And climb we did. We climbed the Gorge at Watkins Glen State Park. I guess, technically, it isn't a mountain, but pretty big for here. The climb was 500 feet. It was in a shale canyon with beautiful waterfalls, rushing streams and rivers. It was an overcast day, so it wasn't hot or humid, but just right. There were 20 of us temple missionaries who went. Now, I will confess, there were 800 steps to climb to the top, but it was so gorgeous. I made it to the top and was cheered on by all the other missionaries who were already there. I wasn't the last person, but the second to the last. I am pretty proud of my self. Durg said the entire hike encompassed 2 miles. I would like to go back and do it again.
After doing that, we had a nice lunch on Seneca Lake and then went to the NASCAR track. Durg always wondered where Watkins Glen Speedway was when he saw it on TV. He was so excited that it was just a few miles from the State Park. There were Porche's racing and someone in our group clocked them and said they were going about 115 miles per hour around the course. It was fun and I could just see us all at the NASCAR races for real. It won't happen though. Can you imagine telling people that on our mission we went to the NASCAR races? We do get to do fun things though.
Saturday, Durg changed the brakes on the lady's car who we stay with for church on Sunday. Of course, she was so grateful. She is so fun to be with. We have enjoyed staying with her and her boys, Nephi and Rudy. They are her children dogs. We have enjoyed them too. They are getting used to us.
So far, the heat and humidity has not been too bad. But we hear, it's coming. That will be another mountain to climb. I doubt I'll be able to climb that one too well.
Today Durg and I were the baptismal coordinators. We did that on Wednesday mornings in the Twin Falls Temple. There were several families who came from Texas, Arizona, Utah, California and Buffalo, New York. This is definitely a destination temple. We had some people here from New Zealand not too long ago and a Stake President from Tasmania. We have done just about everything there is to do here in the Palmyra Temple. (I even vacuumed Endowment Room One, which I enjoyed very much.) We have learned how to do many things. I have done laundry and today I had a mountain of it. But I climbed it and got it done.
In a couple of weeks, we are going take a trip down the lazy river. Well, not really, but we are cruising down the Eerie Canal on a boat. I will write all about that when we go there. We are really looking forward to that excursion. Love being on the water. There are many lakes here too (the Finger Lakes) and we will be paddle boating.
Every time we leave to drive somewhere, Durg takes a different route. There are so many different ways to get places. He says he just likes to see new things. I think he just doesn't want to drive on a toll road. But I enjoy it too. When we started these drives, the trees did not have any leaves on them. Now they have leaved out and some are blossoming. This is apple country and one member of the Temple Presidency owns an apple orchard. And cows are everywhere. It's milk country too. The cows get to graze in green fields. I call them "happy cows" as opposed to cows in a milking machine dairy facility.
We love it here. We love the temple work, the missionary work, the people, the beautiful country and how special it is to be where the gospel was restored. We count our blessings every day. We have been here one month. We only have 5 months left. We will be sad to leave. We have met some wonderful people. They have become family to us. Heavenly Father has been so good to us. We are so thankful.
We leave you on our way to Family Home Evening with our temple missionaries at the Palmyra Town Hall to learn about the history of Palmyra. Take Care, until next time..........
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