Day 7 June 10th
Church with the Broadheads and we drove to Nauvoo, Illinois in the afternoon. We saw lots of frogs in the campground pond and watched a tortoise try to bury himself in the dirt. Played a noisy game of Settlers. Mike played on all our sympathies frequently pointing out he had no place to continue building his cities because we had blocked him on all sides. Well, guess what. He won. He always wins. Always. It's annoying.
Day 8 June 11
Met the Broadheads in historic Nauvoo. Nauvoo was a city founded by the early LDS church in 1839. They left the city in 1846 to head west. Today, there are 30 historic sites from that time period such as a printing shop, homes, blacksmith shop, bakery, mercantile store and several hands on activities. Oh man, there is just so much! In the printing shop we learned how they painstakingly placed the typeset to publish their weekly newspaper. The blacksmith shop taught us how the Mormon pioneers made horsehoes, yokes, and covered wagons. One site taught us how they made rope and baked bread. We ended at the children's game site. The kids used stilts, Jacob's ladder, climbing bears, spinning tops, stick pulls and whirly gigs. Lots of laughter and competition were experienced.
Before the Broadhead's headed back to Iowa, we stopped at the Nauvoo Bakery for some tasty treats. Sigh..then we said goodbye. It's always sad. However, but we are grateful we got to spend so much time with the Broadhead's.
Day 8 June 12th
Stopped at Carthage Jail, Illinois. This is where the LDS church's founder was martyred along with his brother Hyrum. It was a somber experience to stand in the room where four people defended their lives as a 200 member mob stormed the jail and shot and killed Hyrum and Joseph Smith.
That night, we camped outside Indianapolis.
Day 9 June 13th
Camped in Thompson, Ohio. There was quite a bit for the kids to do, particularly a ginormous blown up jumping pad they wore themselves out on. I caught up on laundry.
Day 10 June 14th
We decided to stop at Niagara Falls on our way to Palmyra, New York. This made for our longest travel date yet, but it was so worth it! We rode a boat to the base of the falls, got pretty wet and stood in wonder of the natural beauty of the three falls.
Got into Palmyra, New York after dark.
Day 11 June 15th
Visited the historic Joseph Smith family farm and homestead. Walked in the sacred grove where Joseph Smith went to pray about which church he should join in 1820.
Day 12 June 16th
Drove to Plattekill, New York outside New York City.
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