowded. Very similar to Yellowstone and Yosemite in that the park is so busy that there is a pretty good shuttle system to get you around since parking is horrendous. But we lucked out a bit. It's beautiful there even if we didn't see any animals.
Then as we headed north, Dave wanted to walk around the campus of BYU which is in Provo. It's a beautiful school in that it is nestled in among huge snow covered mountains. Lots of stairs. But very clean. Dave loved the Athletic building with its "museum" of awards.
The Utah state capitol was the fanciest we've seen and we've been to 11/50 now. It's also at the north end of Salt Lake City, high on a hill overlooking the town. Very impressive. Utah is the Beehive state and there were beehive impressions everywhere.
Our timing was just right and we were able to sit in on a rehearsal of an organist playing pieces in the Mormon Tabernacle. No choir, but a very fancy pipe organ.
Here we are in the Idaho state capitol in Boise. One of the least interesting we've seen. But it is the Gem State.
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