Last weekend my dear friend, Andrea Madsen was in town. Andrea's brother-in-law is the construction manager for the Oquirrah Mountain Temple and we got to have a private tour and sneak peek! I was soo excited...what an opportunity! It may be hard to tell what is what in the dark construction photos, but I thought it would be fun to share anyway. A few thoughts I had while going through:
-Love the two staircases that will face eachother on the main floor (like Bounitful and Timpanogas)
-Since this is a "smaller" temple, I love how intimate it will feel
-The views are just incredible. I almost wish there was a way to keep the windows clear...they framed the outside view like a painting!
-As we were on the third floor, I looked up through the skylights (so cool there are skylights...love the beautiful natural light) to see Moroni just above us. So cool! More windows I wished could stay clear...that really was neat to look up and see that.
-Amazing the attention given to the quality of construction. It was pointed out to ust that the wood moulding around the doors in just one room of the baptistry had taken 2 weeks to put together.
I believe the temple is scheduled for completetion in the Spring of '09 and I can't wait. Our stake is in charge of the open house so I'm sure there will be lots of opportunities to help out.
5 comments:
What an amazing opportunity. That is so neat. I am sure it was dear to you as well since it will be "your home temple". Thanks for all the details and cool pics. Not that it isn't special, but it will mean just that much more when we get to go through it.
Awesome Julie...now tell me how they got that name...
Good question, Mia!
The mountains to the West (Bingham Copper Mine) are called the Oquirrah Mountains. It is kinda a different name, huh?
WOW - that's really really amazing! I might just hop up for that open house! Amazing amazing attention to detail...
Shay
Thanks for sharing that. Carmen and I drove by the Vancouver BC temple a few weeks ago. It's set to be complete in Oct '09...months before the '10 Winter Olympics.
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