Trip to Independence

Engineer Alan

He loved this engine at Union Station

Far West, MO

Liberty Jail -- notice the thickness of the walls. Sorry you can't see the

darkness, dampness and coldness of the dungeon.

Christus -- at LDS Visitors' Center in Independence

Burning Bush -- hanging layers of fabric
(Community of Christ Temple)

Tree of Life -- all made of metals

(Community of Christ Temple)

Monday morning Alan and I decided to throw some things in a suitcase and go to Independence, MO. It was literally throwing things in too, as he had a piano to tune and we had to be out of the house by 9:00. What a week to go somewhere! We must have picked the hottest week of the year, as it was in the upper 90's with heat indexes of 106-108 degrees. Luckily we have working air conditioning in the truck and we stayed in a hotel with an indoor pool. We used it too! Sorry, no pictures of us in our swimming suits. My photos aren't the best but it sure is an interesting place to visit. We went to the LDS Visitors' Center. There's a lot to see there. They are now showing the new Joseph Smith video - the same one they show at Nauvoo. It's great! For the first time we went across the street and went inside the Community of Christ Temple. It was interesting. There is some nice art work there. We went again to Liberty Jail and then drove up to Far West. It was getting late so we didn't make it to Adam-ondi-Ahman. On our last day, we went to Union Station in Kansas City. As you probably all know, Alan loves trains. His mom grew up in Kansas City too so this is the station that they used when going somewhere on the train. His mom left for Massachusetts from this station when she was going there to get married.