We visited six states (Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois) and traveled over 2,000 miles:
Far West:
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| Picking dandelions at the temple site |
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| One of the four cornerstones |
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| Picnic lunch |
Adam-ondi-Ahman:
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| With cows in the background |
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| The valley is so green and beautiful! |
Nauvoo:
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| Youth baptisms |
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| Our AirBNB on Parley Street, 1 mile from Historic Nauvoo |
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| At the visitors' center |
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| Family Living Center... |
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| ...Carding Wool |
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| ...Dipping candles |
Country Fair:
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| Stick pull |
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| Wagon ride around Nauvoo |
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| Carriage ride around Nauvoo |
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| Blacksmith and wainwright shop |
More photos of the county fair:
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| Red Brick Store |
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| Women's statue garden |
Ice cream for breakfast at the AirBNB:
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| Nauvoo Temple |
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| Sun stone at the Visitors Center |
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| Mississippi River |
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| There were tons of big, beautiful lily pads! |
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| Grandma's Beauty Parlor |
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| At the Temple Welcome Center |
Carthage Jail:
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| Cultural Hall... where our cultural halls got their name! |
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| Robert Browning gun shop |
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| Sunset on the Mississippi performance |
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| Trail of Hope |
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| Pioneer cemetery |
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| Sack races |
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| Learning the Highland Fling |
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| Blacksmith shop |
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| Waiting for the pageant to start |
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| Nauvoo Pageant (Photo credit: Alan Gibby/Church News) |
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British Pageant (Photo credit: Alan Gibby/Church News)
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| Graves of Joseph, Hyrum, and Emma |
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| Swimming at the Keokuk Aquatics Center |
West Des Moines:
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| We had lunch and played at Smash Park... |
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| ...While Scott visited with his Uncle Dale |
Garden Grove:
Richmond, MO:
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| Grave of David Whitmer |
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| Alexander Doniphan statue (In the background, the inscription on the Richmond courthouse reads "Obedience to Law is Liberty") |
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| Site of the old log jail where Joseph rebuked the guards |
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| Oliver Cowdery's grave and the Three Witnesses Monument |
Liberty Jail:
Independence, MO:
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| We wanted our picture taken with the Christus, but our photographer cropped Jesus out |
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| UN Peace Plaza and Fountain with the Independence temple plot and Community of Christ temple in the background |
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| Independence Visitors' Center |
Kansas City Temple:
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...with ice cream sundaes from Sam's Club
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