Day one: We left from Utah, up through Weber Canyon and on to Wyoming. We drove across wyoming and into Sydney Nebraska where we stayed at the Cabella's campground. It was beautiful
Until the massive Thunderstorm hit! It was a HUGE cell and it lingered over us about and hour or so, complete with lots of swirling clouds, rain and thunder and lighting. Poor Zeus was shaking in his boots....or paws.....The storm toppled our tent and broke on of the crucial poles, but we fixed it with electrical tape
As we got up the next morning, we stopped for gas and Nick never came out of the bathroom, so Kris went in to check on him and he was throwing up and was SO sick!! I felt so bad for him, but we pressed on. He threw up about every 10 minutes for about an hour and then it started to taper off to every 30 minutes. I felt so bad for him. By days end, he was not throwing up anymore, but he did not look good. He was sick!
This next picture is after our long nebraska day, this is heading into Lincoln, NE. It took about an hour to get through the city and then into Missouri, or as we have named it MISERY!!
We we arrived in Missouri at the end of day 2, our KOA campground had been closed up, so we were so tired that we opted for a motel. With the heat and humidity it was about 108 degrees outside. WAY TO HOT!!!!!!!!!! So we found this motel....i use that term loosely! If you didnt have to look around inside or use your nose, I am sure it would have been pleasant. Just imagine, heavily saturated cigarette smell (it was a non smoking room) stained bedspreads, a cooler that turned on...and that was about all it did.....a shower that was cold and musty...etc. etc...but we came in and crashed. The dogs ate lots of ice and we finally got some chicken noodle soup down nick! :)
Then we headed upward to Illinois, to Nauvoo. This picture is crossing the mighty mississippi river. It is truely a magnificent sight!
We headed to Carthage Jail first and let the dogs get out and rest and walk and drink lots of water. Kris took the boys on the tour first and then Caitlyn and I went. It was just she and I on our tour. I was so touched by the dark dungeon jail cell. It is where Willard Richards hid John Taylor after he was shot.
The spirit was very strong there for both Caitlyn and I
This picture of the Nauvoo Temple was taken at night, during a rain storm out the car window, but I thought it looked really cool! When we first saw the temple again, it took my breath away. It is spectacular and just so amazing to be there. It has been 7 years since were there.
A few pictures around Nauvoo:
We we arrived in Missouri at the end of day 2, our KOA campground had been closed up, so we were so tired that we opted for a motel. With the heat and humidity it was about 108 degrees outside. WAY TO HOT!!!!!!!!!! So we found this motel....i use that term loosely! If you didnt have to look around inside or use your nose, I am sure it would have been pleasant. Just imagine, heavily saturated cigarette smell (it was a non smoking room) stained bedspreads, a cooler that turned on...and that was about all it did.....a shower that was cold and musty...etc. etc...but we came in and crashed. The dogs ate lots of ice and we finally got some chicken noodle soup down nick! :)
Then we headed upward to Illinois, to Nauvoo. This picture is crossing the mighty mississippi river. It is truely a magnificent sight!
We headed to Carthage Jail first and let the dogs get out and rest and walk and drink lots of water. Kris took the boys on the tour first and then Caitlyn and I went. It was just she and I on our tour. I was so touched by the dark dungeon jail cell. It is where Willard Richards hid John Taylor after he was shot.
The spirit was very strong there for both Caitlyn and I
This picture of the Nauvoo Temple was taken at night, during a rain storm out the car window, but I thought it looked really cool! When we first saw the temple again, it took my breath away. It is spectacular and just so amazing to be there. It has been 7 years since were there.
A few pictures around Nauvoo:
Joseph Smiths grave
Nate and Kris in front of the Red Brick Store where the RS was 1st organized
Nate sporting a hat and spectacles from the time period: Pretty cool look for him
The kids in front of the Nauvoo Temple
Ok, so then we left Illinois and went into Indiana. We stayed in Granger Indiana and this little guy was found the next morning as we were packing up the tent
Also, we came across this most awesome store. It is a grocery store but at night it looks like some sort of haunted place. It was great!
I have pictures on Facebook of Kirtland, OH. My camera batteries were not charged for some reason when we got there, so the phone had to do, I loved Kirtland. I was saddened though as you go through the tour that the spirit is just not there. The reorganized church...or Church of Christ, as they are now called, owns the building. The did not elaborate of the great and important events that happened there, just that they did have a vision of the savior and they did talk abit about the construction of the building and why they followed Joseph Smith III instead of Brigham Young. It was very interesting
After Ohio, we got into Upstate New York. Nick really wanted to see Niagra falls. We thought we would save time by not taking the toll road and just going through town...BIG MISTAKE, it took us about an hour longer by not taking the toll road, so we learned a valuable lesson. But we finally arrived. We took the dogs down to the falls with us. They were going crazy, likely due to 6 days of riding in a car....but they had fun! People would stop and stare at them and want to pet them. It was like they had never seen a dog before. :)
Nate and Kris in front of the Red Brick Store where the RS was 1st organized
Nate sporting a hat and spectacles from the time period: Pretty cool look for him
The kids in front of the Nauvoo Temple
Ok, so then we left Illinois and went into Indiana. We stayed in Granger Indiana and this little guy was found the next morning as we were packing up the tent
Also, we came across this most awesome store. It is a grocery store but at night it looks like some sort of haunted place. It was great!
I have pictures on Facebook of Kirtland, OH. My camera batteries were not charged for some reason when we got there, so the phone had to do, I loved Kirtland. I was saddened though as you go through the tour that the spirit is just not there. The reorganized church...or Church of Christ, as they are now called, owns the building. The did not elaborate of the great and important events that happened there, just that they did have a vision of the savior and they did talk abit about the construction of the building and why they followed Joseph Smith III instead of Brigham Young. It was very interesting
After Ohio, we got into Upstate New York. Nick really wanted to see Niagra falls. We thought we would save time by not taking the toll road and just going through town...BIG MISTAKE, it took us about an hour longer by not taking the toll road, so we learned a valuable lesson. But we finally arrived. We took the dogs down to the falls with us. They were going crazy, likely due to 6 days of riding in a car....but they had fun! People would stop and stare at them and want to pet them. It was like they had never seen a dog before. :)
Enjoy these pics of the falls
This is Canada, across the way from where we were
The American side of the falls
This is a tour boat you can take where you put on the rain gear and drive up to the falls and get all wet. Not really feasable without passports and with 2 big dogs
After Niagra Falls we headed to Palmyra and stopped at the sacred grove first. Caitlyn and Nick entering the grove. I hung out with the dogs and let Kris and the kids experience the grove. I have been 2 other times and felt like they needed to go. It was nice to stretch out on the grass and read and NOT DRIVE!
The next morning we got up and headed to the Hill Cumorah. We hiked to the top and this is the view
Below are Caitlyn, Nate and Nick up at the top of the hill by the statue of the angel moroni
We drove down through New York to Massachusetts and drove across the state from West to East before turning North to New Hampshire and Maine
Ok, this picture is out of order, but I couldnt delete it. It is of Kris holding a turtle we found in the grass by the Red Brick store in Nauvoo. He picked it up and it proceeded to pee on him.
This was driving into Maine...finally....we were greeted by the misty rain and lots of fog!
More fog. We were very close to the ocean
After we got to the KOA at old orchard beach in Maine, we got all set up and Caitlyn started this magnificent fire. It wasnt really that tall....the camera stretched it out, but we roasted hot dogs, marshmellows etc. We were really hoping for lobster, but it was so late and we were all SO tired!
Just a few pictures of how tuckered out we were...especially the puppies. Now when we said "do you want to go for a ride" they would just look at us like "you have got to be kidding"
Cute Caitlyn in the tent
Nate
One of the cute lobster restaurants near the beach
Nick and Caitlyn at the Atlantic ocean....so fun. They were so excited. Neither had been to the beach before
sorry this one is sideways....Caitlyn was pointing the way to the water
And off they went...in clothing, into the ocean!! Oh, so much of their mother in them! It was great!!!!
One last one of them playing in the water. Luckily we did have dry clothes in the car
This is Canada, across the way from where we were
The American side of the falls
This is a tour boat you can take where you put on the rain gear and drive up to the falls and get all wet. Not really feasable without passports and with 2 big dogs
After Niagra Falls we headed to Palmyra and stopped at the sacred grove first. Caitlyn and Nick entering the grove. I hung out with the dogs and let Kris and the kids experience the grove. I have been 2 other times and felt like they needed to go. It was nice to stretch out on the grass and read and NOT DRIVE!
The next morning we got up and headed to the Hill Cumorah. We hiked to the top and this is the view
Below are Caitlyn, Nate and Nick up at the top of the hill by the statue of the angel moroni
We drove down through New York to Massachusetts and drove across the state from West to East before turning North to New Hampshire and Maine
Ok, this picture is out of order, but I couldnt delete it. It is of Kris holding a turtle we found in the grass by the Red Brick store in Nauvoo. He picked it up and it proceeded to pee on him.
This was driving into Maine...finally....we were greeted by the misty rain and lots of fog!
More fog. We were very close to the ocean
After we got to the KOA at old orchard beach in Maine, we got all set up and Caitlyn started this magnificent fire. It wasnt really that tall....the camera stretched it out, but we roasted hot dogs, marshmellows etc. We were really hoping for lobster, but it was so late and we were all SO tired!
Just a few pictures of how tuckered out we were...especially the puppies. Now when we said "do you want to go for a ride" they would just look at us like "you have got to be kidding"
Cute Caitlyn in the tent
Nate
One of the cute lobster restaurants near the beach
Nick and Caitlyn at the Atlantic ocean....so fun. They were so excited. Neither had been to the beach before
sorry this one is sideways....Caitlyn was pointing the way to the water
And off they went...in clothing, into the ocean!! Oh, so much of their mother in them! It was great!!!!
One last one of them playing in the water. Luckily we did have dry clothes in the car
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