Updated Temples List

Last Friday, my wife Jessica and I had the opportunity to volunteer at the open house of the new Oquirrh Mountain Temple. The public tours hadn't started yet, so we were dealing with the Very Important People who had special invitations and were given guided tours and a light buffet.

With the number of guests slowing to a trickle in the rainy afternoon, we decided to take a tour through the structure.

I don't mean to sound biased just because this is "our" temple. It really is incredibly beautiful. The chandeliers are all in the shape of some kind of star. The celestial room is, of course, wonderful. And the grounds are very nice. If this temple had been done before we got married, I think I would have tried to talk Jessica into getting married here.

One interesting thing about this temple is that it doesn't have the double-wide seat in the ordinance rooms like the Draper Temple has. I don't know what this means, but it must mean something...

With this visitation, I have now been to twenty temples! That is 2/13th of the worldwide supply. The updated list:

1. Bountiful Utah

2. Denver Colorado
3. Draper Utah

4. Idaho Falls Idaho

5. Jordan River Utah

6. Laie Hawaii

7. Las Vegas Nevada

8. Logan Utah

9. Los Angeles California

10. Manila Philippines

11. Manti Utah

12. Monticello Utah

13. Mount Timpanogas Utah

14. Oquirrh Mountain Utah

15. Provo Utah

16. Rexburg Idaho

17. St. George Utah

18. Salt Lake

19. San Diego California

20. Washington D.C.

I have been to 11 of the 13 temples in Utah--I've yet to visit the temples in Ogden or Vernal. On our vacation to Idaho last summer, we were going to stop by the Ogden Temple on our way up to Island Park, but opted not to because Hayden had finally fallen asleep in the car and we didn't want to stop and wake him up.

Who knows if I'll ever make my way up to Ogden. I've survived just fine for almost 30 years without ever stepping foot in that great city. Maybe I oughtta keep it that way.

CRITICAL UPDATE:

I thought of an easy road trip that would take a long time, but would knock off the following temples: Ogden Utah, Twin Falls Idaho, Boise Idaho, Columbia River Washington, Portland Oregon, Medford Oregon, Sacramento California, and Reno Nevada. Eight temples, just like that.