Summer Vacation - Days 5 Nauvoo

Nauvoo is alot different then when James and I had visited. James was 7 and I was 16. Commercialized isn't the right word but that's how it kinda feels. The visitor center has all the tickets to the shows and rides as well as the history of Nauvoo and the Church. This is bad to say, but we got trapped by a sister missionary that wanted to give us a tour. It wasn't too bad.

We took a wagon tour of Old Nauvoo to get an overview of the town. It was fun to hear about the facts. We then started our tour of the individual homes and buildings of Nauvoo. The Family Living Center you can learn about the various day to day things that the pioneers had to do. Trevor and Mikah help with building a rope.


Then onto the Scovil Bakery were they give you a sample cookie. Some of there ideas, like the summer kitchen, aren't that bad of an idea now. We went onto see Lyon Drug and Variety Store, Brigham Young Home, John Taylor House, Print Shop, Stoddard Tin Shop and Pendleton Home and Log School.

At the Post Office we learned how they wrote a letter on one sheet of paper to save postage. We also met a sister who was related to a couple in our ward, the Salmons.



Did you know that Browning, the gunmaker, lived in Nauvoo? He and his son where true pioneers in gunmaking.




We went and saw the High Hopes and River Boats producation. It takes true pioneer stories and puts then in play form. The missionaries do a really good job. We headed on over the to the temple grounds. Did you know that the Nauvoo Temple is open on Mondays? After dinner I had to do laundry so the others went back to the temple grounds and got some nice night shots.