Around noon on Tuesday I took a short flight to Denver, Colorado to visit the Fort Collins and Denver Temples. I had not yet performed ordinance work in the Fort Collins Temple. I picked up my rental car and discovered that the Denver area has toll roads. I'm sick of toll roads after living in the Washington D.C. area for a few years, and because I was not in a hurry I decided to avoid tolls during my one-day trip to Colorado. I drove 90 minutes to the Fort Collins Temple. When I left the Denver Airport the sun was out and the temperature was quite pleasant. As I arrived in Fort Collins the rain was coming down lightly, the wind was blowing, and the temperature had dropped at least 10 degrees.
The first two photos are the Fort Collins Temple. It is new and beautiful. Prior to entering the temple I stopped at a local soup cafe and enjoyed a large bowl of lentil and buffalo-sausage stew. Then I returned to the temple and attended an endowment session during which I felt like a combination of an old man and an ADHD youth. When I wasn't dozing off I was fidgeting in order to avoid dozing off. Lesson? Don't go to the temple in a state of exhaustion.
Following the endowment session I drove 90 minutes back to the home of my Uncle Doug and Aunt Denise. Doug was waiting for me when I arrived. We chatted for a few minutes and then retired to bed. Cole (Doug and Denise's 13-year-old grandson) was kind enough to let me borrow his room for the night. The next morning I chatted with Erica (Cole's mother) and her two other sons for a bit, and then I drove 45 minutes to the Denver Temple.
I performed some initiatory work at the Denver Temple and then I drove another 45 minutes back to the Denver Airport to return home to Utah. I enjoyed my short, but productive trip to Colorado.
My rental car. Notice the license plate? Now THAT'S customer service.
Total cost of my one-day trip: $45
$11 - Airplane Ticket (I used points and only paid the airport fees)
$6 - Rental Car (I used points)
$13 - Food
$15 - Gas
