New York Trip, Oct 16-23, 2012

Chicago airport

Buffalo airport

This boat ride to the very base of the falls gets everybody wet.

The birth place of Jell-O, Leroy, New York

 Mendon, New York at the home where Brigham Young lived.

Graveyard in Mendon, NY

Grandpa came here with his scout troop and dug to find this grave site back in 1943 or so.

Now there's a nice newer headstone.

The next day we went to Palmyra, New York

E. B. Grandin Print Shop

Palmyra Temple

From the temple you can see the sacred grove (just over Erika's shoulder)

On the Smith Farm looking back to the temple

This is the home Grandpa lived in but it has been restored to the condition as when the Smiths lived there.

Path from the house to the sacred grove

On the top of the Hill Cumorah

On to Fayette, New York where the church was organized

The next morning, we drove to Susquehanna, Pennsylvania (formerly Harmony).

The white poles in the grass behind me mark the foundation of the Joseph and Emma Smith home where most of the translation of the Book of Mormon took place.  The church is about to begin a big project to moved the highway and restore the home and build a visitor center here.

Grave of Joseph and Emma's first child

We found our way down to banks of the Susquehanna River adjacent to the Smith home site.

The river was considerably deeper right here so it seemed obvious that this is where Joseph and Oliver were baptized.

This is the quaint little town of Susquehanna very near the priesthood restoration site.

Next day, we went to Albany and saw the New York State Capitol Building.

This beautiful place is called the Corning Preserve.  It's at the site where the Erie Canal emptied into the Hudson River.

On our way to Sharon, we saw this totally awesome, obviously haunted building in Bennington, Vermont

Across the street was a pretty cemetery (and Amy can never pass up a chance to walk through a cemetery). 

 

Turns out, it's were Robert Frost is buried.

Birthplace of Brigham Young (in Whitingham, Vermont) is marked by this monument with a very interesting inscription.

Had to stop to see this covered bridge.

Then we even got to drive across one!

Our Bed and Breakfast in Chelsea, Vermont

We went to the monument at the Sharon, Vermont birthplace of Joseph Smith on Sunday and went to church there.

This is Hampton Beach near Exeter, New Hampshire

We drove across the bridge to Portsmouth, Maine for Lobsters.

On our way back to Syracuse, we drove through Massachussetts and then Connecticut

On our last day we went to the Erie Canal Museum in Syracuse, New York


Great trip!  Glad we got out of there just before Hurricane Sandy hit!