After flying into Salt Lake City late on Friday, Saturday was really our first and only day to experience the city. We started the day by heading down town to check out some of the impressive architecture at the heart of this city.
Driving into downtown Salt Lake City
Stopping by the local library
Its a very impressive building
Utah really likes its bees
The fallen comrades
An albatross in the Tracy Aviary
Shooting through a fence is a challenge
The Andean Condor removes all doubt that birds were dinosaurs
rawr
A Southern Ground Hornbill with its lush eyelashes
Glamour shot of this Green Parrot
Those feathers look very fluffy
The Parrot’s red brother
This little guy is about the size of a softball, adorable
This Owl is terrified…
of whatever this owl is planning
This bird has a hat
This Sun Conure is in the middle of a pedicure
More fluffy birds
A majestic Bald Eagle
Is this Peacock dead?
Nope, he was just sleeping
Salt Lake City is also the new home of the Mormons
That’s a large Temple
“Its only a model”
The Utah state Capital Building
Abe of the golden schnoz
Philo Farnsworth
We stopped at a Lake on the way to Moab
Justin always taking photos
Jonathan always on his phone
The valley of the wind
We continued driving until we reached our motel in Moab, by then it was already dark. We retired to be up early to try and get a spot on the ranger guided tours of the Fiery Furnace in Arches National Park.
A Clash of Coasts 