Go north young man, go north - another goofy idea

Last Thursday morning we finally left Florida for home. We decided to take a little side trip to Kirtland, Ohio to see some of the historic church sites and also to be able to view General Conference. We had a great trip north but are really disenchanted with the cold weather. Why do we live here? We arrived home in Kingsville late Saturday night (11:45 pm). It was sure good to sleep in our bed. Didn't have much food in the house but we made do for today.



Doesn't she look thrilled? (check out the gloves)

our resident polar bear - still in short sleeves

this is the revelation that led to the move from Palmyra to Kirtland

an artists' rendition of the building of the Kirtland temple

a view of the stream used many years ago to power the local saw mill

the yellow paint on this house used by the Whitney family signified wealth in that time period

these entrance doors to the N.K. Whitney store are original

the interior of the store - Newel Whitney was a meticulous record keeper and his journals were used to identify the items he stocked in the store

this is on the second floor of the store. The Prophet Joseph smith used this room as his School of the Prophets. It was in this room that the Prophet read the revelation known as the Word of Wisdom to the 22 brethren who were being schooled by the Prophet. Of the 22 attendees at this school, 20 were addicted tobacco. After the revelation was read, all 20 stood up and threw their tobacco products into the fireplace.

and we couldn't leave this blog without a shot of Heather in some snow