Definately "DEW" Palmyra

Sorry for delay in posting my trip. I'm definately not still on the road. I made it to PA, but my first week was so crazy I haven't had time to finnish posting about our trip.

Well, if you haven't ever been to Palmyra, I would definately suggest it. It was amazing. It was so peaceful and the spirit is so strong, I didn't want to leave (that could be in part that our next stop was Lock Haven, PA :) ) The sacred grove was awesome. It's so quite and beautiful. I loved it. We didn't get to do a session at the temple because you have to take your own clothes. And as most of you know, there was not getting one more thing into that poor little ford known as Elphi.

We visited the hill Cumorah, the Smith's farm and house, the sacred grove, and the E.B. Grandin print shop where the Book of Mormon was printed. All in all, it was a great place to visit and refill my spiritual tank to head into the real world of being a "peculiar person."

The Smith's log cabin and the original fence Joseph would have hopped to get to the sacred grove.

Niagra Falls

It is soooo good to be back in the USA!!!!!!! Ok, so we only crossed over into Canadia for one night, but it's still good to be back on US soil. I totally felt like a foreigner over there. :)
Ya know, I thought at first, "How in the world would anyone get the idea to go over Niagra Falls in a barrel?" And then I saw the Falls in real life and thought, " O, I guess I can understand how that might be intriguing." I would never actually do it, but it wasn't quite as ridiculously high as I thought. It was pretty cool to see and practice my modeling shots with all the natural winds and mists.

"Is this Heaven? No, it's Iowa" One of the best movie quotes ever. I can see how someone might get confused though. . . . .False! The only thing in Iowa is fields. So unless you are a cow and eating grass is heaven to you, Iowa is NOT heaven. So we've spent 3 full days in the car. What an experience. It actually hasn't been too bad. I've almost enjoyed it. I've sang (by sang, I mean at the top of my lungs or in latin pulmonary. I studied a little inbetween musicals) wicked, sound of music, newsies, les mis, sister act 2, and a little yodling something or other thanks to Dad. I think I'm ready to hit broadway! We stayed in Iowa for a night, just in case it was heaven and we were missing something, and then continued on to Michigan. Tomorrow we're on to Ohio.

You can "Dew" anything

So who knew Wyoming is as really desolate as everyone jokes about? I'll tell you what, I sure didn't! I guess I've never really been though Wyo before, but it is baren. The only good thing about crossing the desolate state, (ps. if anyone is ever worried about over population again, there's plenty of room in Wyo) was that we got to see Trever. Sad, I know, that all of us were actually congregating in Wyo. However, it was very fun. Buddins had already taken a lunch break, because he forgot we were coming, thanks by the way, so he just took a second one. However, when we arrived the car was so jammed packed we couldn't fit him in. He was too chicken to ask his boss to borrow his car, considering he was on his 2nd lunch, so we made it work in the Ford!