We went to Nauvoo in mid March. Nauvoo is in Illinois on the Mississippi River. Nauvoo is where the saints went after the exermination order was put out by Missouri Governor against the Mormons(Latter Day Saints). They had quite the city, that rivaled Chicago at the time. We had to leave a day late because a huge snowstorm went through and dumped 3-4 feet of snow on us. We got up Sunday after it ended and dug out the driveway enough to get our car out and packed and left. When we got to Wrights Corners though it had stopped snowing totally and it was sunny and beautiful the rest of the way.

We stayed at the Nauvoo Villas and Condos. We had a 1 bedroom condo with a kitchenette and a living room. It was very nice. Off season it was only $59 a day. I compared it to the hotel rooms around Nauvoo and it cost the same but we got the added features of the kitchenette and living room.

The first day we were there we drove down Parley St. just as the 1800's saints did when they were driven from Nauvoo, and looked back at the temple. It was very moving.
We also went to the show that the Missionaries put on every night. It was excellent. I took some pics of it. I am posting one here. You click on it and see a larger pic of it. You can see the orbs around the characters. These are spirits. I knew they were there before I started taking pictures. I could feel them all around. It was awesome. No my camera did not have any dust or water on the lens. I clean it off before each picture. And if I take two pics of the same thing, the orbs will have moved about, so it isn't lighting or shadows either.