Day 9: Nauvoo

Ben's Blog: Day 9
Today we went on our day long trip to Nauvoo. That was really cool. I got to see all these old mormon houses that had been rebuilt. Turns out some guy, way back on my family tree, Theodore Turley, actually owned a house in Nauvoo. There was a plaque for him and everything. No house though. (He's like my great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather times fifty.)

The day was hot, exhaustingly so, and I am extremely thankful for air conditioned cars. Really, I can't remember, or describe all the amazingly cool stuff I saw there, and since the only people who probably care are my family, they can read about it in my mom's letter. Assuming she writes one.

One thing about the area we're in. There's a ton of corn. Like, way more corn then there should ever be in one place. I'm getting kind of sick of looking out the window and seeing nothing but corn. Nauvoo was kind of a nice little break from that. I only got one thing from a gift shop in the area, a nice little dog tag with CTR (Choose The Right, a popular mormon saying) on one side, and "I Love Mormon Girls" on the other... doesn't everyone?

The heat is seriously getting to me... I might even have to start drinking water if this keeps up. Heaven forbid. Fortunately there's enough milk in our cooler for the time being. I love milk. If not for milk, I'd probably have died from dehydration years ago. That or broken bones.

[Truthful Interjection #14: I'm actually drinking plenty of water. It's all chlorinated though. Blech. I miss our well water.]

We're staying in the same hotel again tonight... hopefully I won't be too exhausted to post this.

-A Minivan Driving Through Endless Fields Of Corn, Somewhere In Iowa,
Ben

[Truthful Interjection #15: In all honesty, I wrote this entry a day late... sorry.]