Calamus

First off we had very little time at Salt Lake City(SLC). After feasting our eyes on red landscapes for all the 9 days we found SLC to be its stark opposite. The city was looking extremely bright & beautiful covered in snow all over in preparation for X'mas. In the backdrop were the beautiful snow-clad mountain ranges.  Although we had left our hearts at the interior villages in the state, the lure of more Indian food was undeniably a major attraction at SLC. And we did find a good place some where in the downtown. SLC is famous for its many varieties of winter sport activities. It was also the host of Winter Olympics in 2002. Salt Lake Temple - Landmark of SLC One of the major attractions was the Salt Lake Temple. We did not know what kind of temple it was until we went it in. It was a beautiful Mormon church, the biggest in the world. Built in the mid 1800s it has a very intriguing history. The Mormons are a major factor of the city, which was founded by Brigham Young an

"......I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference." --- Robert Frost. Temple Rocks Indeed it had! The Scenic by-way U.S.12 in Utah is the road less travelled by tourists perhaps owing to the fact that its the longer of the two routes to get from Capitol Reef National Park to Bryce Canyon National Park. In colder weather the narrow-winding mountainous roads and steep hair-pin bends are treacherous. But we were glad that a little adventure and the ever-insatiable human urge to see beauty led us to take 'the road not taken'. My husband holds a general belief the journey is a far more pleasurable experience than the destination itself. Even though so far in the trip we had enjoyed both, this time my husband's belief was actually about to come true. Capitol Reef National Park The greener more fertile face of Utah is a hidden