Day 7: Niagara Falls, Peter Whitmer Farm, Palmyra Temple, Sacred Grove

We started out this morning in Erie, PA, and drove to our first destination of Niagara Falls. We rode the elevator down to the boarding area,

and they gave everyone a complimentary blue poncho as an attempt to allow us to keep ourselves dry.

We rode the Maid of the Mist into the falls and seriously got misted like crazy.

There were loads of seagulls and you could most definitely smell the salt in the water, but it was a good time, and the Falls are MASSIVE! Plus, I got to cross over into Canada! eh! It was a good time. I got to go to a gift shop and I bought my first main slew of souveniers. It was a blast!

We then jumped back on the bus for a few hours, and ate lunch at a random rest stop that happened to have like 6 restaurants to eat at.


We then jumped back on the bus on our way to the Peter Whitmer Farm, the place where the church was organized on April 6th, 1860, and where Joseph and Oliver translated the small brass plates, which included 1 Nephi to Moroni.

It was really cool to go there, and while we were in the Visitor's Center we were able to meet Elder and Sister Pinegar. Elder Pinegar was once the President of the MTC, and Sister Pinegar was a councelor in the Young Women General Presidency, and then was the Primary General President, so it was neat to talk to them.

When we finished up there, we were able to head to Palmyra, where we would be spending the night and the home of the Smith Family Farm, the Palmyra Temple, and the Sacred Grove.

We had a delicious dinner, and since we had finished at 8PM, we still had 2 hours to kill until we had to be back in the motel at 10. Me, Cher, Elysha, Manda, and Alan walked down to the Sacred Grove and each went our separate ways to spend some much needed alone time.

I loved it in the Grove, and when I had finished, finding my way out was really neat experience. Plus, when I finally made my way out of the grove onto the final stretch to the Visitors Center, theres a clearing in the trees between the grove and the temple, and it was so amazing to know that the Grove where the Lord and Christ appeared to Joseph Smith is being watched over by the Lord in His house.


Me and Cher left the grove together and came back to the motel and chilled with Jacob and the rest of our Arizona friends. Other than that, its been a very uneventful night, which is a good thing. I got some of the pictures to work, but theres still more I hope to add to this entry, just to show you how amazing it is out here and for you to get a visual of all the cool things we've been up too, and how its not all just sitting on a bus, which is how it feels.