We went on a vacation to Palmyra, NY yesterday.
We went to the Palmyra temple first. The grounds and the temple itself were beautiful. 
We then visited the Joseph Smith Farm. It was amazing to see how small the log cabin was and how big the frame house was in comparison. It really put some perspective on the early history of Joseph Smith, Jr. Although small and rustic, both houses felt like homes. The missionaries that lead our tour were right, you could easily imagine the family gathering there for scripture study.
We then hiked into the Sacred Grove. James was ecstatic to be there. It was perfect. There weren't hardly any other visitors and we were able to enjoy the peace and beauty.
We were pretty tired after that so we were very happy to sit through the movie about the life of Joseph Smith at The Hill Cumorah Visitors Center.
We then went to The Grandin Publishing Building and learned some interesting facts about how they printed and bound books in the early 1800's. We were given a signature page (the large page of printing that they would cut to produce sixteen pages at a time) as a souvenir.
On the way home we stopped at Arbies. This is note worthy because they have new milkshakes and we tried them; berry swirl and orange creme...yum.
Tired but happy we got home late last night after our first family vacation.
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