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We took some time and walked around our lovely town of Nauvoo to visit a couple of the homes here in the "flats".  We first visited the Heber C Kimball home:

Heber C Kimball

That is an interesting wood stove

If your have any kind of physical handicap, you are not going upstairs..

One of the original "Scoville" plates listing the Quorum of the Twelve on the edges

This is hand drawn in 1855 of what was left of the temple.  The artist is remarkable at detail.  I think this is the East side of the temple.

Next we walked over to the Wilford Woodruff home, between the raindrops and the wind that was beginning to blow terrifically.  We had a couple of hours until our shift and thought we had some time.  It was predicted that there would be thunderstorms last night.  Well, close, as we were under a tornado watch until 8:30 PM last night.  One touched down a hundred or so miles East of us and did a fair amount of damage.  The wind was really blowing through Nauvoo last night.  We're hoping that this doesn't happen too often here.  The doors were slamming and even the pictures by the temple walls were lifting away from the walls when the patrons entered the temple.  It was a pretty interesting night for all of us.  

Some of President Woodruff's personal effects

A picture of the First Presidency just after the dedication of the Salt Lake Temple with President Woodruff

The kitchen "stoves" in one part of the house.  These were mostly relegated to a room outside of the house but President Woodruff designed the house to have the kitchen inside, supposedly for added heat during the cold winters in Nauvoo.

We had a good time walking around and getting our "exercise" for the day (so we can wear our jeans and T-Shirts legally) as long as wed're on the "flats".  It was muggy and around 75 with the approaching storm but the day before it was 100% humidity, around 50 degrees, and foggy.  Couldn't even see the river and it's just a couple hundred yards away from us!  Today (the 10th) it's bright and clear, drier, sun is shining, warm and really nice.  But...summer is coming....trees are starting to bud out, Daffodils and Tulips are blooming.  Must be spring back here!