Early in the morning we said our goodbyes to Grandma Rose and headed down to Nauvoo, Illinois to visit the Church sites there. We had planned to stay at the campgrounds right next to the sites, but along our travels we found out that Matthew's dad hasa cousin that lives in Nauvoo who had plenty of room and was willing to take us in for a night or two.
On our way to Nauvoo, Mandy (GPS) freaked out again in the middle of nowhere and Matthew and I passed by an exit to Denmark (I didn't know we could drive there from the US!). This was one of the longest drives we did so far while on our road trip and based on some of the pictures we took while on the road it wasn't hard to see we were doing all we could to entertain ourselves. At one point while munching on some animal crackers I decided to take pictures of a funny looking elephant, a one-legged donkey and a variety of the different animals marching in a parade. We also took some pictures of the pretty sky and some of the sites to see in our short drive thru of Iowa (we had to take a bridge over the Mississippi River into Iowa, just to take another bridge over the Mississippi back into Illinois).
Once we arrived in Nauvoo, it took us a bit to find the King residence, but when we did we got a warm welcome. We spoke briefly and they insisted that we try and make it to the Nauvoo pageant that evening. We knew the pageant had been going on and that it was the last night of the performance, but we assumed we had missed it. When the King's informed us we still had a couple of hours before it started, Matthew and I decided to jump at the opportunity.
One of the first things we noticed when we first got to the pageant were the protestors. There weren't as many as we have seen in Salt Lake during conference time, but I was still a bit taken back by them. They were handing out flyers and one of the volunteers insisted that we take one. Matthew took one to get him off our back and it amazed me the things they claimed we did or did not believe. Many of the things written were false. It just goes to show that Satan will do anything to lead people astray. We walked around for a while looking for two seats that weren't terribly far from the stage. At one point we actually ran into someone Matthew knew. Shortly before the pageant started a sister missionary told us we could sit in some seats that were marked reserved. Matthew and I both enjoyed the pageant. It was really cool to have the Nauvoo Temple as a backdrop to the whole thing, especially at the end when they lit it up. Matthew and I both agreed it was a little corny, but we were still glad we had the opportunity.
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