The Temple

Pocatello Idaho Temple

My 45th Temple

We decided to take a Valentine's Day trip to the Pocatello Temple in 2022. We drove there and back on a Saturday. We had a 2 o'clock initiatory session. The temple is large and beautiful. It was dedicated in November of 2021, so when we visited it was a very new temple. It is located at 3100 Butte St in Pocatello.

The Trip

Since we drove out and back in one day, we didn't have a lot of time to explore Pocatello very much, but we did stop on the way home in Soda Springs to see the geyser that is set to go off every hour on the hour. It blows 70 feet in the air and is worth the visit if you happen to be in the area of Caribou County Idaho. It was discovered in 1937 by mistake and it is now the world's only capped geyser - being controlled with a timer at the request of the Secretary of the Interior, who said that it was throwing Old Faithful off schedule. With its current schedule it doesn't throw off the world famous Old Faithful, and it's actually pretty nice as a tourist to be able to know when to expect the geyser to erupt. We waited for the eruption and were standing close enough that we got wet. We walked around a little bit, although the outer edges of the geyser did have snow on it. Closer in was too warm so the snow melted. We would have stopped at Lava Hot Springs also, but it looked really crowded and there was no where to park, so we just kept driving.

Geyser Park at Soda Springs

February 2022

April 2024

Our Trek Family at the Pocatello Temple in April 2024

We took our Trek family on a trip to the Pocatello Temple, and in addition to visiting the geyser again in Soda Springs, we also went to Lava Hot Springs and went swimming. That was also a lot of fun!