Fun Around Nauvoo!

We saw this paddle boat when we were stopped on the bridge at Ft. Madison.  It is a cruise ship that goes down  the Mississippi.  It looks very Mark Twain on the outside but is supposed to be beautiful and modern on the inside.  Notice the clouds.  We got a huge thunder storm about five minutes after this picture was taken.  So beautiful.

Did someone say to wear green?  Here we are in the Family Living Center and we all wore green that day.  Sister Scott, Sister Campbell, me and Sister Pierce.

Here are our young sisters the night before some of them left.  We have gotten really close to all of them as we work closely with them in the Visitor's Center.   Front:  S/Kupfer, Etherington, Holt, Russell, Monroe, Allred, Mills, Searel, Hughes, Poulson,  Newell, Hintze.  Front:  S/Morales, Hansen, Hall, Maile, Mills.  S/Richardson left that day.

Notice how huge this hibiscus is.  It is as large as Dave's head.  They are amazing!

A beautiful butterfly just outside the Visitor's Center

We saw this tug inside the lock at Keokuk.  We walked down to see the lock and Dave yelled, "Look, the doors are opening! and we saw this huge barge inside.  It has fifteen barges on it pushed by this tug.  A barge that big holds as much as 860 semi trucks.  It was amazing.

You can see the whole barge.  About 60% of all exported goods are barged down the Mississippi.  It is exciting to see them.

Yes, it is me.  I'm standing on the back step of the Cultural Hall.  This is how we missionaries dress in Old Nauvoo.  Oh, how we love it here and we have learned and changed so much.