Poop'in and Pee'in are good

Wednesday April 16

As many of you know, Bella has not been that good about poop'in and pee'in on a leash or anywhere in public. It was definitely a concern before we left especially since the RV park didn't end up charging us the $100 "pet fee" .... could've been some guilt there upon return. But I'm glad to report that Bella has figured out the whole camping thing and, as long as there is grass, will pretty much poop and pee on command. Especially in the morning. For Greg.

More Quilt Craft work in the morning, but we head into town to give the Mormons another crack at converting us. The "Bee Hive" house has tours and so we start there. It was the original residence and also office of Brigham Young. It started out as two different buildings, but after he died, his son did an addition that connected the 2 buildings into one big building. The emphasis of the tour was on how much of a "family man" Brigham Young was. We found that way too amusing given the fact that, in his time, the Mormons believed in Polygamy. The girls doing the tour, sister something from Brisbane, Australia and sister something else from Chicago, explained it this way - the prophet at the time, Joseph Smith, decided that more families needed taking care of and so Brigham Young was asked to take care of more families. Later, in the 1890's after Brigham Youngs death, the prophet at that time declared that everyone was OK and so they only needed to take care of one family. Hey, a religion that changes with the times. The Bee Hive moniker comes from the fact that Brigham Young like the comparison of the people to the activity of the Bee Hive - many people/bee's working all at once together as a team to accomplish industry. You see the Bee Hive indication all over the state.

We cruised the rest of the square and can indeed report that they have been busy as bee's. It's a beautiful square with lovely gardens and walkways and appears to be a thriving business with one of the largest skyscrapers in town serving as the office building. We learned that the convention center which holds over 21,000 people is where people go to hear the prophet speak and to communicate with him. Each of the missionaries volunteers for 18 months at the square and there appeared to be volunteers from all over the world. Good to know, but it was time to go.

Took Bella for a walk and out for coffee before jumping back in the camper and driving for about 4 hours down to Moab. Arrived around 7:00 pm and got the last spot in the Portal RV Campground (free WiFi) and we could only stay for 1 night as they were full the next. It's apparently busy in town but they don't know why. You can actually buy time share RV spots here too FYI. It was late by the time we finished up but there was nice grass outside the site and Bella obligingly poop'd and pee'd on command before bedtime.