Palmyra via Buffalo

Sara finally dragged (drug?) me away from Niagara Falls and we hit the road to our next exciting road trip destination. The freeway led us through the city of Buffalo, New York, which smelled nothing like hot wings, and a lot like horror on the highway. I know I shouldn't judge an entire run-down town by the driving skills of its denizens, but honestly, it was scary. And the strange thing about it is that all the bad drivers were skinny girls with black hair and sun glasses. All of them. Perhaps they were flocking to some central locale so they could dance by the light of the moon.

Our final destination of the day was Hershey, Pennsylvania, but we made a few stops along the way. One of them that ended up being a lot neater, and very much more picturesque than we thought it would be, was Palmyra, New York and vicinity. Yep, by picturesque, I mean lots of blog postings. Of course, the main reason we made Palmyra a rest stop is because of the huge amount of Mormon history that happened there, but it ends up that there's a few other cool things in Palmyra, such as the holy intersection. According to wikipedia, which I recently heard on NPR is the main research tool used by God Himself, the said intersection is the only crossing of two highways in the world with an operating church on each corner. There's a close runner-up in Edinburg, Scotland, but one of those churches is no longer being used. Above is a picture of Zoe and I at a sign paying hommage to this zoning triumph. I also figured I'd throw a picture of the LDS temple in here as well. The best thing about this, the Church's 77th temple is the cool stained glass windows, which we never saw since we didn't get outta the car. We did get a good look at the window copies they have at the visitors center though, and wowsers, they's neat.