October 29, 2004 - Banned

We didn't get very far today.

There was no access past the gate. They are working on the entrance road today.


Interesting. They are building a curb where I thought they were not going to have an access (or rather egress) road any more.

Checking back at the diagrams, I see that there is going to be a gated service and fire access road going up that side.


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October 22, 2004 Esther visits Temple Hill

I am feeling rather dull today and anyway there was not much in the way of exciting change to see, so not a lot of pictures and none of them really great, but Esther is cute.

I was surprised when we drove up the hill to see the road ahead to the parking lot blocked.
Instead you turn right along where the front of the temple will be, I think. Actually probably inside the future temple.



The construction super was busy meeting a new project assistant, so we didn't get to visit with him or pick up any news.

And he missed out on meeting Esther, who came up with Joseph, Andrew and I.
Look how tall they are and how small she is.

Esther did meet the two dogs, but I couldn't manage juggling baby, dogs, and camera. What kind of Grandma am I ?

She enjoyed wandering around the grounds a bit. She was mildly displeased that Joseph wouldn't let her eat any acorns, but there was so much to see and so much space to walk around, that she quickly moved on.

She examined the grasses (although it is hard to take a photo of her while holding hands.)


She enjoyed learning to negotiate the parking curbs.

Nothing to it if an uncle will lend a body part to hold.


We couldn't go too close to where they were working, but Esther helped me get this shot of the work at the entrance and parking lot addition.

And this one of the pipes waiting to go in.

Some kind of work is happening over at the tennis courts. It looks like they are removing the lights.


Esther and Andrew on the rock wall which is about where the font will be.

October 15, 2004 Temple Hill

A smokey haze from wildfires both in the Sierras and west of us in Yolo and Napa counties fills the valley. People with allergies and breathing problems are staying indoors as much as possible or wearing masks. Vigorous outdoor exercise is discouraged. Still, the work goes on.

Approaching the gates, we see pylons helping direct traffic flow up the hill to the left, the down side.

The new entrance road is being widened and gutters put in. The mailbox and street sign are on a temporary stand.

Meanwhile at the temple site, itself, work is about to begin. Salt Lake and the architect have agreed on the plans. Now, they just need to be reviewed again by the planning commission, but no big changes are anticipated. It is going to happen!

Right now, however, the real action is at the other end - the entrance road and additional parking area.

A small mountain range of gravel waits to fill in the new parking area.
What will happen here?

Do you remember that Joseph picked positions from which he hoped to shoot a series of pictures? Of the three, only one is left, the one by the corner of the storage/restroom building by the baseball fields. It will stay. (Shot from that building.)

He can still shoot from the position by the basketball court, but the post that was his marker is gone and a strip has been torn out of the court. (The distribution center and new caretaker's home are going to replace the basketball, tennis court area) Nothing much to see from there, yet. (Except the water trunk refilling at the moment.)

The third, is now a construction site and off-limits for insurance/safety reasons. These men are working right by Joseph's marker. "Do you think they moved my rocks?"

Despite all the construction, the turkeys continue to feed under the oaks in the picnic area. The construction didn't bother them, but they ran when I approached, not even all that close.

I need to run , also (dinner is late, the dog is muddy.), but if you want to see more pictures, there are one or two I left out. They are all in my Photobucket album

October 15, 2004 Temple Hill

A smokey haze from wildfires both in the Sierras and west of us in Yolo and Napa counties fills the valley. People with allergies and breathing problems are staying indoors as much as possible or wearing masks. Vigorous outdoor exercise is discouraged. Still, the work goes on.

Approaching the gates, we see pylons helping direct traffic flow up the hill to the left, the down side.

The new entrance road is being widened and gutters put in. The mailbox and street sign are on a temporary stand.

Meanwhile at the temple site, itself, work is about to begin. Salt Lake and the architect have agreed on the plans. Now, they just need to be reviewed again by the planning commission, but no big changes are anticipated. It is going to happen!

Right now, however, the real action is at the other end - the entrance road and additional parking area.

A small mountain range of gravel waits to fill in the new parking area.
What will happen here?

Do you remember that Joseph picked positions from which he hoped to shoot a series of pictures? Of the three, only one is left, the one by the corner of the storage/restroom building by the baseball fields. It will stay. (Shot from that building.)

He can still shoot from the position by the basketball court, but the post that was his marker is gone and a strip has been torn out of the court. (The distribution center and new caretaker's home are going to replace the basketball, tennis court area) Nothing much to see from there, yet. (Except the water trunk refilling at the moment.)

The third, is now a construction site and off-limits for insurance/safety reasons. These men are working right by Joseph's marker. "Do you think they moved my rocks?"

Despite all the construction, the turkeys continue to feed under the oaks in the picnic area. The construction didn't bother them, but they ran when I approached, not even all that close.

I need to run , also (dinner is late, the dog is muddy.), but if you want to see more pictures, there are one or two I left out. They are all in my Photobucket album