We’ve been in Palmyra two weeks today. We left Salt Lake early afternoon on Monday, July 25 and made it to Laramie the first night. Next night we stayed in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Construction work on the freeway is going on in each state, some slowdowns, others stop and go. But Wade let me drive and even complimented me on my good driving, which is something coming from a former drivers ed teacher! The car is packed to the top as you can see behind us.
Nauvoo was a quick two hours. Stayed in Burlington, Iowa that night and then then to Ohio where we stayed outside of Cleveland where we took more photos of a beautiful sunset.
We turned out of the parking lot of our hotel the next morning, Friday, July 29, and we were on the exact road we needed to head to Kirtland, where we took more photos of the temple and the Church’s
impressive Visitors Center. The three sister missionaries were awesome. They were so well-versed in sharing the history of that period. Obviously, it was a photo opportunity.
Drove from Kirtland to Palmyra, arriving about 5:30 pm which would have been much earlier if we hadn’t had so many construction areas to maneuver through. My first introduction to toll roads too. In Ohio we had to pay when we got off or on; New York is electronic and keeps track of you and your license plate number, so all is done online. Lots of traffic around Buffalo and lots of Bills fans.
It seemed like we would never get to Palmyra, as we headed past Rochester and then took that Highway 21 off of I-90 to go north. It started to feel familiar when we passed the Hill Cumorah, then Temple Road and finally saw the famous “Four Corners”, the four different denominational churches on each corner of Main Street and Church Street. We’re here! I feel like pinching myself because I can’t believe it!
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