Day 14 (7/12). (Harrison) Okay, so this morning we ate breakfast and changed and had some screen time. We went to Salt Lake City and we saw some Mormon temples and buildings and we saw some cool buildings. We met one of Daddy’s friends who is from Salt Lake City and he showed us around some of the Mormon buildings. We went into the Mormon Tabernacle building and heard a guy playing a huge pipe organ that had gigantic pipes and pencil-sized pipes. After that we went into a library and we saw some old books, including an old early Mormon hymnal from the 1830s and a first edition of the Book of Mormon. [Lin: okay, so I’m prompting Harrison a bit here. It was a heavy history and religion day for a 7-year-old!] We also went into the visitor center and saw a large statue of Jesus.

After that, we were STARVING, so we went to the Red Iguana for some good Mexican food. My dad said it is a famous place to eat [thanks to those who recommended this place! Yum.]. Then we did a short but steep hike up Ensign Peak. It was high at the top! We could see a lot from the top, including the city, the mountains and the Great Salt Lake.

After the hike we went to swim in the Great Salt Lake [Antelope Island], and it was very salty. You could float without helping yourself float! We just floated around for a long time. There were also a lot of small flies near the lake that would fly up in small clouds when we chased them. Elliot loved to chase them, and he looked like Pigpen from Peanuts. Then we dried off and had a quick shower to get all the salt off of our bodies.

Then we went to Target for snacks for our long drive tomorrow, and then we went to In-N-Out for burgers. That was my first time at In-N-Out. Mommy and Daddy say it is a famous place, but we don’t have any of them in Rhode Island. Then we went to bed.

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