I was headed to Omaha, Nebraska for my friend Alana’s wedding. To get a reasonable price on my airfare, I had to fly in a day early. While looking at a map I realized that I was a short car drive across the state of Iowa to Nauvoo, Illinois. I have never been to Nauvoo and decided if I was going to be that close I had to do it…so I DID!!! It took me 5 hours to drive to Nauvoo. I went to a show that night and then I got up early the next morning and went to the temple in the morning. I spent a few hours after that in Nauvoo going to the historic sites as you will see in the pictures. I could have spent TONS more time there but I had to hop back in the car and drive back to Omaha for a pre wedding BBQ that night. The wedding was fun…The midWest is HOT and HUMID and has really HUGE BUGS—ick!!! I was so glad that I did it!