So, for those of you who don't know, Syracuse is about 60 miles from Palmyra, NY. We took a little day trip there on Saturday and had a chance to see the historic sites for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I have not been there since my parents' mission and it was wonderful to go back. In a way, I think because they served there, a part of me really feels at home in Palmyra.
Here are some of the highlights from the sites:
Here I am with Aunt Beth at the top of the Hill Cumorah
Going into the Sacred Grove
For lunch, we stopped at the best place to eat in Palmyra, Nima's. Dane's sister, Emalei server as a site sister missionary in Palmyra and Aunt Beth said it was Emalei's favorite place to eat.
We ordered calzones and needless to say, they were HUGE!
Here is the Grandon Building where the first edition of the Book of Mormon was published. Unfortunately it was closed the day we were there because someone was filming a movie, but we got a picture just for fun.
Next, we stopped at a small grave yard in town and visited the grave of Alvin Smith. This is a headstone that the Church made as a memorial.
On the back side of the new headstone you can see where they put the original one.
Martin Harris home
We took a short little detour to go visit the Palmyra Temple. We didn't have enough time to do any work inside, but Dane had never been here before, so it was nice to see.
We walked around the back, and here is a picture of the stained glass window coming from the celestial room. It was really windy and cold, so we ran back to the car pretty quickly.
This is an inside view of the Peter Whitmer farmhouse where the Church was organized on April 6, 1830.
Outside view
Saturday night, Dane, Aunt Beth and I stayed up really late looking at old photos from the Smith family from past generations. Beth had endless stories to share and it was wonderful to get to know more about where Dane came from. Beth has taken upon herself the role of "family historian", and let me just say, she is an All-Star. She really knows her stuff.
Thanks for a great weekend, Aunt Beth!
6 comments:
wow, looks like a stellar trip! i want to do that some day. it's cool to see your pics though! i hope you guys are doing well! let me know when you come towards seattle!
You are a great blogger Bridget. I looked at their brief trip as a time to get to know Bridget better, having just met her once for a couple of hours two years ago. Dane's a lucky man.
Although Bridget mentioned the weather, she didn't do it justice. It was freezing cold AND windy, In the time we drove up and then back on the country road to the Peter Whitmer Farm, a pretty good sized tree had split and fallen into the road.
We had warm hearts but cold bodies, that's for sure. I was able to share an Emalei-ism with them as they [and not me] walked into the Sacred Grove:
Emalei in 1995: I don't think we'll be singing "Oh, How Lovely Was the Morning" this morning. No siree, we couldn't have sung that song that day either.
Thanks for coming to visit you two.
Who doesn't have a good time when they go see Beth and Palmyra is just one of the perks of visiting her. Glad you could make that one of your trips thanks to Continental Airlines.
Every trip to see Aunt Beth is an awesome experience! And I agree with Bridget, Aunt Beth is an All-Star!!
So many good memories. We're glad you were there and we wish that we could get to know Aunt Beth.
You guys have been traveling all over the place! It looks like fun! Next stop- Chicago and Nauvoo!!! ;-)
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