Our Trip to DC -- Part III: More Nauvoo

Our second and final day in Nauvoo was as good as the first one. We kicked it off by going to church, attending an all missionary ward, with about 350 missionaries, that started at 8am. It was kind of fun to attend that ward, because the majority of members in it are all senior missionaries. They were all so kind and welcoming to us, as you could imagine. I think it would be awesome to serve a mission with Daniel in Nauvoo!! Maybe someday...




This is an old covered wagon at the end of the Trail of Hope (the road all of the saints walked down as they were leaving Nauvoo). The Trail of Hope is so cool, because on the side of the road, there are all these plaques with quotes from the early members of the church and their experiences leaving Nauvoo. How hard that must have been!


Daniel, on the banks of the Mississippi River. At the end of Trail of Hope.


These next few pictures are from the Old Nauvoo Cemetery, where a lot of the pioneer saints were buried. I loved it! It is now officially my favorite cemetery ever ... and I've been to a lot of different cemeteries. It's just so OLD! And it's hidden from view because it's back a ways in a grove of trees. It was so peaceful, because it was off the road, so there were no sounds of human activity anywhere, and right next to it, there was just a big field of nothing. You could clearly hear the birds and the bugs, and I loved it. As you could imagine, it had a special feeling about it, along with the rest of Nauvoo.








Daniel in front of the gunsmith's, .... I think.


At the Brickyard.


Daniel in front of Brigham Young's house. Of course he had to get one of these!


Preaching in the Hall of Seventies.



At the Blacksmith's Shop, with a cute Sister Missionary.

Daniel got a really good deal on a really nice hotel, so this is where we stayed our last night before arriving in DC. It was way nice, but they charged an arm and a leg for breakfast! Lame! Luckily, we brought our own cereal and milk. :)




The bed was heavenly!