Our modern day wagon for cross country travel.
1840's wagon for cross country travel. We could relate to our pioneer ancestors predicament. What can we take? What do we leave behind?
Our journey has begun and we are off to a great start! We have spent the last couple of days exploring sites that are important to our church history. We also had a great visit with Neil's aunt and uncle in Columbia, Missouri and made a quick stop to see Mark Twain's birthplace in Hannibal, MO. Today we have spent a very fun day in Nauvoo, Illinois. The beautiful city that the early Latter-day Saints had to abandon a couple of years after Joseph Smith's martyrdom. We feel so happy to be able to learn more of our church history as we travel to Washington DC where we will learn our nation's history. Without this free nation, our church wouldn't even exist. It's a bit ironic, though, that in a country that was built on religious freedom the early members of the church were persecuted and driven from their homes and eventually from the United States to settle in a desert valley with a great lake of salt! All is well now though. The kids have had a fun day learning about life in the 1840's. Tomorrow we will go to Carthage to visit the jail where Joseph Smith was killed. I'm sure it will be a somber experience.
The kids will be helping with this blog. It will be a record of our trip, but also a way to keep in touch with friends and family. We hope you enjoy it.
7 comments:
Fun! I love the wagon/uhaul connection :-).
hurray! i am so happy you're doing this!
It's about freaking time you started a blog!!! You can turn this into a book when you are done for REALLY cheap!!!
It will be fun to share this adventure with you all. What an awesome family!!!
We loved Nauvoo too! How fun to galavant across the states to D.C....cool!
That trailer looks much bigger than our little luggage thing. I can't wait to read about all your adventures. Thanks for starting the blog. Is Neil there with you? :)
Hey Emily it's Leandra. I miss you; Boltz jut isn't the same without you! But I think it's so cool that your family's doing a blog and I can't wait to read about all the other places you're going to! :)
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