Tuesday, Carla and I left for Utah so Carla could escort Elizabeth through the Provo temple in receiving her endowments. We got a late start and drove to Beaver, where we stayed the night at the Butch Cassidy Inn. This heavy snow greeted us Wednesday morning.
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Unfortunately, when we started the Saab, a warning came on of a headlamp out–we had a blown bulb on the passenger side. We drove to Orem and checked into the La Quinta Inn. Carla and Elizabeth went shopping for temple clothes, and I bought a headlamp bulb. I had changed these bulbs in our old Saab, so made the attempt at John's house. But as I thought I was completing the job, the clip in the headlamp assembly that holds the bulb in place fell into unknown parts in the engine compartment–John and I make great efforts to locate it but couldn't. The auto parts store didn't sell the clip; they said you'd have to buy a whole headlamp assembly. I didn't like that idea. Anyway, we took Elizabeth, John's family, and Jenny's brother Mike to dinner that night at the Provo Tucanos. After we got back, I did an internet search and located a Saab mechanic in Sandy.

Elizabeth went through the temple Thursday morning. John, Jenny, Carla, and I went through with her, as did a co-worker from Deseret Industries, and two former roommates and one of their spouses. It was a nice experience, and the temple workers were kind and helpful.

After the session, Carla and I took Elizabeth to lunch at Milagro's, a new Mexican restaurant in Orem. It was interesting fare–not what we are used to in California. After we left Elizabeth, I called the the Saab mechanic in Sandy, Matt Finley. He checked with the Saab dealer in Salt Lake City and was able to order the missing clip from them for 90 cents plus $10 overnight shipping. John and I made one more unsuccessful attempt to locate the missing clip using some strong magnets at the end of a plumber's snake.

Carla wanted to see some quilts on display at the Church History Museum in Salt Lake City, so we went to see that exhibit. From there we went to the Deseret Book Store where Carla ordered a new quad set of the scriptures. As we were cutting through Temple Square on way back to the parking lot, I stopped to take this picture of the Salt Lake temple.

Just then, heavy rain began falling. We ducked into a doorway of the Tabernacle with some other folks and learned that the Mormon Tabernacle Choir was shortly going to start a concert. So we waited there briefly when they opened the door for us, and we stayed for the concert. It was short, but we enjoyed it; and, by the time it was over, the deluge had eased, so that we made it back to the car without getting too wet.

The next morning, Carla and I drove back to Salt Lake City to Welfare Square. There, two cute sister missionaries from the Philippines led a tour of the facilities. A couple from Utah and their friends from the Provence in France were on the tour with us. Here is a table there showing a box and its contents that can provide food for 4 for a week.

We went through the employment services area, DI store, cannery, bread bakery, and dairy-products processing area, and, at the end of the tour, were treated to good cheese, bread, honey, and chocolate milk made there.

Friday afternoon, we drove out to Sandy to get the Saab headlamp bulb and clip put in. On the way, we took a side trip to see the lovely Draper temple.

In Sandy, we met Matt, the owner of the Saab repair shop Boyd's Automotive. He bought the shop when Boyd retired. Matt was born in Glendale and lived for a time in La Crescenta. His assistant Jason replaced the clip and bulb, and we returned to Orem just in time for a dance program in the Orem High School fieldhouse, put on by the children at the elementary school attended by John's older boys. Jonah, Max, and Bentley all danced with their grades. Here's Jonah (in the blue-stripped pants) with his Kindergarten classmates:

Milo and Ruby enjoyed watching the program with their parents and us.

After the program, Elizabeth came over, and Jenny fixed dinner. The next morning, Lori Pettit drove Laura and Ella to our motel, and we drove Laura and Ella home with us. On the way out of Utah, we stopped at Cove Fort. Elder and Sister Atwood, a couple from Price serving a year-long mission there, showed us an introductory film and then gave us a good tour of the fort.

They let us climb to the top of the fort where we could see the surrounding territory.

The sunny weather on the way home was the first we had on our trip, and traffic wasn't bad on the highways. We enjoyed our visit with Elizabeth and John and his family.