Day Three

Well my worst fears were confirmed this morning. It snowed. I guess I should have taken some pictures of the snow. Luckily it was only flurries and by the time we got out of church they had stopped. I guess on the bright side I can now say that I have driven while it is snowing. We had breakfast at the hotel and then off to church.

Once this block of meetings were over we came back to the hotel and had lunch and then headed over to the sacred grove. It was beautiful. We read from Joseph Smith History and just kind of wandered around a lot. We were in the grove for about an hour and a half to two hours.

For more information about the events that transpired to restore the gospel of Jesus Christ to the earth once more check out http://www.josephsmith.net/josephsmith/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=497679179acbff00VgnVCM1000001f5e340aRCRD&locale=0

After the grove we had a tour of the Smith Farm and the surrounding buildings. It was super windy and freezing, but we had a blast.

Top: Me at the Log Cabin

Bottom: The Log Cabin and the homestead 85 % of which is original.

Too bad they don't know exactly which parts.


Then we drove into town and tried to play a visit to the place that the Book Of Mormon was first published, but they were closed for filming a documentary of some sort.

So we drove to the Hill Cumorah Visitors center and a trip to the top of the hill completed our Palmyra experience.

Then we drove back to the hotel, had dinner and settled in for the night.

Check back tomorrow for more of the adventure.

Day Two

Well the day started early, cold, rainy and with two unexpected surprises. The first came when I went to get ice and forgot the key card in the room. Which to many would not be that big of a deal especially since I am traveling with my best friend. Except my best friend was in the shower and happens to be hearing impaired. So not only was I stuck outside in the cold, literally, she couldn't hear my attempts to get back in. I took a deep breath and then sat down and called my Dad. I know you are thinking, how did she manage to grab her cell phone, but not the room key? The answer is no clue? Eventually she did hear me though and I was able to get back into the room, but Deb still ended up packing the cooler while I got ready since I wasted all that time locked out of the room.


The second surprise came after breakfast when we hit the interstate. I noticed that my driver's side view mirror was shaky, so I inspected the one on the other side to see if there was something wrong with the tires. Much to my dismay I discovered that sometime in the night or early that morning someone must have hit my mirror, knocking it loose. See picture below:

The Good news is that it only shakes if going more than 55 miles an hour and I do not think it is in danger of falling off. We drove about 300 miles today. Through Pennsylvania and to New York. Here are some pictures that Deb took from the car, trust me the view was much better in person, but hey that is the best I can do since you didn't get to come along.

We made it to the Palmyra temple about 5 minutes before the time that we needed to be there so most of our pictures were taken after our session here are a few pictures of the temple, cameras are not allowed inside.

Here is a picture that deb found online of the stained glass mural inside the temple. Click on the link for the story behind it all. http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideNav=1&locale=0&sourceId=40428c6a47e0c010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD