Road Trip Day 3,4,5

We arrived in Nauvoo Sunday night and got checked in. We stayed at a place called the Hotel Nauvoo and it was about a block from the temple. Monday morning we walked around the temple grounds then went down the Visitors Center. We went on a wagon ride that take you all around the old town and talks about all the houses and building and tells you what they were used for. Then we went on a carriage ride that goes back into the country a little bit. After the tours we went back and looked at all the old buildings downtown. We got a Nauvoo brick and got to make a rope. Later that night we went back down to a play that is put on by all the senior missionary couples. It tells the history of Nauvoo and what happened in the town. It was really entertaining actually. Then there was supposed to be another show outside, but it was a down pour and there was a tornado warning so it was cancelled.

Tuesday morning we did a session in the Nauvoo Temple. It was very beautiful inside and we were lucky to have the officiator and the Temple President talk to Jon and I about all the different murals that are inside and more about the temple with just the two of us. It was neat experience. After the temple, we loaded up again and headed over to the Carthage Jail which was about 20 miles away. We took the tour of where Joseph Smith was killed which was also very neat.

Nauvoo, IL Temple

This is wagon ride tour we went on.

Jon's favorite was the Jonathan Browning gunsmith house. He is the creator of Browning guns.

At the living learing center we saw how they made candles, barrels, and helped make this rope that we were able to keep.

Carthage Jail.

These are the original shackles that were used.

Original gunshots through the door.

This top window is the one that Joseph fell through after he was shot.