Comments on: Yeah, Me Neither

By: brent

brent — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 19:12:26 +0000

like many of you, my wife and I thought we would like to try to visit all of the temples, but as they proliferated we modified that goal to trying to visit all of the temples that existed when we were married. Though that’s still several (DC was the newest, then), it’s more do-able. We’re in Indiana, and looking forward to one here, as ground was just broken for the Indianapolis temple!

By: Julia

Julia — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 02:42:26 +0000

My step-sister’s grandparents went to all the temples at the time on their honeymoon. Not sure exactly how many, but they went to Europe and Hawaii, I think. Now even trying to visit all of them in a lifetime would be pretty impossible. My step-sister always wanted to visit all the temples when she and he husband retired, but recently she changed that to all in Europe, and all the US temples before retirement.

By: The Other Clark

The Other Clark — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 23:03:40 +0000

I remember the cover of my “Book of Remembrance” that had all the temples printed in a circle. This was the late 1970s, and there were only about 12, if I recall. Nauvoo and Kirtland were out, and Pres. Kimball hadn’t begun his Boise/Taiwan/Argentina series of temples with six detached steeples.

By: David Y.

David Y. — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 06:46:18 +0000

Interesting seeing them together like that; it’s easy to separate them into three distinct groups: (1) the chateaux/castles (St. George, Logan & Manti), (2) the spireless moderns (Cardston, Hawaii & Mesa), and (3) “the outliers” (Nauvoo, Kirtland & SLC). Thanks.

By: CS Eric

CS Eric — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 04:12:13 +0000

I had the same flipchart on my mission. And like a lot of you, I set the same goal of going to all the temples in the world. It will be a lot of work just going to all the ones in the US now.

By: lindberg

lindberg — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 20:04:37 +0000

I’ve still got my mission flipchart somewhere (from the mid-80s, but I think it was based on the same packet of pictures dating from the early 70s, judging from the fashion in some of the photos!). I seem to remember that page of 16 temple pictures. I’ll have to check tonight and see if I can find it.

I, too, remember as a child setting the vague goal of visiting all the temples in the world (we were at 16 when I graduated from Primary.) Not such a realistic goal anymore…

By: Grant

Grant — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 19:58:44 +0000

OK, Mark B. That makes sense. I can visualize Ogden and Provo glowing (night pic for Provo?) down on the bottom by Washington DC. (I still miss the orange steeple)

By: John Taber

John Taber — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 17:56:19 +0000

I remember the Primary Sacrament Meeting in 1980 (for the Sesquicentennial) included a parade of children holding up a picture of a temple, and stating its name. (Mine was Tokyo. I thought having a temple in Asia was cool.) You wouldn’t be able to do that now.

By: kevinf

kevinf — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 17:44:38 +0000

My wife and I when we were first married talked once about doing a tour of all 15 temples when we retired. I think we figured there would be a couple more by then. Retirement is still out there a few years, but I somehow don’t think we are going to make it to them all now.

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 16:15:21 +0000

I had that same flip chart, Grant, in Japan from 1973-75. And mine went in the trash before I came home, too. But, it had just 16 temples, including Ogden and Provo, and an architect's rendering of Washington, D.C. Mine did not include Kirtland or Nauvoo. Speaking of temples, there's a nice essay in today's Wall Street Journal by John Turner about temples, and his recent experience attending the open house of the Brigham City temple.