Utah, Arizona, Grand Canyon w/Sedona, AZ – Part I
Tour Director: Patti Olson
Tour Name: Arizona, Utah & Grand Canyon with Sedona, AZ
Tour Date: June 21-29, 2018
Tour Director Thoughts/Highlights: “An adventurous group of 32 travelers embarked on a journey by air to Salt Lake City, Utah, where we began with a group dinner at a Japanese hibachi restaurant. Only the brave tried eating with chopsticks! Then, after a tour of the Mormon Tabernacle and the city, we began an amazing trip through several western National Parks (Canyonlands, Arches, Bryce, Zion, and the Grand Canyon). We also cruised through Antelope Canyon on Lake Mead, floated down the Colorado River at night, and rode by train from Williams, AZ, to the south rim of the Grand Canyon. There were so many amazing vistas as we traveled with our coach driver, Trevor, to each of the parks, ending up in Sedona, AZ, for a farewell cowboy dinner and concert of well-known cowboy songs. If you have never been to the southwestern U.S., this is a great tour that takes you through the landscape well-known for its red rock mountains and canyons.”
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- Crossing the Rockies.
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- First view of Red Rock mountains.
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- Approaching Great Salt Lake, Utah.
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- Salt flats along the Great Salt Lake. The salt content is 25%!
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- Really? We’re going to eat with chopsticks??
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- Salt Lake City first group meal at Benihana, a Japanese restaurant. So entertaining!
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- Tepanyaki is the Japanese word for a hibachi dinner. This was our group welcome dinner in Salt Lake City.
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- Mormon Tabernacle with its domed roof and pink sandstone pillars.
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- Meeting Hall in Temple Square.
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- The Mormon Tabernacle is open to the public. The organ and woodwork are beautiful.
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- We listened and could hear a pin drop. The acoustics under the dome roof are amazing.
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- The Angel Moroni atop the temple
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- The Mormon Temple. Only members may enter.
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- A banjo playing cowboy entertained us on the train while on way to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.
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- Arizona, Utah & Grand Canyon with Sedona, AZ, Group Photo 2018
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- Steam Train
Photo Credits & Captions: Tour Director Patti Olson
Part II & III Coming soon!