Day 113, May 18, Palmyra, New York

 Last night was our first boondock in the parking lot of Cabela’s. We overnighted in their huge parking lot off to the side of the store in an area reserved for trucks and RV’s only. Well lit, quiet, and shared with a semi-trucker and another RV’er, we felt extremely safe and very grateful to Cabela’s for their generosity. 

Tonight we boondocked with a Harvest Host, the Calvary Chapel of Honeoye Falls, NY. I wonder if they would have so readily approved our stay if they’d known we’re devout Mormons attending the temple near their chapel! 

Ah, the beautiful wee Palmyra Temple set in bucolic rural upstate New York. Last Monday’s rain caused an explosion of color to erupt from the earth. What was just last week mostly brown branches with some buds beginning to form has turned into a riot of every shade of green imaginable. The new fresh shades of spring green are the loveliest, and the daffodils and tulips, azaleas and hydrangeas make the world around me appear as an Easter basket. Was such a lovely ride through the countryside to reach Palmyra.




The folks at the temple were all so kind and nice. What a great crew. Aaron and I came through Palmyra years ago on a bus tour with his ancient grandfather and several aunts and uncles. Was a delightful Church History Tour, but they had not scheduled time into the tour to actually attend a session at the temple which completely baffled me. Why would you travel across the nation and be at the doorstep of such a historically significant temple and not attend a session?  Not to be thwarted, I rented a car and ditched the bus tour for the day and took myself to the temple. Aaron didn’t want to join me, opting instead to stay with the group of all his relations. I promised him then that we’d return for a session someday. Today I fulfilled that promise.


Good deeds: I had the best idea for a good deed today, and then I blew it. I wanted to pay for the fill up of the lady ahead of us at the Costco gas pump. She looked like she could use the help. But I had to ditch into the trailer for a bathroom break thinking I had plenty of time only to find the opportunity had vanished. Dang! I guess I’ll have to count as my good deed the deceased woman for whom I did eternal work tonight in the temple. I’ll try again at the pump tomorrow.


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