"Hiking" Temple Square

So we "hiked" (aka walked around) Temple Square this past Saturday. I took so many pictures that it was a bit overwhelming to go through them and pick out a few for your viewing pleasure (thanks Liz for finally picking out a few for me). For those who don't know, Temple Square is in downtown Salt Lake City. It is where the LDS church built the Salt Lake Temple. It is surrounded by flowers, trees, and several water features. It is a beautiful place to walk around. We spent a little over 2 hours walking around and we didn't realize how tired we were until we got in the car to go home. When we got out of the car we were surprised to find that we were pretty tired.

Temple Square was a great place to walk around during the Spring. The flowers are gorgeous. It wasn't too hot (or crowded for that matter). We walked around the Temple itself and then walked up past the reflection pool to the church office building. The observation deck of the church office building was open to the public (this is not always the case). I highly recommend that you take advantage of the opportunity if its open when you are there. It was a great view of downtown Salt Lake City. We also had a great view of the Capitol Building. The church office building is 26 stories tall (it doesn't sound like THAT much but when you're at the top, its a spectacular view). Below you will see pictures of the Temple, flowers, and pictures of all of downtown from the observation deck. Today we actually hope to hike again.