Friday, September 2, 2011
Montana Trip - Day 7
[up at 0630 - had to go by the ID place again (0715) to correct problem (no line, quick) - big breakfast at Burger King - drove downtown - easier and quicker to get to parking - got a ride from hotel bellman to nearby post office - bought post card stamps (Pandora starts) - walked back to Temple Square (several blocks) - beautiful day - in Library by 0900L - spent some of the morning on the 2nd floor (more US microfilms - air conditioning (!) - around 1100, went down to B2 (UK & Ireland) and went through all the books I could stand - worked straight through lunch - found lots of things from UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand - then got Irish films - near end of afternoon, back to 2nd floor for more US films I'd missed - walked next door for dinner around 1730L (JB's again, salad & soup) - saw a man almost get run over by the UTA (train) and heard the engineer scolding him on a loudspeaker ("you're old enough to know better!") - called Nicky & kids - finished up the day on the 3rd floor (US books), CDs - beginning around 2000, explored the library (places I hadn't been) - genealogies of the Mormons - was going to walk across to Temple Square again but, instead, took a tour of the LDS Museum next door - friendly people again - lots of interesting displays (life mask of Joseph Smith, portraits and displays of the Presidents of the Church) - ended up getting a personal tour of a gentleman who told me the special revelations of each man - talked about statehood, beehive meaning, abandonment of polygamy (jokes about multiple wives not being able to get along, one wife good enough anyway! - he himself had been married for 55 years) - afterward, walked back to car (cold!) - noticed large pigeons on top of train station (to ward off real ones ?) - drove back to VQ - getting easier - watched some TV and went to bed earlier (2300L).]