Atlanta & Birmingham

 Lots of driving today!  Our first stop was the Atlanta temple.

 Then we drove over to the Birmingham temple.

 Here's a little shout-out to Elders Jensen and Powell, and Sisters Brummer and Nelson - four of a large group of missionaries we saw at the temple.  Keep up the good work and we'll do what we can to help!

We had a couple of hours to burn before we could enter the temple, and the church building next to the temple happened to be open, so this is how we passed the time……pig, horse, soccer, and football.  This is our "front-cover-of-Sports-Illustrated" pose.

And now we rest our road-weary bodies in Jackson, Mississippi.

Responses to our question, "What is one thing you know about the Mormons?"

Female concierge at Microtel Inns & Suites - Atlanta, GA: [with a southern, African-American accent] "The who?!"

Maintenance guy who poked his head around from the back room after hearing our question posed to the female concierge: "Did you say ya'll are Mormon?  You've got huge peach farms down south.  Very nice people."

Waitress at Chili's - Birmingham, Alabama: "I feel like I should know more.  I live right by the temple in Gardendale [that's where the Birmingham temple is located].  Aren't the Mormons the ones that wear skirts and long hair?"

Female employee at Shell gas station near Birmingham temple: "I don't know much, but my cousin married a Mormon.  We went to the church for the reception.  Best reception I've ever been to.  Very kind people."

Concierge at hotel in Jackson, MS: "I don't really know anything.  They're cool people as far as I'm concerned."