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Selling my house became official today. This closes an era of my life and I’m thoughtful and missing Tiffany today, like I do every day, but more so than usual. We lived in that house for 18 years. Ronald Osmonson came to my motorhome with all the paperwork. His wife Judy passed away from breast … Read more…

I met Terry Folsom today, he volunteers at the temple. His name was interesting to me. One of my best and earliest friends in life is Doug Folsom. We share the same birthday and have kept in touch all these years. 50 years ago Terry lived about 100 miles north of Spokane in a little … Read more…

You’ll want to see the aerial video for this temple (below). It’s the best I’ve done yet. The temple is up on a hill overlooking the valley and the Great Salt Lake, it’s pretty cool. The open house for this temple was in 1994. I went there with Tiffany and our four very young children (5,4,2,1). … Read more…

Growing old. It’s what we all hope we get to do, yet most of us probably fear it too. I was in a waiting room of the Jordan River temple and a group of very elderly people came into the room. One of the men was surrounded by three women, and he was telling them … Read more…

I visited the Manti, Utah temple today. The niece of my good friend was married there this morning and I attended the sealing. This temple is unique in many ways. What makes it special to me is that Tiffany and I were sealed there in 1987. Being there without her today was difficult. I walked … Read more…

Temple #3 completed today! That makes 3 in one week, off to a good start. The Boise temple has a unique layout, similar to Dallas and a few other temples built around the same time in the 1980’s. Everything is all on one level, and it was a little confusing to figure out how to … Read more…

Before visiting the temple, I ate lunch at a local Mexican restaurant in Twin Falls named La Fiesta. Strangely their name wasn’t on the building, but there were two American flags flying. The food was good, and the color of paint worked for a Mexican restaurant.This temple looks much like the Rexburg temple. They were … Read more…

I brought my daughter Emily to BYU-I in Rexburg, ID and figured this was a great place to start the temple trip. She was with me for a few days in Utah and I needed to get her back to school. Emily and her roommates (Julie and Tiya) came and visited me in the motorhome. … Read more…

I’ve decided to sell my house, give away and sell all my stuff except for what I need, and move into my motorhome. My plan is to go visit all the Mormon Temples in the United States. There are almost 80 of them. At the end of January 2015 I purchased a brand new 2015 … Read more…