Midwest Trip Day 4 - Nauvoo

I think that Thursday was the day that Zuke discovered that we could actually get some cooler air in the van by turning the temp dial down, but just not turning on the actual a/c. That made the rest of the trip much more pleasant! Thursday started out with a big run to Walmart in Keokuk to buy food for the wedding dinner the next night. After a stop at Taco Bell for lunch, we ventured out into Nauvoo. We saw the printing shop, the gunsmith shop, the brickyard, the blacksmith, the Smith Family Cemetary, the bakery, and drove past many more places. We also stopped for a while at the Pioneer Activity center. They had a lot of pioneer games, pioneer dress-ups, a makeshift pioneer home and a makeshift school house for the kids to play with. We all had so much fun there, and got some adorable pictures. We then walked around a bunch of the stores and saw a lot of fun things before the town seemed to close down at 6:00. We headed back to the villas and made dinner, and then just hung out watching tv the rest of the night.

Melissa trying out the printing press.

Tyler doing the other part of the printing press.

Inside the Browning Gunsmith Shop.

Browning Gunsmith Shop

Addison riding the horse at the pioneer activity center.

Annalee, Tyler & Addison playing a table bowling game.

Forced smile :)

The cutest pioneer girl EVER!

Tyler hauling the wheelbarrow.

Our Little Bo Peep

Addison & Tyler playing outside the pioneer house.

Tyler and Addison riding the horse.

I adore this picture!!

Tyler & Addison outside the brickyard. They thought it was really cool that we got

our own Nauvoo brick.

Outside the brick yard.

The Brigham Young home.

Wagon inside the blacksmith shop.

Addison, Zuke, and Tyler inside the blacksmith shop.

The blacksmith showed us how to make a mini horseshoe,

and then he gave it to Tyler.

Replica of the covered wagons and wagon ferry used by the

pioneers to cross the Mississippi.

Statue of Joseph Smith & Brigham Young overlooking

the Mississippi River.

This is the spot where the pioneers had to cross the river.

Smith Family Cemetary. This is the tombstone for Joseph Smith, Jr., Emma Smith,

and Hyrum Smith. The cemetary had a very solemn and reverent spirit there.

Close up of Joseph Smith Jr.'s headstone.

Smith Family Home

Inside the bakery.

East side of the Nauvoo Temple.

Old mill in Nauvoo