Our next sightseeing stop was Nauvoo, IL. We first stopped in Carthage to tour the Carthage jail where the prophet Joseph Smith was shot and killed. The first picture is on the first cell they were kept in but it was too hot in the summer so they were moved to a bedroom. The door shows the bullet holes of the two shots that went through it. Jim and the kids are standing in the courtyard where the prophet was shot while sitting in the 2nd story window. On our way to Nauvoo, we spotted a disc golf course so of course Jim had to stop and play it. The kids enjoyed the opportunity be out of the car and run around the park. We loved the drive along the Mississippi river as the sun was setting and you could see the Nauvoo temple sitting on a bluff in the distance.
The next morning I did any early session at the temple which was beautiful and then we headed to the historic area to learn all about life in Nauvoo. My favorite was the oxen and wagon ride.
Jim loved the tour of the Browning gun shop and the kids loved the pioneer kids play area with a play house, school, and games.
Each of the tours were very interesting though a little long for the two youngest attention spans. We got some free souvenirs from them which was cool like the rope the kids help made, prarie diamond rings, and a brick. We walked the Trail of Tears which the pioneers traveled leaving Nauvoo to cross the Mississippi river. Down by the river there is a monument to those pioneers that died on the journey from Nauvoo to Utah. Jim found one of his ancestors listed there, Mary Amick Mower.
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