Nauvoo Daytime Activities

On Wednesday night, my sister, Melanie and her husband Ben arrived. Also my brother, James arrived. So Thursday morning, we headed out to see some of the sites around Nauvoo and we started out with a wagon ride. I thought it would be a good way to get a feel for the area and be able to locate places we would later visit. (The location thing didn't work however, everyone still seemed lost :)  I actually found my way around better than normal this time because we had visited Nauvoo multiple times when we lived in Kirksville, Missouri about 9 years ago.  The kids loved the horses.

Off we go pulled by horses

 

One of many beautiful gardens around Nauvoo

View of the temple from the wagon ride

 

We passed by Porter Rockwell's grave

 

This is a covered wagon made similar to what was used to move West across the plains

This shows how the wagon would fit in the boat to get across the Mississippi

The wagon ride took us on the road right next to the Mississippi

 

We visited many homes and shops that have been restored to the way they were in the 1840's.  This was a favorite of Eric...the Browning Gunsmith shop.

Many of the homes had similar furnishings as this one. Many of their businesses were part of their home.  This was in the Browning home.

Some of the guns invented by the Browning family

An early multiple shot gun (I don't remember what it was called, but I know Ben was impressed. :)

Listening to the narration given in the Browning shop

Colton and Alex finishing their lunch and enjoying the shade for a moment.

This was the post office.

The following day we took a carriage ride.  Here we are on the back of the carriage.  This was one of my favorite of the last few days.  The narrator did an excellent job.  This ride took us through the country of which I hadn't seen before and shared some great stories.

 

Jarem and Eric on the carriage ride.