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View from our balcony on ninth floor.

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Another view from our balcony

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Going down the hill towards Salt Lake City

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 Conference Center across from Temple Square

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LDS Temple

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Tabernacle

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Organ in Tabernacle

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Organ and pipes-some 40 of 11,600+. 

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October 20, 2010

Hi,

We just returned from an organ recital at the Mormon Tabernacle. Wow!!  Seeing that big organ, one of the largest in the world, was just great for me.  Reminded of my days in college when I took pipe organ lessons.  He even played one of the Bach Fugues I played in college. (Not my favorite)

We have had a great time here in Utah.  The weather was excellent.  Cold nights and warm days and lots of sunshine.  Couldn't ask for anything better. 

We plan to be home in Live Oak on Saturday eve for a short time and then we will be gone for a week to Oregon.  Home again after that until after the first of the year. 

 

Our best to you all, 

Later. 

Ric and Jan(ice)T

Snowbird, UT

More fall colors

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Here are the yellows.

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Vail, CO view from our condo

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Vail Village-no cars and a neat, unique place to walk and shop

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covered bridge crossing the river into the village

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One of the streets in the village

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Still in the village and some of the fall colorw

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Another walking street

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On the way up the canyon to Snowbird, Utah.  Vivid yellow and red foliage.

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October 17, 2010

Hi all,

We left Vail, CO Friday morning.  We had a great time there and did a lot of walking.  We were about a half mile from the village so we enjoyed walking down the hill to do more walking.  Coming back up wasn't so great but the exercise was great.  We had great weather so it was nice.  The nights were cold and there was frost most mornings but days were nice and warm.

We arrived here at Snowbird, UT which is a ski resort.  No snow thank goodness.  Driving up the canyon we saw an array of colors which were magnificent.  More pictures will follow. Our condo is on the 9th floor and we have a beautiful view of the mountains.  We are about 8,000 ft. up which is about the same as Vail. 

This morning we left early and went into Salt Lake City about 24 miles away.  We went to see the Mormon Tabernacle Choir do their weekly radio show.  It was their 2,421 broadcast.  We were right up front and were there for the dress rehearsal at 8:30 AM and for the actual broadcast at 9:30.  It was awesome.  They also telecast it and watching the cameras was fascinating.  We were close to the camera on a pole (whatever it is called) and it was out about 21 feet and he swung it all over.  There were 2 more upstairs on either side and then several men with cameras on shoulders walked around while the choir was singing.  The choir was soooooo good.  

They now sing with a full orchestra which is second to none.  The orchestra has its own concerts too.  There is a new pipe organ with over 11,000 pipes,  and 5 manuals (keyboards).  They have a 30 minute organ concert daily and we plan to go back to one of them this week.  What an inspiring morning.  We left there and walked across the street to the Conference Center.  

The Tabernacle holds 4,000 people and the conference center's auditorium holds 21,000.  This is where they perform the Christmas show.  Last year they had a request for a million tickets and only had 88,000 available.  This year David Archuleta from America Idol will be performing at the Christmas show with the choir.  We have always enjoyed seeing it on TV.  The conference center is new.  We were in SLC about 20 years ago and heard the choir but only with the organ, no orchestra.  So things are changing and growing in Salt Lake City. 

We left there and attended the Salt Lake Unity Church downtown.  It was a great service.  It was a very inspirational morning.  One of the best on our trip. 

That is what we have been up to.  How about you?

Take care and thanks to those who have written. 

Hugs and good health to you. Enjoy-life is good. 

Mom, Dad, Grandmother and Granddaddy, Ric and Jan(ice)

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The tree with the most color at the conference center. 

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Ric shopping!

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Big garage sale. 

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Typical town in Maryland with close houses, porches and chairs and very close to street. 

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Gazebo where we attended concerts on Sunday evenings in August

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View from our apartment and across the street where the large warehouse is located.

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Zigler Hall which houses guests, the office and dining room.  Walked this sidewalk many times each day. 

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Old Main where we lived and houses 4 floors of guests.

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Front door of our apartment.

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October 3, 2010

Hi all, 

I am writing this from Richmond, IN where we are spending the night.  Tomorrow we will tour Bethany, the Church of the Brethren's seminary before we drive on to Illinois.  It was somewhat of a dreary day today with some rain but never too hard.  We did have quite a few cross winds, however. Today has been cold, our first one, and we had the heater on in the car all day. Seemed strange. 

We left New Windsor yesterday morning after breakfast. We  had a beautiful, warm, sunny traveling day.  We drove to western PA. where we spent the night at Washington. We happened upon a couple of garage sales and had to stop.  Ric does like them and I tag along.  We had a little room left in the back of our car but we did not fill it.  So we can make some more stops along the way.  We happened to be on hwy. 40 which is a 2 lane road which lends itself to better sight seeing and opportunities to stop.

Before we left Maryland, we did get to see the movie, Eat, Pray, Love which was very picturesque.  Having been to Italy it reminded us of some of the gorgeous scenery.  We have not been to Tuscany and it really makes me want to go there.  It was a good movie and I have the book at home which I now must read.  

It feels good to be heading west.  We are making a slow trip across so it will be relaxing and enjoyable. 

We trust this finds you happy, healthy and living each day to the fullest. 

Thanks for writing.  We always appreciate hearing from you.

Love and hugs, 

Mom and Dad

Ric and Jan(ice)