Draper Temple Open House

Starting last Thursday, the new Draper LDS Temple opened to the public for tours. These tours will last two months, and then the temple will be dedicated and closed to the general public.

The predictions are that one million people will tour the temple in two month's time. I thought these statistics seemed a little high. Now, after watching the roads leading to the temple parking lot for several days, I can see that real possiblity.

In order for the roads (our roads) around the temple to avoid congestion, the church has organized an efficient way for people to get to the temple site. Full-sized buses load up tourists from LDS wardhouse parking lots in Draper City. So....if you are driving up Rambling Road toward our house (and the temple), you may be driving behind three or more buses going up the hill. Same deal with our other incoming road--Mike Weir Drive.

I don't mind the buses at all, especially if the alternative is thousands of cars clogging up our streets.

Paul got out of bed Saturday night just before midnight. He glanced out the window to see two buses pulling out of the temple parking lot. It was the middle of the night, and the buses had been going since 8 o'clock that morning! Maybe the prediction of one million visitors isn't so unrealistic after all!