Around 9 am we headed for Carthage and then onto Nauvoo. The Carthage Jail tour was very informative as to how and what happened to Joseph and Hyrum Smith.
Then onto our destination: Nauvoo around 3 pm. We lodged in the park across the street from Historic Nauvoo. Hot and HUMID….sticky and sweaty…but endurable….but thoughts of home ran across everyone’s mind. We spent the next few hours trying to figure out what to do and see. We literally tied up our seats for the pageant. Pageant workers and missionaries guided us to various venues to fill out time before the pageant. The Cultural Hall was COOL and exciting to see where dances were held. The actual 2nd story wood floor was completely intact. We learned about cooking, making candles and rope and bread, children’s games, medicine, and shopkeeping in the 1840s. Pre-pageant festivities included many fun activities: cutting wood, wood branding, tug-of-war, stilt walking, whirl-a-gig making, and much more! The pageant was inspiring. We learned that this is the only pageant the church created and initially funded. All characters, except for the Lairds, are real. You can even go to the computer stations to see if you are related to one of the cast characters. What an amazing and filling night. A long walk to our RV ended with a night of AC. Yippee for a cool night.
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