Near-Death Experiences and Flower Beds

Day Four started with a few hours of driving (surprise surprise), then a stop in Salt Lake City, UT. It was muy hot, even though it was early, but the city is so clean and pretty! Lots of construction too, so I bet it will be even prettier in a few months. Here is Mom right after we almost got hit by a car:
We were crossing at a crosswalk just like we were supposed to, but this girl didn't see us and barrelled right through. Traumatic!

We walked around a bit, then went to check out the Mormon Temple (when in Salt Lake...). It was gorgeous and there were about a million people working on the flower beds.

Here is a street sign left over from the 2002 Olympics:

The Joseph Smith Memorial Building:

This is the trolley:

The Beehive House:

Recycling This Way?:

The Public Library:

Later that afternoon, we pulled off the highway in Delle, UT to get some gas and snacks. Instead of being a real rest stop with food, gas, and lodging as the sign said, Delle turned out to have just one grungy gas station, and the only "lodging" we saw was a trailer in he back. We also met a nice guy trying to beg gas money to get to San Francisco with his U-Haul full of hippies. The littlest hippie had a pet pig! They were nice enough, but we still got out of there as soon as possible!