Church History Trip Day 1 & 2

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On Friday July 9th 2010, we left at 8:00 am and we drove 680 miles to Independence, Missouri. It was a very long day with lots of candy bar stops. That night, we stayed in the Hilton Garden Inn. We reserved all our hotels on this trip and made sure all of them had pools.

This is the Missouri River:

On Saturday, we spent the day learning about the history of Independence. We went to the LDS visitors' center and to the Temple Lot church.  We met Apostle Sheldon, the oldest living apostle of the Church of Christ (Hedrickites).  He was sharp and talkative and ready to teach us about his church.  The children thought he was a little too much and they couldn't get out of there fast enough!  We also went to Liberty Jail and enjoyed a beautiful experience with the Spirit.  We all felt so much gratitude for the sacrifices that were made so that we could live the gospel today.  Finally, we found a drive in movie theater and watched Eclipse that night.  We listened to the movie on a radio station and we tried to get comfortable in the car to see the huge screen.  Josh was smart; he sat on the roof!

Here is Liberty Jail:
We went to Adam-Ondi-Ahman:

We also saw Far West:

On Sunday, we attended the Independence ward.  We loved scarament meeting; we were sad to leave, but we drove for the rest of the day, and our next stop was Eureka, Missouri (St. Louis) at a Motel 6.

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Carolyn said…
Gotta love the candy bar stops.:) Sounds like the first few days were pretty fun!
July 23, 2010 at 7:22 PM
The Weatherford Family: said…
We are craving candy bars!!!
July 26, 2010 at 8:13 PM
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