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I can't believe it is our last day of touring. These three weeks have gone by in a flash. Our last stop was Winter Quarters near Omaha, Nebraska</div>
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There is a lovely visitors center and garden in Kanesville, across the river from Winter Quarters.<br />
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Brigham Young and the saints constructed a log tabernacle - built in three weeks out of green cottonwood logs. It was a large place so that the saints could meet together. It didn't last too long as the logs shrunk and cracked. The community of Kanesville decided to build a replica to celebrate an anniversary a few years ago. It is built on the same footprint out of cottonwood logs (this time not green ones). The church purchased it for $1 from the community and you can now tour it.<br />
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This was an important place, where Brigham Young organized the first presidency in the manner it is is today.<br />
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Our next stop was in the Winter Quarter's visitors center, across the Missouri River. I was excited to see Isaac Morley's violin. He is still my hero. Also, in this visitor's center you begin by watching a film about the events in the area. The film contains quotes from pioneer journals and Mark and I were excited to hear quotes from his ancestor (Patience Loader) and from mine (Lucy Hannah White Flake)<br />
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Apparently Brigham Young was an early scout leader because he had a dutch oven<br />
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There was a quilt show on in the bottom story of the visitors center. Since I love looking at and creating quilts, this was an added bonus.<br />
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I loved this one, in an ombre style of color placement.<br />
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We solemnly marked the passing of the 99th dead raccoon we have seen on our journey. Ok, maybe I am exaggerating. It was probably more like 97. This poor little guy tried to make it to the Winter Quarter's Temple Grounds but forgot to look while crossing the street. Apparently raccoons are smart enough to wash their food before eating, but not to look both ways. R.I.P my little friend.<br />
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Under this monument is a plaque containing names of those who lost lives here before crossing the plains. Listed is my ancestor, Samuel Flake.<br />
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There are beautiful stained glass windows on all sides of the Temple.<br />
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I love traveling with my husband. It was fun to have three whole weeks together. I love my funny, handsome, good to the core husband Mark.<br />
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On Saturday morning, before our trip to the airport, we took Keith and Carol into Bass Pro Shop for a huge dose of Americana. As you can see, some people take to stuffed bears better than others. Carol made friends with the grizzly, Keith kept his distance.<br />
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Traveling with the Brooks was marvelous. They are relaxed, interesting and fun companions. We loved feeling the Spirit with them in so many sacred places. We look forward to many more trips to come!</div>
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We have seen a lot of LDS visitor's centers during this trip, and the one in Independence is lovely. There is a display of old photographs going back to Joseph Smith's birthplace in Sharon, Vermont and on through Nauvoo that I especially loved. As always, there were wonderful couple missionaries and sisters and elders there. I was excited to meet someone from Arizona, Elder Ili, who is cousins to the great Ta'ase family in our stake. </div>
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Across from the LDS visitors center is the Community of Christ's Temple. The former Reorganized Church now has their headquarters in Independence. The building is beautiful. This is taken from inside the sanctuary, looking up at the spiral that is meant to resemble a shell.<br />
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We attended the "prayer for peace", a daily event where there are prayers and music, each day mentioning a specific place in the world where prayers are needed. I found it interesting that you can take photos in the sanctuary and anywhere in the temple, but not in the museum.<br />
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It is quite an accomplishment for this church of 250,000 members to have built this temple.<br />
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After the visitors center, we went to the Missouri Mission Offices where we visited with our friend Kim Seaman and met other lovely couple missionaries and elders. Kim and her husband Mike are on a mission. We love these good people that were our dear friends in Show Low. We got together later for dinner and had great fun catching up.<br />
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Our visit to Liberty Jail was a powerful experience, mostly due to sweet Sister Gonzalez who taught us about the history and brought the Spirit. It was a time I will not forget.</div>
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I feel a little bad smiling in this pic when there is such a solemn scene behind us. I had many thoughts and emotions at Liberty Jail. There is much criticism and questioning of Joseph Smith. One can draw an opinion ranging from near worship to disgust based on what you want to find. Section 122 verse one says: <i style="font-family: Palatino, 'Palatino Linotype', Pahoran, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: #333333;">The ends of the earth shall inquire after thy name, and fools shall have thee in derision, and hell shall rage against thee</span></i><br />
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But I don't believe a sincere person can study the history of the prophet in Liberty Jail and read the revelations received there (Doctrine & Covenants Sections 121-123) without feeling impressed by the principals therein. These sections, received in a foul place, are full of humility and grace. When Joseph cried out for help the Lord reminded him that his adversity and affliction would be but a small moment. I think that rather than his own pain, Joseph's greater desire was to see the suffering of the saints alleviated. <br />
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How humbling it would have been to write down this instruction from the Lord: <i><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); color: #333333; font-family: Palatino, 'Palatino Linotype', Pahoran, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18px;">No power</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); color: #333333; font-family: Palatino, 'Palatino Linotype', Pahoran, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18px;"> or influence can or ought to be maintained by virtue of the </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); color: #333333; font-family: Palatino, 'Palatino Linotype', Pahoran, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18px;">priesthood</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); color: #333333; font-family: Palatino, 'Palatino Linotype', Pahoran, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18px;">, only by </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); color: #333333; font-family: Palatino, 'Palatino Linotype', Pahoran, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18px;">persuasion</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); color: #333333; font-family: Palatino, 'Palatino Linotype', Pahoran, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18px;">, by </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); color: #333333; font-family: Palatino, 'Palatino Linotype', Pahoran, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18px;">long-suffering</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); color: #333333; font-family: Palatino, 'Palatino Linotype', Pahoran, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18px;">, by gentleness and meekness, and by love unfeigned; </span></i> I'm sure I would have been hoping that my answer from the Lord would be prison walls falling down, and a tornado wiping out the despicable persecutors of the saints.<br />
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I love Joseph Smith. I love him in his frailties and in his strengths. He was a prophet of God and my life is immeasurably better because I have learned mighty truths from the Book of Mormon, Doctrine & Covenants and Pearl of Great Price, and because I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.<br />
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Jeffrey Holland in this superb article called <a href="https://www.lds.org/ensign/2009/09/lessons-from-liberty-jail?lang=eng">Lessons From Liberty Jail</a> says that this place became a prison-temple, and reminds us that any place we are can become holy if we are seeking the Lord and following the Spirit. I contrasted the feeling I had in the temple of the Community of Christ with the Spirit I felt in Liberty Jail. I enjoyed the serenity and beauty of the Community of Christ's elegant building, but I felt the Spirit in the holy ground of Liberty Jail.<br />
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We all felt a bit nostalgic as we left our cabin in Nauvoo. We enjoyed the four days we spent there in our cozy cabin. If you go to Nauvoo this is a great place to stay!<br />
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Apparently, Mater has moved to Nauvoo.<br />
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We took one more look at the Nauvoo Temple...<br />
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and said goodbye with Joseph and Hyrum.<br />
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We drove across the river into Iowa where you can see the Temple rising above the trees, its reflection in the Mississippi.<br />
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At a rest stop I was entranced by the fried cheese balls. Of course, these are not edible without ranch dressing to complete the cardiac overload.<br />
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Our trip has all been in chronological order except for Missouri. We are going back in time from Nauvoo to the saints time in Independence. Our first stop was Adam-ondi-Ahman. There are beautiful rolling farm hills owned by the church and leased back to farmers. It is exciting to think of the events to take place here before the millennium.<br />
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Even though there isn't a visitor's center here, there are nice restrooms and shady trees and some picnic tables at different sites.<br />
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At Far West, the temple site is marked by four cornerstones and there is a large monument.<br />
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It was late afternoon and the shadows were long and the temperature was lovely. Missouri is so beautiful. After all the prophetic promise this place held, leaving it must have been heartbreaking.<br />
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We started our day at the Community of Christ visitors center, paying our $3 fee and waiting a few minutes for our tour to begin. There was a great gift shop and a small display that included a letter from Emma written in the years after the saints left Nauvoo. It loved reading it as it gave insight into her personality more than anything I have read.<br />
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As we walked between the sites I soaked in a little more Fall to take with me back to Mesa.<br />
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This is what remains of what was a large Nauvoo Hotel. There is a large open room upstairs that groups can still rent.<br />
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Photos are not allowed inside the homes owned by Community of Christ. It drove me a bit crazy because there is so much there I want to remember. This half log/siding cabin was the home that Joseph and Emma spent the most time in during the Nauvoo years. Everyone remembers the Mansion house, but they loved this home. The well is the original one they found when they moved in. This home was already here and they added on.<br />
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The mansion house that survives is minus a large wing. When Joseph leased the hotel part (he was going in the hole) he and Emma gave up their large bedroom and one for the children and lived in a small room with a very small adjacent room for the children. Lucy Mack was in a downstairs room and this is where she kept the 3 mummies that Joseph had acquired. She called them "curiosities" and you could see them if you paid a quarter.<br />
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My hero, Newell K. Whitney owned this desk. When he left Nauvoo, he left it as a gift to Joseph Smith's son, Joseph III. He said he wanted him to know that the pen is mightier than the sword.<br />
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We traveled about 30 miles away to Carthage and the Visitor's Center there.<br />
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These are the stairs the mob took to the second story. Joseph, Hyrum, Willard Richards and John Taylor had stayed the night before in the jailers own large bedroom. At about 5 in the afternoon the mob rushed in.<br />
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As Hyrum braced himself against the door, shots were fired and one pierced the door and hit him in the head, killing him instantly.<br />
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Years later, when the jail was converted to a home, the family that owned it kept the door, cutting out this piece at the edge of the door and replacing it with a metal plate. Decades later, when the LDS church was working to restore the jail, someone came with an old toolbox that contained this wooden piece - fitting perfectly and showing another bullet hole.<br />
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Joseph was shot from outside the jail, falling through the window to the ground below. The first prophet of this dispensation was dead. This was the part of the day when I cried for sorrow.<br />
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We returned to Nauvoo in the afternoon and walked the "Trail of Hope". This is a path along Parley street that is lined with journal entries from those who were forced to leave Nauvoo. As we walked, we took turns reading the entries. This was one of my favorite parts of our Nauvoo visit. I felt a great spirit there - witnesses from those who had left Nauvoo, and also the witnesses of my husband Mark and good friends Keith and Carol Brook. As we each took turns reading I felt the power of their testimonies and goodness.<br />
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There were trees huge green warty fruit all over the ground under a few trees<br />
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I had to look them up - they are osage oranges. I thought they smelled kind of nice inside. Everyone else hated the smell.<br />
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Carol demonstrated her hidden talents. She continually surprises us!</div>
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In the evening we dressed and went to the Nauvoo temple to attend an endowment session. I felt such a powerful feeling as we entered the doors. After all the church history we have been witness to in the past weeks, it was almost overwhelming. As I thought of those last frantic weeks when sections of the temple were finished and dedicated so that the saints could be endowed before they left Nauvoo, I felt gratitude for my own temple blessings.<br />
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I love the beautiful Nauvoo temple. I feel that the saints that built it must attend it with their angelic presence. This was the part of the day when I cried for joy.</div>
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Of course a good soak in a front porch tub is the proper way to start a day in Nauvoo.<br />
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A wagon tour of Nauvoo is a good way to wake up in the morning. The Sister dressed in pioneer garb in the back wears a Britney Spears head set and narrates the sites as the horses clop along. The seats are padded and comfy and the jokes are corny and cute.</div>
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You can also take a carriage ride that is a smaller conveyance pulled by the same big Belgian horses. Our missionary guides were a cowboy from Nephi Utah and a great storyteller from Nibley Utah. I wonder if they ever let sister missionaries drive the carriages or the wagons. I think I might want to be the first.</div>
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In the print shop there are occasional glimpses of the 21st century - like a sister with extravagant hair reading her iPad. You go girl!<br />
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Nauvoo was a very different church site from Kirtland. In Kirtland there was an emphasis on the revelations received there. In Nauvoo there is more emphasis on daily life and history there - with analogies at each site relating to daily life.<br />
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My favorite story was about John Taylor. When the family was forced to take only the necessities, his little boy was heartbroken about leaving the rocking horse his dad had made him behind. They crossed the river and camped. The next morning when he woke, the boy found his father gone, he didn't return all day. Late at night the boy saw his dad riding in on a horse and in the dim light he saw what he was carrying - the rocking horse. This story touched me because Mark made a rocking horse for Rachael when she was a year old and it endures as a very well loved steed. Last Christmas he made two more for each family of grandkids.<br />
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Our day in Nauvoo ended with a production put on by the Senior missionaries. It was funny and delightfully amateurish. If you serve in Nauvoo you are obliged to be a performer. You receive the gift of tongues to memorize your lines and the gift of courage to pull it off.</div>
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We pulled into Nauvoo at 8:30 pm. The temple drew us in. There were several people about and the air was balmy. I don't need to tell you that the temple is beautiful.<br />
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I appreciate that temple sites are always so artistically lit. This statue of Joseph and Hyrum on their way to Carthage is between the Temple and the river down the hill in the distance. Of all the sculptures I have seen on this trip - this is my favorite.<br />
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We are staying at <a href="http://www.nauvoologcabins.com/Sites/US/IL/Nauvoo/NauvooLogCabinsLLC-77752/Web/Home.htm">Nauvoo Log Cabins</a> in the "Nixon" cabin. Each one is authentic, reconstructed on this site from somewhere else. There is a history of the builder and occupants. Mark and I are upstairs in a large room with two bunks and a queen bed. Where are all our kids when we need them? This is a fun place for families to stay.</div>
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In fact, across from us was the LaDuke family. Alicia Brimhall LaDuke is originally from Snowflake. Our families have been friends for many years. It was great to see her and her cute family.<br />
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We attended the Nauvoo ward today. The Bishop's name is Joe Smith. It is probably confusing for nonmembers.<br />
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Hyrum, Joseph and Emma, along with Joseph's parents and others are buried in this site owned by The Community of Christ (formerly Reorganized Church).<br />
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There was a large group at the gravesite, all the women in long dresses. One family stayed behind and we visited with them for quite a while. They are the Bishop family from Independence, MO. They belong to a church that broke off from the Community of Christ several years ago. As Brother Bishop said, "They left us." It is called "The Restoration Branch". They believe that the Community of Christ became worldly and lost their way. It was fun to talk to this friendly family who revere the Book of Mormon just like we do.<br />
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At church we ran into old friends Dot and Boyd Williams. The Williams daughter Jody was our son Max's first piano teacher. We love this great family. They are here in Nauvoo serving a temple mission. They invited us to their apartment where we visited and ate warm apple crisp. Seeing people we know has been an unexpected gift of the journey.<br />
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Here we met this nice family which let us photobomb their portrait. They were all a bit reserved.</div>
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The recreation of Lincoln's boyhood cabin has a young Abe reading by a dying fire while his parents snore in the bed and siblings sleep crowded in the trundle bed. One of his favorites of the few books they owned was Aesop's Fables. I wanted to hang out in here a while. I felt like he might look up when he finished a chapter. </div>
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I was very interested to see the Lincoln-Herndon law office where Abe practiced. There was a district court on the third floor where Joseph Smith was once tried. Missouri was trying to extradite Joseph back there but were unsuccessful. Mary Lincoln attended part of this trial. We couldn't go inside because the office is closed for renovation. </div>
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There are four beautiful blocks around Lincoln's home that are a step back in time.<br />
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Lincoln's home is largely intact - much like it was when he and Mary raised their four sons there, prior to moving into the White House. The Forest Service runs the park and takes the tours through.<br />
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I loved this quote by Mary Lincoln. They were permissive and indulgent parents. Three of their four boys did not reach adulthood, so this probably was a wise course.<br />
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Driving through Lexington Kentucky was a bonus I didn't anticipate. I knew we would be traveling south to Elizabethtown, the town Carol's grandmother was born in - but mile after mile of beautiful pastures, horses and homes was more heavenly than I could have hoped for.<br />
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Carol's grandmother was a Haycraft, her ancestor a famous part of Elizabethtown's history. He was a Revolutionary War soldier, fort builder and community leader. Sarah Bush Johnston, the woman who would become Abraham Lincoln's beloved stepmother lived in a 14 x 14 cabin belonging to Samuel Haycraft. Leave it to our friend from England to have the coveted "link to Lincoln" that all Americans strive for!<br />
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In the cemetery, next to Carol's relative, lies the body of another community leader and relative. I loved the creative spelling on his headstone. Apparently spelling wasn't a prerequisite to work as a stone carver.<br />
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There is a fine museum with friendly volunteers and gems like this one.<br />
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Even though Pepsi rules around here nowadays, early Elizabethtownians once had better taste.<br />
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An area as long as five football fields and I don't know how wide, is surrounded by a berm of earth, carefully and exactly laid out. Inside the berm there are many burial mounds containing remains and artifacts from as early as 600 B.C. The mounds are geometrically intricate, some indicating summer and winter solstice, even 18 year lunar events. Mind blown.<br />
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It was beautiful and warm today - about 80 degrees<br />
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One of my chief joys is tracking down great places to eat. Today Keith was referred to this bakery and sandwich place staffed by Amish bakers. Why oh why don't the Amish and Mennonites migrate west?<br />
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We visited three sites with burial mounds today but my hands down favorite was the Serpent Mound. It is unique in all the world, the largest effigy site in the world. There is a tower you can climb to see the mound that undulates from a wide stretched serpents mouth biting an egg down to a spiral tail. It is absolutely fantastic - mysterious and wonderful.</div>
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I loved the note in the restroom. Who would dare to disobey an edict directly from "Serpent Mound". Ignoring this stern warning and flushing a feminine product would surely mean a poltergeist experience would follow you to the end of your days. WARNING DULY NOTED!<br />
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I was especially taken by the history of Kirtland. I know we are visiting Ohio at an idyllic time of year, when the temperatures are comfortable, the trees aflame, the apples crisp and pumpkin patches around every corner, and that the winters are different, but still my heart breaks at the loss. I can't imagine the disappointment Joseph must have had in those that turned against him and the church - the division amongst those who had worshipped together, seen angels and glorious manifestations. It was the best and the worst of times.</div>
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Amidst all this there were men like Isaac Morley. I love Isaac Morley. He was part of Sidney Rigdon’s congregation - a generous man providing space for others to live communally on his property. He was prepared when the missionaries came and was converted with Sidney Rigdon and the rest of his congregation. Isaac’s magnanimity continued, providing shelter and help to many newly minted Mormons, including a home for Joseph and Emma. A remarkable vision of the Father and the Son took place in the schoolhouse on his property.</div>
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A kind missionary couple, the Horsleys told us about Isaac Morley and his family. We walked the leaf-soft trail up the hill that once held many log homes and the school. I was struck by all Isaac gave up, a prosperous farm and land and then realized that all of it was gone, sunk back into the earth. Trees have grown back over cleared land, leaves cover foundations, logs have crumbled into dust. Isaac’s mansion was built sacrifice by sacrifice in another place where moth and rust will not corrupt it.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the original door and hardware at the stairway that lead up to the room Joseph and Emma stayed in for a time at the Johnson home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Can I just say how much I love Carol? She is hilarious, brave (especially crossing bridges), tells great stories and is really fun to cry with. Sometimes we laugh and cry at the same time.</span></div>
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I think I am finally going to be able to remember that it is Kir<b><i>t</i></b>land Ohio, not Kir<i style="font-weight: bold;">k</i>land. (Thanks for the confusion Costco). The visitors center is set amid beautiful flowers and grounds on many acres.<br />
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We started in the Newell Whitney home where Joseph and Emma stayed when they came to Ohio. The Whitney home and store are the actual structures, others have been recreated. The chair in the Whitney's bedroom actually belonged to Brother Whitney. The Whitneys are my heroes, They lived consecrated lives, giving all their resources both physical and spiritual to further the gospel.<br />
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The thing that is even more impressive about their service is that in Kirtland, apostasy and division in the young church was the cause of much of the persecution. It must have been so hard to be faithful in those days. Even some apostles lost faith, it was a time of turmoil. The bright promises of Ohio were dimmed by dissension.<br />
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Walking on the original floorboards in the big room above the store was fabulous. Each creaky step made me think about Joseph and Emma taking those same steps.<br />
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This small bedroom was a sanctuary - especially for Emma above the busy store.<br />
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At this table Joseph received many revelations for the church.<br />
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In this small room was the school of the prophets. Don't worry Emma, we didn't spit any tobacco juice on the floor.<br />
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Here we read the testimonies of those that saw a vision of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ in this room.<br />
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A few miles away from the LDS visitor's center is the beautiful Kirtland Temple. We started with a film in the visitor's center of the Reorganized Church. Our marvelous tour guide then took us into the Kirtland temple. We made our way through each story with another couple from Canada. My favorite part was sitting on the benches together while Keith Brook played "The Spirit of God" on the piano and we all sang. My heart was beating fast, thinking about the 1000 people that had gathered and sung it at the dedication. There was a marvelous spirit there.<br />
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At our request - and for an additional donation, we were able to take a special tour of the temple. We went with flashlights down in the basement to see the construction details. We climbed up narrow steep steps that wound up into the bell tower. The last steps took us out into a small area where we could see for miles.<br />
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The wood shake roof is like the original.<br />
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Kirtland is so beautiful, it makes me sad to think of what might have been if the Saints had been able to stay - but there was much more to come as the Lord tried and tempered his people.</div>
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We sat in a queue wasting gas at the border crossing into Canada. The officials specialize in questions that make you feel so guilty.<br />
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<li>"How long are you staying?" We're staying o<i>ne day. Too long? Not long enough? Is 24 hours too little time to pay proper respect to our host country?</i></li>
<li>Keith nearly blew it when he said we were staying 12 hours. "So you are leaving at 3:00 in the morning? <i>Oh, sorry, we're really staying 24 hours, just long enough to pick up the drugs and make fun of some Mounties.</i></li>
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Call me naive but I had no idea that the Canadian side of Niagara Falls is totally whack. Our first clue was this upside down house. There are about 15 haunted houses where you can wander around in the dark being scared by tired mechanical creatures. There is a Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum. There is Louis Tussaud's Wax Museum. You get the picture. I thought Niagara Falls was a honeymoon destination but the Canadian side caters to families who have hyperactive children with bad taste. Which pretty much describes every family with young children.<br />
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If you ride the boat to the Falls on the American side, you board "Maid of the Mist". On the Canadian side you ride "The Hornblower". The horn really works. It almost blew me overboard when it blasted off.<br />
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It really was fun to cinch my plastic poncho around my face and get peppered by the spray.<br />
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Mark's goal was to get soaked and he pretty much did that in the front of the boat on the bottom deck. Keith joined him.<br />
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After crossing to the American side, we parked on Goat Island and explored the National Park. It was nice to have a less commercial atmosphere. The park is beautiful.<br />
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You can cross the Niagara River on three different bridges and get close to the falls.<br />
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Across the street from the restaurant was an old empty building. The words over the building are shadows left by long gone letters. I wonder what kind of church was here. We are so used to seeing these words emblazoned in beautiful gold letters over the entrances to our temples. This building looked so forlorn. It made me think about the temple the Mormons were forced to abandon in Kirtland, Ohio - which is where we are heading next.</div>
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In the stake center was a very large friendly woman, wearing sweats and slippers and carrying a fleece blanket to snuggle in while she watched conference. We visited back and forth. She seemed so interested in us that I showed her this picture I had just created, thinking she would enjoy it. I asked her "Is this funeral home really pronounced Am I Gone?" She said "Yes, and funny thing, I just lost my husband 8 weeks ago."</div>
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We drove over the border into the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. It has the best view of both falls.<br />
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This is the small Whitmer cabin that saw the beginning of the organization that would share a great spiritual awakening on this earth. 50 or 60 early saints crowded in this humble room and made legally official what had already been set in motion by a far greater power. </div>
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For many years I have anticipated a visit to the sacred grove where Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ appeared to a fourteen year old Joseph Smith. It was cold and windy as we walked from the log home the Smiths lived in. The air was calm in the grove, only the tops of the trees were moving. We split up, each taking his own path through the grove.</div>
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<i> I have had many "sacred groves" in my life. Heavenly Father has answered my prayers. He has testified of His son to me through the scriptures, my own feelings, and in the beauty of the earth. There have been times that I have felt the powers of darkness grip me. I have felt utter fear and despair. I have felt light and hope when the Spirit came. </i></div>
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This Angel Moroni is holding the Book of Mormon. I bet he was so grateful when he got to bury it and quit lugging it around. I bet he was equally grateful to deliver it to Joseph Smith and see it come forth to the world.<br />
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The Grandin Building where the first editions of the Book of Mormon were published was a wonderful stop, mostly because of remarkable Sister Lay, who gave us a tour and bore testimony of the truth she believes. Of all the great things we saw that day - her testimony was the best.<br />
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In what was once the township of Harmony, Pennsylvania, there is now a beautiful LDS visitor's center and many historical sites. You can read about them <a href="https://www.lds.org/church/news/president-nelson-dedicates-newly-developed-priesthood-restoration-site?lang=eng">here</a>. This statue by Avard Fairbanks is also on Temple Square and depicts John the Baptist conferring the Priesthood on Joseph and Oliver Cowdery.</div>
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Carol and Keith Brook and Mark and me in front of Joseph and Emma's home<br />
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To me, one of the most poignant parts of this site was a film in the Visitor's Center. It begins with the sound of a shovel and Joseph digging a grave for their first child. Later, while translating the Book of Mormon, Joseph recites to his scribe, Oliver Cowdery one of the revelations about little children having eternal life (Mosiah 5:25 <i>And little children also have eternal life) </i>Joseph jumps up from the table and we see him through the window as he runs to Emma who is hanging clothes on the line. He speaks earnestly to her and then they embrace and weep. The good news of the gospel is personal and beautiful.<br />
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There is a lovely grove of sugar maples where Joseph and Oliver were given the Aaronic Priesthood by John the Baptist<br />
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Joseph and Oliver baptized each other here in the Susquehannah River<br />
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My first Adams hero was not John, but Abigail. She was strong, intelligent and an able partner to her strong willed and opinionated husband. I do not believe John Adams would have been such a mighty force for good in our nation without her. I loved the tour of John's birth home as well as the small home next to it where John and Abigail spent the first 10 years of their married life.</div>
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After serving in England as ambassadors for 4 years, the Adams purchased a larger home and property and called it Peacefield, in honor of the peace after the Revolutionary war. Four generations of Adams would live here and then it was eventually donated, complete with original furnishings to the United States government. It is now maintained and operated by the National Park Service.<br>
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There is a separate ivy covered brick building that houses a library, built by Charles Adams. Charles was John's grandson and the son of John Quincy Adams. He became wealthy the old fashioned way by marrying a rich woman. He built this beautiful library to house his father's extensive book collection, as well as his own.<br>
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Charles was very interested in world religions and had many volumes about the subject. Before I could ask, our guide told us about Charles traveling to Nauvoo where he spent hours speaking to Joseph Smith about the Mormon religion. Joseph gave him Emma's own Book of Mormon. When we asked if we could see it, the guide pointed it out, lying open on the library table. He was not allowed to handle it, but showed us copies of the spine where Emma's name is engraved, and the fly leaf where Joseph wrote a message and signed his name.<br>
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The reason our Mormon history trail began in Boston is rather obvious. The restoration of the Church of Jesus Christ could not have begun in any other environment. The freedoms recognized by wise men like John Adams, and established by the constitution, were the soil in which the church eventually flourished.<br>
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After the tour, we returned again to Peacefield to walk the grounds and explore this building<br>
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One of the most touching stories about John Adams takes place on his deathbed. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson had a long and complicated relationship. They worked together closely in the early days, writing the constitution, but then fell out during the tempestuous years when each was President. In their last years they were reconciled and fast friends, leaving a treasure trove of correspondence to each other.<br>
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Unbeknownst to John, Thomas Jefferson died just an hour before he would, on an auspicious anniversary, July 4, 1826. John was unresponsive for some time, and then rose up in his bed and said "Jefferson lives!"<br>
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As our national park guide took the four of us around this carriage house in a personal tour, I was able to tell him what I believe, and that is that John Adams saw his dear friend Thomas Jefferson's spirit - recognized him and knew that not only did Jefferson live beyond the veil, but that he would too. My guide said, "Well, that's an interesting thought."<br>
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<i>CONFESSION: I couldn't help myself and touched the handle of John Adams cane. Sorry not sorry</i>larainydayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14729238864057667317noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280100165181866797.post-88077836121145512742015-09-29T18:46:00.001-07:002015-09-29T19:48:36.253-07:00Cape Cod: Where All the Pilgrims Summer<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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The first night we were treated to the full eclipse just a half hour after we got to our hotel. We watched on the back deck with a few other friendly people sitting on dew soaked chairs. Our necks got stiff and still we stayed, awed by this ever amazing universe.<br />
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The Pilgrim Sands was a wonderful place. I felt like I was seeing in real life that preteen novel I read about a lucky family of city kids that left the hot city for a vacation at Cape Cod and then found buried pirate treasure at a clambake. The hotel was worn and old fashioned in a comfortable way. Their were beach sayings hung all through the halls. The paneling in the gathering room was painted 50's pink. At breakfast I met a woman named Lorraine and we bonded over our shared name, even though her name is spelled the French way and mine is spelled correctly.<br />
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The man at the front desk told me that people come generation after generation. There were guests upstairs that came on their honeymoon, brought their kids all through the years and now the grandkids were still coming. I could see why.<br />
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Keith and Mark go wading while Carol heads for the surf. She is so brave!<br />
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Amen Pilgrims. Amenlarainydayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14729238864057667317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280100165181866797.post-84039028017690106772015-09-29T16:32:00.001-07:002015-09-29T19:49:00.782-07:00Ready, Set, Boston<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
Just before we flew in a puddle jumper from Newark to Boston, I had the sickening realization that the hotel I had booked for 3 nights was in Quincy <i>Illinois </i>not Quincy <i>Massachusetts. </i>FYI there are no hotels available near Boston on a Saturday night. They are quite pricey anyway and we thought we'd all be sleeping in Boston Common with some fragrant and interesting friends. </div>
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We finally found a room outside Boston - a Hilton in Dedham that was still so expensive we decided to test our friendship and share a room. Don't worry kids, each couple had their own beds. </div>
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The next morning we attended a great testimony meeting in the Roslindale ward, changed our clothes in the bathroom and snuck out during Sunday school hour like heathens. </div>
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The two-brick wide freedom trail starts at Boston Common where we were treated to a festival honoring all things cannabis related. (That's what we got for ditching the rest of church.)<br />
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After a snack we continued walking the 2.5 mile trail through Boston.<br />
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Paul Revere's statue (I love a man on a fast horse)<br />
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The old North Church where the lanterns were hung - one if by land two if by sea<br />
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Bunker Hill, where the colonists lost a bloody battle but realized they were tougher than either they or the British knew. </div>
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We ended the day in the bustling Faneuil marketplace - which is a food court on steroids. So many places to choose from - so little stomach room. I ate a slice of wood fired pizza faster than you could say don't tread on me. </div>
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This handsome couple are Keith and Carol Brook. They are from East Grinstead, which is a beautiful spot south of London, England. Carol joined the church when Mark was a missionary serving in Gateshead. We reconnected nine years ago in a trip to England where we found that they are most excellent traveling companions; sharing our fondness for shortbread, fish and chips, mushy peas and a well told story. We've been sharing our families and travels ever since. </div>
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We've been looking forward to this tour of Mormon church history sites for <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">the last three years. </span></div>
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