Ryan is currently on an easier rotation, nephrology, where he has weekends off. We got lucky that Ryan's attending gave him Labor Day off as well.
There is a beautiful monument that was dedicated to Joseph Smith in 1906. On the grounds there is a visitor center that shows a few videos about Joseph Smith's life and all that he has done for the LDS church. The grounds are beautiful and the weather was phenomenal.
Ryan and I learned some really cool facts about Joseph's history. When Joseph was a young boy at age 7, he got Typhoid, which became septic and it spread from his upper body to the bone marrow in his leg. Most doctors just wanted to cut his leg off, but there was one doctor that was willing to try an experimental surgery where he drilled into Joseph's leg to clean the bone marrow. This doctor was the doctor who started the Dartmouth Medical School in New Hampshire. (pretty cool if you ask me!)
Joseph Smith was martyred at Carthage, Illinois when he was 38 1/2 years old. This granite monument is exactly 38 1/2 feet tall to represent his age. The church also wanted this granite monument to be without blemish. It had to be hand carved out of the mountain and weighs over 40 tons. I can't even imagine that in 1906 they had to find a way to carry it 20 miles to this spot. Talk about amazing!
I didn't get very many pictures of us doing all the fun activities: ultimate frisbee, volleyball, soccer, water balloon volleyball, many many games of cards, and endless food and laughter, but here are some views of the camp grounds.
Vermont is just beautiful and it was a lot of fun getting to know the members in our ward even more. Ryan and I have truly been blessed to have this opportunity to be in New England for 4 years. So much history and exploring to do!
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