There is much more corn in Iowa than I was prepared to see. It is a beautiful state full of rolling corn fields and mills. We saw plenty more windmills along the way, which was entertaining for Danny. Jakob was still being a great trooper along the way. He slept most of the morning.
Speaking of windmills...on our drive through Iowa we noticed a parade of cars with flashing lights and labels across the front end that read "wide load." We saw three semi's with an unfamiliar object on the back. As they passed by, Danny finally realized what they were: windmill blades!
The blades were for a pretty large windmill because it actually hangs over the edge of the semi. I guess we are a little obsessed about windmill blades. (there is more history about the windmill blade saga, originating in Utah, but I don't want to write about it.)
We arrived in Illinois around 5:30. The drive today was heaven compared to our 15 hours of driving yesterday. It was nice to have some time to do a few things and relax for a couple of hours. In fact, Danny and I were able to go to the Nauvoo temple.
The temple is gorgeous both inside and out. When we finished our session, the temple president's wife was able to give us and another couple a tour around the baptismal font.
On our tour, the couple that was with us shared a pretty neat story about an experience that their youth had in the temple. The youth of their ward came here to do baptisms for the dead and brought family Lamanite names to the temple to do their work. While waiting to be brought to the font, they could hear a choir of voices singing. They were the only ones doing baptisms so they assumed that the singing came from those who are waiting and rejoicing in the work being done. What an experience! This is definately a special temple.
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