5,000 Miles

Joseph and I just got back from the longest trip I've EVER been on. We drove nearly 5000 miles to Wisconsin, Kirtland, Washington D.C., Nauvoo and back to Utah. Our car survived (other than the CD player breaking in the first hour of the trip) and we survived all the heat and humidity. Here are some highlights of our trip.

The first part of the trip we drove to Wisconsin. My step-sister Rindy got married and we went to that. We also were able to see my sister for a day before she left for school in Louisiana again. Mom took us up north to go to Jim Peck's and Boulder Junction. We also went swimming at the cottage. The sad part of our trip was that Tilly, our dog, had to be put down. She dislocated her hip badly and it wasn't repairable. Here are some pictures to highlight Wisconsin.

Joseph is feeding the bears at Jim Peck's. I love doing this all the time!


At Rindy and Max's Wedding. It was a beautiful day.
At Jim Peck's Zoo, you can feed goats who are just in the open. I saw this goat climb in the stroller and thought it was pretty cool.

After Wisconsin, we headed out to Washington D.C. for my friend's wedding. We stopped in Kirtland along the way. We visited the Kirtland Temple, which was cool to see. So much history exists in those walls. After my friend's wedding, we stayed in D.C. for a day to tour. Joseph had never been to D.C. and I love that city! We went all over and were quite busy! Here are some pictures.

At Historic Kirtland! We went to the temple after this.

At the National Zoo with gorillas. They started to play a lot when we were there so it was neat to see how human-like they truly are.Outside the Washington D.C. Temple

After D.C., we took off to go to Nauvoo. Joseph went there when he was a toddler and I have only went once a few years ago. We camped there and spent three days in Nauvoo. While we came too late for the pageant and other shows, it was not really busy. It was nice because we could do whatever we needed. Here are some highlights

Because we came during the slow season, we were able to go "behind the scenes" and see how they make the legendary Nauvoo bricks.

We loved the Nauvoo Temple and enjoyed going there together.

This is Joseph's ancestor who we found records of in the Seventies Hall in Nauvoo.

The trip was great but we look forward to sticking around Utah and only driving 10 miles a day instead of 700!