Freezing, Freezing, Freezing.

If this camper is a rockin' ... it must mean there's a really big wind storm outside. Wow, talk about a cold desert wind. We went and took pictures of birds on Tuesday morning and managed to get pictures of Bella at a full run which is slightly more rare than the bird pictures. A tour around the island allows us to tick off several species - coyotes, antelope, Bison, and empty and closed bistro's and gift shops. Since we always do things backwards, we hit the visitor center on the way out and learn all about what we just saw. It's still freezing.

We head down to Salt Lake City and it's still windy and cold. The iPhone shows us to Temple Square in downtown Salt Lake where it is really windy and cold and freezing. Elder Osborne tells us that a tour starts every 15 minutes and we can wait inside where it's warm and there are restrooms (two key words). Two young girls, sister something from the Phillippines, and sister somethingelse from Guatamala, tell us about the buildings in the square and when and how they were built and a little bit about the colonization of Salt Lake by the mormons, especially Brigham Young. We go inside the Tabernacle where the choir sings and are lucky to be able to see/hear the organist practicing. He is recording himself playing the 11,000 pipe organ and then sits in the pews listening to what he has just played. We get to hear it both ways - live and in memorex. Although the tour was riveting, when it was done it was sleeting and freezing outside. When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping. We (eventually) found the shopping mall (outdoor - what *were* they thinking), and hit the Apple store as well as JJill and a coffee at Barnes and Noble.

When we left, it was snowing and sleeting. Being the intrepid campers that we are, we bailed and checked into the Salt Lake City KOA for the electrical hookups and turned on the furnace. Of course, they had free WiFi.