Nauvoo–First Day

The Beautiful Nauvoo Temple

We arrived in Nauvoo around 1:00 today.  We are staying with Brett Allen who is the son of long time friends of ours, Janet and Richard Allen.  Brett and his family are living in a 100 year old home that is fantastic. The wood work is beautiful.  We have our own room with a king size bed and Brett is very familiar with

                                 Brett’s beautiful backyard

Nauvoo and is being the perfect tour guide. WoW!  Nauvoo is unbelievable.  We are so happy we took the time to come here and learn even more about Church History.

This statue was very sad to me – it is of Joseph and Hyrum as they rode out to their deaths at Carthage

They knew they would never return to Nauvoo.

Inside the Visitor’s Center on Nauvoo

General Store and shopping with Brett. my ‘tour guide’

Inside the John Taylor Home.  This is a picture of the original horse that belonged to John Taylor’s son.  When they moved into this home, Brother Taylor’s son was crying because he had to leave his horse behind.  So, John went out in the dead of night and crossed the frozen Mississippi to retrieve the horse for his son.  He had to go under the cover of darkness so as not to be seen by the mob.

Cemetery

Joseph’s parents, Lucy and Joseph.  Hyrum, Joseph and Lucy’s graves

In the evening the senior couples did a skit for us – awesome!!!

The Vocal Majority – they are from Brigham Young University and have been on television.  They were great – sang without any music, just what they did by making the sounds themselves.