Nauvoo Trip 2007 – Part 6 – “Going Home”
Our ten days in Nauvoo regretfully came to an end, but we weren’t done seeing historical sites. We took a North route home and stopped near Omaha, Nebraska, to see the famous “Winter Quarters.”
For more information about the movement of the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints across the plains in the mid 1800′s, CLICK HERE. And for information specific to Winter Quarters, CLICK HERE.
Winter Quarters was a stopping place for Latter-day Saints trying to make their way across the plains to the Salt Lake Valley. Many would stop here when the rough winter conditions prevented them from going further.
...near the Winter Quarters Nebraska temple...
...in front of the Winter Quarters Nebraska temple...
Megan, Shayne, Don & PJ in front of a statue of handcart pioneers crossing the plains.
This was our campsite in Colorado on our way back home.
This is Wilson Arch, which is just north of Monticello, Utah, where I grew up. It is right along the roadside and is a favorite stopping spot.
A closer look at Wilson Arch...
This is Donovan sitting in Wilson Arch....
...and Cody sitting in Wilson Arch.
...looking out from Wilson Arch...you can see our caravan down below.
After we spent a few days in Monticello, we headed through Southern Utah and Northern Arizona to get to Fredonia, AZ, where we enjoyed my family reunion. This is Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River...behind it is Lake Powell.
...the kids sitting just above Glen Canyon Dam. This was a favorite stopping place for my sister and I when we were kids growing up in Southern Utah and traveling to see grandparents in Northern Arizona.
This is an awesome picture, because we got to be with Grandpa Lehi Hunt that summer before he passed away that December. He was such a great, kind man.
THE END (of the trip) 