Miles and Miles and Miles

The last four days, I have been on the road and have not had any accessibility to the internet. I am typing this at the Seneca Falls Public Library which has a slow connection. I will not be able to add pictures (since my camera is at Chuck and Maren's house) but will do so at the first opportunity. (I now have some to add.)

Tuesday morning, Penny, Chuck and I arose early and did a session in the Denver Temple. All three of us felt that instead of traveling straight to Stephanie's house, we should go to the Winter Quarters Temple in Omaha. We got in the car and drove straight there, taking minimal gasoline stops. We went quite fast to arrive at our destination and at one point, I told Chuck that he did not have a licence to fly but he opened his wallet and showed me that he did. After that I did not say anything about the speed he traveled. We arrived at the Winter Quarters temple 10 minutes before the last session started. The temple is beautiful and is next to the pioneer graveyard. It has stained-glass windows with many pioneer scenes. These two temples made numbers 16 and 17 of our goal of 25 temples this year. (Chuck took the picture of the Nebraska State sign from the moving van. He can fly like the dickens but his photography skills are questionable.)

We left Omaha immediately after the session and decided to drive to Nauvoo and then St. Louis and finish the temple circuit before we arrived at Stephanie and Mycal's house. We finally had to stop at Des Moines for some much needed sleep. We arrived fairly promptly Wednesday morning and after gassing up, we drove straight to Nauvoo, which we hit at lunch time. We did not have time to tour the city (which was holding the Nauvoo Pageant) but went straight to the temple, where we did a session. Words cannot how beautiful the temple was inside, down to the cherry wood lockers in the changing rooms. Each room had a beautiful, vibrant mural and Penny, Chuck and I had a very, very positive experience there.


After Nauvoo, the three of us ran down to St. Louis and took in the penultimate session of the evening there. It was a nice temple but it did not strike me quite like Nauvoo did. We drove to Stephanie's house in Dixon, Missouri in the dark and unloaded the van which contained several things she left in Utah. Stephanie and Mycal have bought a house, now that they have determined that they will be in Missouri for 3 plus years. We spent the night at the Browns house (the furniture has not arrived yet, so we stress tested their floor) and in the morning, we had breakfast at Shoney's and hit the road again. Sadly, I will have to finish this interesting tale with the next post. Travel for this post is 1200 miles, totaling 1725 miles.