We attended church in Erie 2nd Ward, Erie, Pennsylvania. I am glad that my I-phone has a GPS on it or we never would have found the church. Today was the Primary presentation. They have quite a few children in this ward, but not as many as we have in Prescott. The children sang very well, in fact, one little fellow in the front row sang at the top of his voice, whether he was in the congregation (he was sitting in our row) or up in front. He was off key, loud, and totally engaging and exciting to watch and listen to. It is obvious that he sings a lot at home because he is aged somewhere between 3 years and 4 years old. A little girl in the second row waved to her parents and grandparents who were waving back (trying to do it unobtrusively) and her face showed her love for her family.
We drove and drove today. We were on toll roads most of the way. The New York Thruway is under construction or repair in many places and the speeds dropped to as low as 45mph in places. All along the thruway the trees were in their autumn stage - deep reds, bright yellows, brown, yellowgreen and every shade in between. We finally found the Olive Garden, but there was a 30 minute or more wait.....so we left there and went to Chili's. The waiter told us how to get back to our motel. This motel is anything but 5 star but it is clean. It is not well lit and I wonder if our stuff will still be in the car when we go out in the morning. We do not have much with us, the most expensive things being the computers and they are in here with us.
I hope I can sleep tonight with as little pain as possible. Most of the motels buy the cheapest mattresses they can and they are like sleeping on cement and my body aches when I sleep on such a mattress. However, I am grateful that we do not have to sleep outside in the car in a Wal Mart parking lot............that would be appreciably worse.
The following photo's were taken by my I-phone.
These two pictures were taken of the flowers at the MTC. They were absolutely glorious. I went out two days later and they were all gone. I was flabberghasted. Some dining hall workers were walking by and I asked them if they knew why the flowers had been removed. They said that the BYU grounds crew came and tore them out, mulched them and then planted the new plants. The ones I photographed were wonderful and not yet showing signs of fading, but I understand that the new plants, mainly primroses and poppies need to be planted now before it becomes cold. The remaining warmth of the Indian Summer will be enough for these new plants to take hold and they will bloom and look wonderful.
These Morning Glories grow on a fence near where Sara lives. They are so very pretty and I have seen them growing on this same fence in years past when I have visited but did not take a photograph of them before this. It is illegal to grow them in Arizona. I tried to grow them in my garden in Pennsylvania, but they all died and so I was known as the only person in history to kill off Morning Glories.
These trees looked so pretty but the photo does not do them justice. They were in the parking lot of a restaurant we stopped at for lunch one day.
This is a scene on the New York Thruway. It is the best I could do.
I hope to take more Leaf Peeper pictures when we get to Manchester and then on to Augusta tomorrow. One of the first things we have to do is purchase a blanket before we purchase anything else. We left our quilt at home but do not know if a blanket will ever take the place of a hand made quilt.
I am working on another hexagon quilt as we are driving along. I hope to have it done by the time this mission is over.
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