Trip to Nauvoo

We took an entire week to travel from Corvallis to Nauvoo so we could spend time along the way with family.

First stop was Bend which was a farewell to Bend. We will probably never go there again. We hiked Pilot Butte one last time and went to Sheryl's friendly ward one last time. Sheryl was in the middle of packing because this week she moved into an apartment until school's out and her household goods were loaded onto a van which is being driven back to New Hampshire by a couple in their ward. Then they'll drive home visiting church history sites on the way. We also played a great game of Pictionary--Trevor and I against Sheryl and Grandpa.

Grandpa helping Curtis with his tie

The next stop was at Carl and Velvet's. We spent two nights there. Carl and I took the girls to the swimming pool. We also went on a walk to the green space with the kids and Velvet. They had kites to fly. Carl and Kate hang out in the mornings and she's a little program director, finding games and activities for all to participate in. She planned a guessing game, a puzzle marathon, yoga to a tape, and drawing eyes after we watched the song Ken posted about how Crayola doesn't have the right color for eyes.

We went down to Provo to meet Esther for lunch at the Brick Oven. BYU has been good for her and she's blossoming. Then we drove a few blocks to Gail's work, saw her new office, and said goodbye to her. Then we went to Pleasant Grove and visited with Don and Lois a little while.

When Carl left for work on Wednesday about noon, we took off and drove to Laramie, Wyoming. The next day to Council Bluffs, Iowa, and finally today to Nauvoo where we have settled into our apartment. We live at 860 Kimball, across from the brickmaking place. It's a tri-plex, one couple upstairs and two down. Our neighbors downstairs are the Peals from Texas. She is an aunt to Brenda's neighbor, Sharon Painter.

We walked around town, found the church and the mail barn and the post office and stopped and bought a puzzle of the Nauvoo Temple.

We have a binder of information to study. There was a page listing the leadership and I noticed a choir director but the accompanist was blank so I called her and volunteered. Choir starts on Sunday! This is going to be fun!