Missouri: Far West/Adam Ondi Ahman

I'd been to Adam-ondi-Ahman before but it was raining and cold. When we went this past December, the weather was sunny and while not warm, it was not uncomfortably cold, either.

It's not a bad hike from the parking lot to the actual site so I was able to make it.

The valley of Adam-ondi-Ahman.

Whitney and Cory walking on the top of the ridge that overlooks the valley. There's a steep drop-off that that gravel walk borders in front of them.

As I stood there and looked down over that vast valley, I wondered about how so many people could've heard Adam speak. King Benjamin gathered his people and had a tower built so they could see and hear him. Did that happen here?

But as the kids ran down the slope and out into the valley to play, I could actually hear their conversations quite clearly. Perhaps this place was chosen partially for its acoustics.

Regardless, there was a very spiritual, holy feeling there.

(Note: We also saw Far West in the morning and then Haun's Mill at dusk, but I cannot find any photos from those two sites. I will post them if I do.)