One of the main reasons we chose to stay at Palisade State Park is so that we would be close to the Manti Temple. It has been undergoing refurbishments and now that they are complete the temple is open for the public to tour (anyone can go in) before it is dedicated again. My sisters and I (and our aunt Mary who lives in Manti) were able to go through it on Saturday. The Salt Lake Temple is iconic but my favorite has always been Manti because my maternal grandparents lived in Sanpete County so I spent a lot of time there. My grandfather did sealings in this temple and we always attended the pageant on the grounds in the summer. This temple was built by the pioneers who settled in the Sanpete Valley and it opened in 1888. I was most impressed with all of the 19th century furniture, art work, and chandeliers (which looked like they might have originally featured gas with hand blown glass shades). The interior is very beautiful and is definitely worth seeing.
Note: The open house was very disorganized. We had reservations and we still had to wait close to two hours outside in the rain (the ushers informed us that our wait was nothing compared to other days).
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