Utah & Arizona Part 7 - Salt Lake City, UT


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 and his Mormon followers. The temple was decorated for X'mas & New Year and that added to its beauty.
Most of the buildings had an antiquated look. They looked like buildings from colonial times, very classic in their beauty and architecture, for eg. the City & County Building. The Capitol Building was easily recognisable due to its typical structure with a dome in the center. Some of the banks and official buildings too had a similar architecture.
City & County building
Capitol Building
The most commendable characteristic of SLC were the wide roads. Seattle downtown has narrow and congested lanes riddled with one-ways quick to confuse anyone, thanks to the Seattle's earlier status as a Gateway to Alaska during the great Alaskan Gold Rush during the late 1800s.Compared to that SLC downtown looked like a vast open meadow with lots of fresh air. Instead of the electric buses here, SLC had trams on their roads, making for much neater skies sans the hundreds of criss-cross wires required for electrical buses.
At the Clark Planatorium
A one day stay at SLC offered a lot of entertainment and interesting moments, and it was soon time to head back home.

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