Day 95, April 30, The Hartford Connecticut Temple

Oh my josh, what a day yesterday was. We began at sea off the coast of Florida, berthed by 0530, disembarked, cleared customs and were on a shuttle by 0800, flew to St Louis at 10am, and then flew into New York’s LaGuardia airport by 5pm. From there we Uber’ed to and retrieved Bambi from her storage yard in Queens (where we found her completely intact and unmolested, much to my eternal surprise and joy), inched her out the narrow gate into narrow crowded streets, and drove through NYC traffic at rush hour to Danbury CT where we parked on the property of generous strangers for the night. 

Whew!

So many hoops to jump through. Only in today’s modern world would travel so insane even be thinkable.


This morning saw us at the gorgeous Hartford, CT, LDS Temple for sealings.  This temple’s architecture follows the colonial theme of most of the other buildings in this upscale New England area, and it was just as exquisite on the inside. We shared the sealing ordinance with a woman who supplied family names. The promises of eternal marriage and eternally sealed families is precious and dear to me. Was a treat to be present today in the House of the Lord. 






But now it was time for us to catch up. We had no clean clothing, the larder was completely bare, and Bambi was in desperate need of a deep and thorough clean. After traveling to our next camp spot about 45 minutes outside of Boston, MA, we spent the rest of the day cleaning, sorting, and replenishing.   Oh, and napping. 

Good deeds:  Three couples were scheduled for the temple sealing session, but only two materialized.  Had we not been present, the family names supplied by the other couple couldn't have been performed today, which is what they traveled here for.  Our presence allowed this couple to complete their goal.    As well, there appeared a couple at the gate of the campground this evening who couldn't get their car through the gate as they'd forgotten their entrance key.  When I saw their quandary, I walked quite a ways back to my car to retrieve mine and get them admitted.  Small deed, but they were quite appreciative.



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