The Joseph & Hyrum statue with Carthage jail in the background
The original door. That hole is the second shot at the door and the one that killed Hyrum
The second story window is the one that Joseph fell from.
The rain coming in sideways while sitting in Indianapolis traffic. At one point, the wind was blowing the rain vertically into the back window of the van and not one drop was hitting the windshield.
We've been traveling too long. I just couldn't do it anymore (blog daily updates) after being on the road for 3 days with 4 kids through 5 states. And, ahem, those are mid-western states, not east coast teeny, tiny states. After we finished up with Nauvoo, the next morning we were on the road again. (and if anyone starts singing Willie Nelson, I. will. scream. Nothing against Willie, I just don't even want to THINK about being on the road.)
*Sidenote* before we could get "on the road" that 4th day, we made a small detour to Custom Auto Glass. I had to get the chip in my windshield fixed. We think we got it somewhere in mid-Iowa. We didn't notice right away because of all the bug guts on the windshield. Badda-bing, badda-boom, 30 minutes later, we're on our way. And then about 30 miles after beginning, we were able to stop at Carthage jail. That was not an inconvenience, it was a pleasant surprise. It was great for Mom and the kids to see. Mom, of course, had tissues at the ready.
The 4th day leg was from Keokuk, IA to Columbus, OH. That. Day. Was. Long. And it shouldn't have been. But there was road construction and a wonderful thunderstorm that followed us from about an hour outside of Indianapolis, through rush hour in the heart of the city (joy) and about 45 minutes past it. If it wasn't for Gina, the GPS, we would have been up a creek without a paddle. Literally!
We finally arrived in at Columbus, 12 hours after having left Keokuk. A trip that Mapquest, Google and Gina said would take 8 hours and 22 minutes. Now, none of them knew about the rock chip, Carthage, the insane rain, and the 4 bazillion potty stops that kids need. But in the future, I'm just going to add an extra 2 hours on top of any time travel estimation. Wait, strike that, reverse it. Travel time estimation. That would be great, time travel. Yee-haw.
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