West Coast – Day Four – Park & Hare Krishna Temple
Oh today! Well, yesterday, really.
Since I’m vegan, I tend to remember things based upon what I was eating at the time.
Molly and Mandy dears slept in a bit so I trekked to Wild Oats to get water and some black berries. And then to Jamba Juice to get a smoothie. I walk back home… well, to Molly’s home, which is my home away from home till Thursday.
The troops were up and I shared some wonderful blackberries with Mandy. And then we went to Sage’s Cafe. Sage’s Cafe was amazing. Breakfast! It was most definitely on par with Macy’s Cafe in Flagstaff, which, if Nikki’s* reading is a big big deal, huh?
I got a Milk Shake! A MILK SHAKE! Being vegan, we love milk shakes more than you. Always. Teehee! And then I got Breakfast Tacos. They gave the burros at Macy’s a definite run for their money. Mandy and Wayde got flapjacks and Molly got nothing because of her poor lil tummy. *Happy thoughts for Molly’s tummy*
From the cafe, we went to Liberty Park and walked around a bit. We checked out a museum that’s in Brigam Young’s old house. Nice digs, sir. The museum housed Utah folk art. Some of it was really fun.
The museum was great. I bet there are places around where I live like this. But when you’re traveling, you tend to notice such things. I like little town museums.
In this park, there’s a little section with tiny carnival rides. Swings, Marry-Go-Round, etc. Without much thought, I, with the rest of them, got a ticket for the ferris wheel. Mandy and I climbed on and it spun us up. We got to the top and it stopped to let on other people. I nearly lost it. I had figured that heights would suddenly not bother me anymore because I flew and didn’t die. Smart Eric. At the top I grabbed Mandy’s arm and said “Serious, do me a favor, don’t rock it.” It must have been so incredibly difficult to not rock it. My request was silly. Why go on something like this if you can’t rock it a bit?
But suddenly I was ok with it. It’s not a amazing feat, of course. The ferris wheel was small. Really small. But I conquered it! Woo!
More walking around the park later….
And we decided that today would be a good day to go to the temple. The Krishna temple, I mean. So we drove the hour or so (thanks, Molly) to the temple.
It was Sunday, so the feast was on. We got there and they were finishing Nrsmha Prayers, the last prayers of the evening. Everybody filed out and I took some pictures of the deities.
And then I went downstairs to look at some books in the store and to take prasadam. I ate a bit and talked to this new devotee, Brandon and an Indian fellow a little younger than me named Sunil. Great people. So nice. And it was great to be around devotees. I was happy. Yay!
I bought about $120 worth of books. Including one for Jeff about Warfare in ancient India.
This temple has llamas and cows. So we went out and said hello.
Hi!
Oh and llamas…
And the Molly Lllama!
It was a much lovely day.
*Nikki is supposed to be out of cell and internet range/connection for two weeks while she works in Sequoia National Park in California. If you have a moment, send some nice thoughts/prayers her way. It can be a bit dangerous out there.
