We drove through 3 of the 4 areas where I served and even found all of the places I lived as a missionary. One of my favorite areas was in a small town called Wellington where we visited with Karen and Ed Young, wonderful Catholic friends I've kept in touch with all these years.
We spent a day in Amish territory enjoying the countryside, shopping, simple and quiet life of these humble, religious people. And... good thing I LOVE cheese! We visited an Amish cheese factory called "Heini's" and sampled 50 different types of cheese (no exaggeration). They also had 10 kinds of fudge and 8 cream cheese spreads we tasted with pretzels. Couldn't have enjoyed a happier day... (as I waddled out of the factory).
The countryside, scenery and farm houses were beautiful... and the Inn and Bed & Breakfast where we stayed were fabulous!
Our last day and a half was spent touring all of the Kirtland sites; John Johnson farm, Isaac Morley farm, Newell K. Whitney store, sawmill, ashery, Joseph & Emma Smith home, Kirtland Temple. John truly was in church history heaven and couldn't have been happier with the trip, especially ending on such a spiritual and uplifting note...
