Day 3 -Nauvoo

Day 3 - Nauvoo.

Well the day started very early. We traveled from Keokuk, IA to Nauvoo for an 8:00am temple session. The Temple is beautiful! I can only begin to imagine how hard it must have been for the Saints, having been driven from New York, Kirtland and Missouri, to leave your homes and Temple. What Incredible Faith!

The Temple was beautiful . . . both inside and out. The missionaries indicated that the Temple was 95% accurate on the outside, but somewhat different on the inside due to HVAC, fire code elevators, etc.

After the Temple session, we went to visit the Nauvoo city sites.
First we visited the RLDS owned Nauvoo properties such as the Nauvoo Mansion and the Red Brick Store.
Then we visited the LDS Church visitor's center. There, we were able to see one of the original Sun Stones.

Nauvoo is not at all what I had expected. I am not certain what I had expected, but there are precious few of the original homes left or restored. It was much like a very large park with an occasional brick home. At one time, Nauvoo had more than 1500 homes.

We saw Joseph, Hyrum and Emma's grave site. We also saw the Red Brick Store and the Mansion House.

During lunch, we also found some very interesting local items . . .