Hill Cumorah

It seemed that we had done all we came to do, and we still had a day and a half left. We were flying out of Buffalo on Tuesday, and we decided to spend Monday visiting some church history sites! When we showed up at the Hill Cumorah, the sister missionaries were very excited.
Turns out we had accidentally shown up on September 22nd! The day Joseph Smith first found the plates, and four years later received them from the angel Moroni. How cool is that?
We hiked up to the monument on the top of the hill. (Note the problem with self-timers. If the camera tips while you're waiting, there is nothing you can do about it.)
We walked up the grassy side, and down the forested side. I was surprised to find that even though the hill is quite steep, it isn't really that big. And you will also be interested to know that we did not see one single rock on the whole hill. I told Jef they probably removed them all because they were sick of everyone going off the trails in search of golden plates.