Our final destination was Missouri. There aren't any homes where the saints lived but the Liberty jail replica is out there. We got to hear about Joseph's time imprisoned there which was a very difficult time for him and the saints.






I always imagined more of a log cabin, but it really was a pretty inescapable jail with the thick walls, barred windows, and even rocks in the rafters so prisoners couldn't escape that way.


Joseph received a lot of revelation during this time.




We went into that interesting building, which is owned by the church of Christ. It looked like a pretty museum. They have some pretty cool heirlooms inside from Joseph and Emma that they received from their children.


We also went into the visitor's center across from the church of Christ building and listened to some youth sing. We were tired at this point as you can tell. Well David was tired and I wasn't feeling great. Then we headed over to the Kansas City temple for our final visit of the trip.


David took his final chance to get dressed in a parking lot.


The Kansas City Temple is pretty large and has a house for the temple president right near it.


As you can see comparing Colleen to the temple, it is massive.

It was such a nice day but the feeling there was mostly respectful and thoughtful. The point of going isn't to ogle the place where a tragedy occurred but to remember what they died for. We didn't take any group shots here because that seemed a little too touristy for this location.





Hyrum was the one barricading the door when this one came through and hit him.



We visited the brickyard, the blacksmith shop, homes, stores, and meeting places.




This is Lucy Mack Smith's bed. She stayed in Nauvoo in a little home that was given to her before the saints moved out. Her daughter lived upstairs and took care of her.






















There were so many sweet senior missionaries teaching us things like how to make rope and other skills.