BOO!!!

We headed up the road about 60 miles today, but before we left we took another drive thru Riverview Park and spotted these vultures a good Halloween start. We are spending 3 nites here just outside Keokuk, IA at a pretty little spot Hickory Haven RV. The cats should enjoy watching all the birds and squirrels.

We took an introductory drive to Nauvoo, IL just 20 miles away. It is a National Historic Landmark. Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints with his followers set the ground work for what would become one of the largest cities on the American Frontier in the late to mid 1830's and 40's. Through the decades, Nauvoo's history has been painted by colorful cultures that remain evident today in the architecture and historical remnants. Escape the present and discover the past in Nauvoo which includes the Sac & Fox Indians, the Mormon movement, the Utopian Icarians and later German settlers who all played a vital part in the final landscape of Nauvoo's history.

Tomorrow, we will escape and explore more of Nauvoo.

This the Nauvoo Temple, dedicated June 27, 2002. It replaces the original temple of 1841.