Montana Trip - Day 6

[woke up very early (0600L), and not on purpose... - got things organized for trip - first stop (0715) was at the ID card office (first day retired) - went pretty quickly - had to send Nicky some paperwork - tried post office (closed) and then headed towards Salt Lake City (I-15) - found a FEDEX (expensive) - made it into town (used 600N Street exit - road names not very imaginative...) around 0915 - took some time to locate a good parking garage (at the Plaza Hotel - $8 for whole day) - walked a short distance to the Family History Library - What a place! - I've heard about it for years, but being there was something special - building was five stories: US books (3), US films (2), family histories (M), Europe and Latin America (B1), UK & Ireland (B2) - dozens of computers on each floor - scores of film readers - row after row of research materials - as it was my first day, I spent a few hours looking through the books on the third floor - Nicky called with an "emergency" - had to stop research and make several calls - eventually got things straightened out - had lunch at a hot dog cart (ate in a pretty park) - back to the library - powered through third floor - down to second floor (microfilms) - continued research until around 1700 - went out to make some calls - had dinner at nearby diner (JB's): turkey stacker (pickle!) - back to library - researching on second floor again - before finishing for the day, checked out B1 and B2 - around 2000, decided to wrap things up - met a gentleman (from Texas) who told me about how we could watch the Mormon Tabernacle Choir singing - first went into Temple Square but found some people who said we needed to walk (south) to the Conference Center - it was a big building - lots of people "escorting" us around - sat and watched the performance for a bit (choir clapped for visitors, conductor talked to us) - left around 2100L and walked around a bit in Temple Square - pretty by night - post cards - drove home via I-15 & Hill Field Road - organized - emails - bed around 2355L.]