We woke up in a lovely truck stop parking lot and the first thing I saw when I got out of the Highlander was Powerade bottles full of pee all over the ground! I understand it is inconvenient for truckers to have to stop everytime they have to use the bathroom, but come on... at least dispose of the bottles in a garbage can. It was sick looking it someone's urine in a bottle. So after I had my dry heaving under control, we departed lincoln and headed to nauvoo!
We were so excited to see Nauvoo, but by the time we got there it was already 4 pm. We didn't have a ton of time that evening, and we were planning to pull out early the next morning. When we got to town, we headed over to the log cabins where all of the church leaders lived. We didn't really get to tour anything there, just drove through. We checked into our hotel and decided our time would be best spent by going through a session at the Nauvoo Temple. It was just gorgeous. The outside was built to 99% accuracy of the original building. (They added a fire exit and changed the Angel Moroni.)
The temple president was in the lobby when we finished the session and he was telling us about the inside of the original temple and how different it was from the current construction. Also, he pointed us down a hallway which houses some artifacts from the times. There were paintings, temple keys, temple aprons and shoes... but the thing that was really neat to me was a sword that belonged to Joseph Smith that he had given to someone. That was the first thing I've ever seen that actually belonged to the Prophet. He touched it, he carried it. It was amazing for me to have a quiet experience reflecting on my gratitude for Joseph Smith.
After the temple, we walked around the little town and took some pictures, then called it a night and crashed in our lovely king sized hotel bed :)
kinda blurry, but still cute!
little tobes being afraid of heights. he wouldn't jump down
view from our hotel room
The open door is our hotel room. It was a nice place with a big comfy bed!
All in all, we absolutely loved Nauvoo. Even though we didn't get as much time there as we could have hoped, it was amazing to be in the temple there and to reflect upon Joseph Smith and the restoration. Little did we know, so many unforgettable experiences awaited us.
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