The Return to Nauvoo: Thursday, July 31, 2014

We had a lazy morning. Don't you love those?

Then we went to have frozen custard at Annie’s, which I am positive has the best custard in the world. We went with our new-found cousins. Technically speaking they are our second cousins, but who cares about technicalities?

Our cousins who are in the pageant.  They also were in charge of the puppet show at the Frontier Country Fair.  

It was awesome of them to treat us to custard at Annie's!

After ice cream we had lunch. Dessert before lunch is a good idea; a very admirable model in and of itself. For, you see, if we had dessert before lunch we would never have to make kids eat their lunch. Because of a principle called reverse psychiatry, children would WANT to eat their food if we told them that, “You can only have lunch if you finish your desert!” 

((I am not sure how long I could defend that ground in a debate, but even if I lost, I wouldn’t change my mind))

After that we went to the Nauvoo Visitor Center.  While there, I ran into a friend from Liber Academy (specifically the Edison Project for those of you who know what I am talking about). The funny thing is that LAST time I was in Nauvoo, just a few weeks ago, the same thing happened. Which is remarkable considering that the Edison Project is a small class with only about 12 people in it.

It was good to see some familiar faces:)

After that, we headed into Old Nauvoo.

The Cultural Hall has a dance floor on the third level.

We went to the Scovil Bakery, the Cultural Hall, and watched some demonstrations of how the pioneers would have done things like baking, weaving, carding, etc. That was a lot of fun. 

During this time, I discovered some special effect features on my mom's phone that made me laugh...

Then we went over for the Nauvoo Pageant.  They have a fair before the Pageant starts, and it is a LOT (emphasis on lot) of fun.

There was dancing, and walking on stilts and basically tons of fun, free activities.  If you go to Nauvoo during pageant season, you absolutely HAVE to go to the Frontier Country Fair.

The pageant was so much fun and very inspiring.  Click here for a short video highlighting the Nauvoo Pageant and Frontier Country Fair.

As I was walking through Nauvoo, I fell in love. Don't worry dad -- it wasn't with a guy! It was with Nauvoo and it's beautiful spirit. Though I have only been there once before, it almost felt like coming home. I treasure the memories I have of our tour bus group and our first visit. 


Speaking of which, time seems to have accelerated on this trip. The tour bus days seem to be years ago. To add to that, we will be home in just a few days! Crazy!