New York Trip

While Grandma California is visiting us we thought we would take a trip up to New York to see the Hill Camorah Pageant and other church history sites. So we packed everyone up and made the 5.5 hour drive to Palmyra, NY

Before we went to Palmyra we stopped in Rochester where our hotel was. As we were driving through the town we saw some aircraft doing some amazing tricks. Come to find out the Blue Angels were doing an airshow right down the street from our hotel the following day and we were watching their practice. It was crazy some of the things they can do.


After we checked into our hotel we made our way to the Hill Comorah.

(The monument at the top of the hill)

(All the chairs set up for the pageant)
While we waited for the pageant to start we drove over to the Sacred Grove and the Smith homes. This was mom's and the kid's first time there. We all felt the special spirit that resides there.

(The grove from the apple orchard)

Back at Comorah we snapped a picture with some cast members and waited patiently for the program to begin. It was amazing. The script and music were wonderful and the set and special effects were really neat. I'm so glad we were able to go and take the kids.


It was so late by the time we got in our car to get back to the hotel the kids crashed in the car.

After a good night sleep we were ready to tackle a new day filled with fun. First on the itinerary was to head over to Niagara Falls. Wow! amazing. I'll let the pictures tell the story.










Incredible!
After Niagara we went back to Palmyra and spent some more time at the Grove and the Palmyra Temple.

After that we checked into our campsite where we took no pictures. (darn it!) It was a nice little KOA and we wished we had spent more time there. By far the most memorable moment of the trip was that night when we were all trying not to laugh at Audrey body slamming Jared while attempting fall asleep. Lots of fun and memorable moments.