Day 4: In and around Salt Lake City

We got to sleep in today!  And then I was able to get in a good run at the hotel before heading out on our activities for the day.

Our first stop was the Olympic Park in Park City.  This is where the sliding events and some of the skiing events were held.  We took the guided tour, which was pretty interesting.  This is not the greatest time to visit the park though, as the athletes are between winter and summer training so nothing was going on.  Much of the snow was melting off the hills and the ice had melted off the sliding track.  If you go during training season you get to ride a bobsled down the track, which is pretty cool.

 This is the view from the top of the ski-jump hill.

 The medals for the Salt Lake games took 20 hours each to make and weigh over one pound.

Then we returned to Salt Lake City for some shopping and sight-seeing.  This is the view from the Capitol Building.

 The Utah State Capitol Building is pretty spectacular.  With all the marble and granite architecture it't the perfect example of a building that would be cost-prohibitive to build in modern day times.

These are all from Temple Square.  The Temple itself is a beautiful building but the whole area was beautifully landscaped and all the spring blooming flowers and trees were really pretty.