June 30, 2009, Tuesday CAMERON, MO
Today we drove up to Adam-ondi-Ahman. It is a large area of land which the Church as purchased. We have been told by revelation that this is the place Adam and Eve went when they were cast out of the Garden of Eden. We are also told that Adam will return here to conduct a meeting of all the Prophets around the time of the second coming. It is beautiful here. We first went to the lookout where you can stand and look over the valley below. Then we went to Spring Hill where the first house was built by Lyman Wight. (On this trip I have discovered that I might be related to him, but will have to check it out some more when I get home). Then we went to Tower Hill. This is where Joseph Smith found a small construction of stone that was the remains of a Lamanite building. It is no longer there but we were thinking how exciting it would be to find something like that.

Next we drove over to Far West. This was a Mormon community at one time, but of course after the government ran them out of town there is nothing left the of the original city. (Try not to sound bitter Jan). However, they did lay cornerstones for the temple there and they remain. There is a beautiful spot there where you can look at the stones and read the plaques which tell what each stone represents. The church has quite a bit of property here also.