... the trip to Nauvoo.

Nauvoo Group

Today we left bright and early for Nauvoo. We have 9 sisters total, four in one car and five in the other. At one point this trip had over 20 people signed up! It was so fun to ride in the car with a couple of sisters that had not seen much of the midwestern United States. Farm country looks like home to me almost as much as anything, but Kentucky does not look like farm country for the most part. One girl even asked me what those big "machines" were on wheels out in all the fields... they are sprinklers. That move. She was amazed - we barely use sprinklers here in Kentucky, and you never see them in fields.

One of Rachael's dolls took the trip with us, too. I decided I would photograph "Dolly" in various places on the trip so Rachael would have some interesting pictures to look at. She really could care less about the Nauvoo temple or the Mississippi River; thankfully Ryan will be interested in my pictures.

We got to Nauvoo about 2:30 in the afternoon (Central Time) so we had some time to do some things around town. We went to the Visitor's Center, then had some dinner at the Hotel Nauvoo, then we walked the Trail of Hope on Parley Street down to the river in time to see the sun set. It was an awesome experience! It made me so grateful that we have never been asked to take only a few precious things and travel all the way to Utah, walking beside a wagon. Being there gave me a whole new appreciation for everything those Saints left behind.

Sunset on the Mississippi at the end of Parley Street