Nauvoo (Day 1)

We started our tour by taking a carriage ride. We rode around the countryside. I have provided a couple of pictures. After the carriage ride, we went inside the Visitors Center. We talked to the ladies at the "Tickets" desk, they indicated that all the tickets for the shows were reserved, they were releasing any ones that were not picked up in 30 minutes. We stuck around to see what we could do.


It turns out that we got into the "High Hopes and River Boats" show at 3pm. We got into the "Rondevous in Old Nauvoo" show at 7pm. The girls really liked the 'High Hopes' show, they singing, dancing, and period dresses. Mary, Emma, and Kate were mesmorized. After the show, I called around to cancel Stake Presidency meeting for the Stake President. He recommended the Hotel Nauvoo buffet for dinner. He's about the 12th person to have recommended this to us in the past 6 months, so we called to get reservations and went over there.


Dinner was nice, the food was very good. We had planned on having Mary and Kate pay their own way, (we bought them stuff at Walmart last night...) but when we got to the place, they didn't take plastic. (cash or check only. How 1840's of them...) We ate too much, then went to the other show.

The show was a song/dance/spoken word type also, but it was all senior missionaries in it. The girls liked it, Ruth had a meltdown with 20 minutes to go. After getting outside, she was fine, but she had a leaking diaper, and only wanted to stick her head in the fence slats outside. Kate says that the show was funny.

Anyhow, we are trying to get things done like the shows, rides, etc before Friday, when the pageant starts. We figure it may get a little crowded here on Friday...

Tomorrow we plan to catch the 3rd show that requires tickets, and take the ride around Old Nauvoo in the carriage tour, then see what happens...