Niagara Falls

            We visited Niagara Falls on our way to Palmyra.  It is a spectacular sight.

We forgot our passports, so we couldn't see it from the Canadian side.

Winter Quarters - Nebraska

Winter Quarters is located in Omaha, Nebraska.  It was a pioneer settlement which was established as a stopping off point for those pioneers traveling from the east to Salt Lake City.

I don't think we would have made very good handcart pioneers.

Some people had enough money that they could take covered wagons.

 

 

There is a Memorial Cemetery at Winter Quarters

The Winter Quarters Temple

 

 These are sculptures in a park in downtown Omaha commemorating the migration of the pioneers.  It looks like a very hard trip with many obstacles to overcome.

Brigham Young was sustained as the 2nd President of the Church of Jesus Christ of

Latter-day Saints in Kanesville, Iowa.

 

 

 

 

The Mormon Battalion was sent out from Winter Quarters.

Mount Rushmore

                                     Our next stop was Mount Rushmore. 
This is a very spectacular place.  When you think about the work that it took to complete this project, it is amazing that it was accomplished.

George Washington, Thomas Jefferson,

 Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.

Because it was July 3rd, they had a moving  patriotic program in the evening, and then
they light the monument.  It is a very beautiful sight.

 The scenery is spectacular, with winding roads, tunnels, 400 bends, 22 switchbacks
and 3 pigtail bridges

 

Part of the scenic drive is where a lot of

buffalo roam.  They are certainly not afraid of people.

Behind us is a 

new monument which is being sculpted.  It is of Chief Crazy Horse.  It will be much larger than Mount Rushmore, if it is ever completed.

Our Amazing Summer

We began our amazing summer on June 30, when we left our home in Plymouth, Utah   Our first stop was Martin's Cove.  This is a very inspiring Church Historical Site where members of the Martin Handcart Compay were stranded because of a severe snowstorm.

Frank and Virginia Goodrich made this portion of the journey with us.

 This is the cove where they were seeking shelter.  There is a very reverent feeling in this place

Rescuers were sent from Salt Lake in 1836

The Second Rescue took place in 1992 when the names of the company were researched and necessary temple ordinances were performed for them.

Youth pioneer trek groups come to the cove to get a glimpse of  what the pioneers experienced. 

Giant Redwoods

This is a redwood that is over 2,000 years old

It is amazing how huge they are

 

Don & Vicky thought it was pretty cool

Tyler & great-grandpa enjoying the scenery