DAY 9 – July 7, 2012 – Nauvoo Play Day

Mr. S, acting as Superman always, woke up at 5am this morning to whisk us all away in our sleep to Nauvoo.  We made it there before lunch.  It was a super hot day.  One of the patrons said that the bank said 105 degrees, and with humidity…oh my goodness.  But we heard its supposed to drop to the 80’s this next week.  So today we opted to stay inside as much as possible.

We started by watching the play “High Hopes and Riverboats”.  It was so good.  But the best part was watching Starbursts face.  She was totally enthralled with the biggest grin from ear to ear.

When that was done we watched a 20 minute movie called “Remembering Nauvoo”, and then headed out to dinner.

After dinner we walked through the Women’s Garden, and then up to the temple.  It is very beautiful, and from the temple there is a gorgeous view of the Mississippi.  We went into the temple arrival center and visited with some local Nauvoo temple workers.  It was very interesting to talk with them about Nauvoo.

We came back to the Visitors Center to watch, “Sunset by the Mississippi”.  It was just a montage of skits, with the actor missionaries and the older couple missionaries…very cute.  They had a skit about eggs that my kids couldn’t quit talking about afterwards.

Both times Starburst went to talk to all the actors and actresses to tell them how great they did.  They are all on 3 month missions to be in Nauvoo.  Starburst was asking all the questions to figure it all out.  She was sooo cute.  She had 2 sister missionaries that she stuck to like glue in between the plays.  She can tell us their life history, and I’m afraid they know hers.  At one point she sat and talked about the gospel and their missions with them for almost an hour.

If there had to be a hot day, today was perfect for that.  The plays were great.  Even though everyone talks about all the things that you can do in Nauvoo, I am still amazed, it was so much more than I expected.  Can’t wait to start again tomorrow.

Summary of Day 9
Drove:  353 miles driven

Things we did in Nauvoo: Watched the play “High Hopes and Riverboats”, Movie “Remembering Nauvoo”, Play “Sunset by the Mississippi”, walked to the outside of the Nauvoo Temple, Visited Women’s Garden