{Travel Log - Day 2 Sharon, VT}

This morning we loaded up on the bus and departed for a drive through the picturesque countryside to Sharon, Vermont. It was raining this morning and so we all dressed a little warmer today. All along the way receiving such great commentary and lectures about the area from Dr. John Lund. He shared with us many of the historical facts and stories during the time the Smith Family lived here, and all by his fantastic photographic memory! (If you ever get the chance to talk with Dr. Lund ask him for his impression of Pres. Bruce R. McConkie and about his conversion story... oh, and his MTC story... all hilarious and wonderful.) On our way to the Joseph Smith Monument and Visitors Center we saw many historic sites, the place where Joseph Smith had his leg operated on when he was 7 years of age (the home is no longer there, in it's place... is a KFC... so if you ever go eat there at that location, be sure to ask for a leg), another home they lived in when men came and demanded money from Lucy Mack Smith out in front of the home for something they had already paid for, also, Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire (a lot to do with Nathan Smith who performed the surgery on young JS), West Lebanon, NH, Norwich, VT, Tunbridge VT, and during all those crossing the Connecticut River several times. When we arrived at the Visitors Center the missionaries greeted us and guided us on a tour of the birthplace of the Prophet Joseph Smith including the Joseph Smith Monument. We then had some time to walk around the area before we headed down to a picnic area to have our lunch. The weather was so nice, just a perfect nice warm temperature and a slight breeze every once in a while. We then were able to take a nice little walk/hike though the woods to the foundations of the homes of Solomon Mack & Daniel G. Mack. We then loaded back on the bus and took a short ride to a cute country shop to buy Vermont Maple Syrup!! Then on to the location of the store where Lucy Mack met Joseph Smith Sr. and also the old saw mill and Mill Bridge. Then we continued back home, had dinner on our own as a family and here I am relaxin in the room, about to get into the shower cause tomorrow is an early morning. The bus will leave at 7:30 for a 4+ hour drive to Palmyra. I will be in a different hotel tomorrow night and do not know yet if I will have WiFi Internet service... if I do, I will post again tomorrow. The Monument

On the front step of JS home

Standing on the cornerstone of the foundation where JS home was

me, Dr. John Lund and his dear wife Bonnie, and m'mama



me & m'daddy