Go West Ol' Man (and old lady)!

 After a good night's sleep and a fully loaded car we started off across the country. We thought the turnpikes were wonderful thought the tolls did add up. There was a lot of construction on them that slowed us down some. We didn't get a picture of West Virginia..... maybe they didn't have any signs.

 LaVar is a great highway driver. I read the Help to him as we drove along and that really passed the time well.

 We took a little detour down to Nauvoo. Alyssa's family visited there over the summer and since we were so close and we had a couple of days before the movers came, we decided to go.

 The temple at Nauvoo was just so beautiful. We didn't have our clothes with us to go inside but we loved looking outside.

We wanted to spend the night and after speaking with a lady in town decided to stay at the Willard Richards Inn. That was very nice and we had a nice breakfast in the morning with a little history to go along with it. Very pleasant stay

The next morning was crisp and wonderful and we took a wagon ride around Nauvoo and got to hear more history! It was wonderful and it gave us a feeling for the people and what they gave up to go west. Many of the families worked hard to become well established and have bright futures on the land.

 We left feeling very thankful for the sacrifices that many made for the gospels sake.