Ox Cart Ride and Shoe Making Shop

 We enjoyed a slow short ride in the wagon.

Grandpa is talking to Elder Spencer. We worked

with him in Argentina on a wheel chair project.

Then we toured some more of the sites. 

This is where we learned how they made shoes.

Wagon Ride

Ft. Madison, Carthage, Nauvoo

We cross the Mississippi river to get to Ft. 

Madison Iowa. Just as we crossed over on the

bridge, the alarm sounded and they stop traffic

and open the bridge to allow barges to go through. 

 Notice how big the barge is that came through.

We stopped at the park to watch the barge and 

then we went to the museum.

Then we stopped at the linger longer park.

This was where the saints crossed the 

Mississippi when they left Nauvoo.

Then we drove to Carthage Jail.  The Hughes were

working there and gave us the tour.

 This is the room that Joseph and Hyrum Smith

were killed in.  That is the bullet hole put in the

door and the clock stopped at 5:20. 

When we got back to Carthage we visited some

of the sites.  This is Brayden operating the press.

Debbie and Family

Debbie and her family arrived 

Sunday night May 27, 2018

This picture was taken at the 

Family Living Center 

where we learned about making

ropes, rugs, bread, candles, buckets.

Bonaparte Pottery

We drove over to Ft. Madison for Frank to get

his haircut.  But the barber was at lunch.  So we

went for a drive, over to Bonaparte.  We passed

an Amish horse and buggy. 

 We parked at the pottery place and started to 

walk around, when this lady came out and 

told us the history of this antique pottery shop.

 She told us of the historic pottery kiln. The molds found on the grounds

she still uses.

Mothers Day

If thou shalt ask, ...thou mayest know the

peaceable things--that which bringeth joy,

that which bringeth life eternal.

Doctrine and Covenants 42:61

Brother and Sister Moore from the 

Mt. Pleasant branch, invited the 

Senior Missionaries to their 

apartment for dinner on Mothers Day.

From L to R: Sister Moore, The Carters,

The Burninghams, The Halls, The Barths,

Us, Brother Moore, The Burgons. 

Antique Car Museum

 Today we drove to Iowa City, and went to 

the Antique Car Museum.

 Frank dancing to the music.

 There were a lot of antique cars there.

Next to the car museum was a historical museum.

It had a display of the Mormon handcart pioneers.

Pisgah National Forest

 Today we drove to Pisgah National Forest,

which is about 15 minutes from Bervard.

Our first stop was Looking Glass Falls.

Then we walked through the Cradle of Forestry.

It has historic cabins and exhibits that

show how America's first forestry school began.

 Me, Shirlene and Fancy crossing one of 

the bridges on the trail.

Blue Ridge Parkway

Chimney Rock

 To get to the top of chimney rock, we hiked

up about 500 stairs.  Frank did not

try to do it, but Shirlene and I made it to the top.

It was a great view from the top. 

After the hike we had lunch at the

Old Rock Cafe.

DuPont State Forest

"unto as many as received Me

gave I power to become the sons 

of God; power to obtain

eternal life."

Doctrine and Covenants 45:8

 We started off by going to 

downtown Brevard, where the

trees were in a beautiful blossom.

 We ate lunch at Rocky's ice cream parlor. 

Frank was able to get his picture taken

with Elvis.

Then we went up DuPont State Forest 

and did some hiking.  The first falls

we hiked to was Hooker Falls, which

drops about 12 feet into Cascade Lake.

Next we hiked to Triple Falls.  This picture is

at the bottom.  I hiked up a steep incline and

got the picture of the triple falls.

The last falls we went to was High Falls. Even Shirlene's

dog, Fancy, went with us.  It is the tallest of the falls,

cascading down 120 feet of solid granite.  It was

a great day, I love waterfalls.