Mrs. Ida O'Driscoll Tells of Trip with Group to Palmyra Pageant Mrs. Ida O'Driscoll returned home early this week from what she deemed an "almost perfect trip." She went with the James Tour back East for 23 days of delightful, interesting and en¬joyable sightseeing and tour¬ing. There were thirty-eight in the tour, that left from Salt Lake City by bus, went up through Casper, Wyoming, up to Spear- fish, South Dakota, where they saw the Passion Play. The night was clear, and the play 'just "beautiful". On through the Bad- ands of the Dakotas, it was interesting to see the herds of wild buffalo, and especially the little wild burros, who would run out to the cars, just like the bears in Yellowstone and beg for food at the windows. From there they went to Sioux City, Iowa, on to Chicago. They enjoyed a cruise on Lake Mich¬igan, and sight seeing in the city. Cleveland was also on their route, and then to Rochester, New York. Niagra Falls was their next stop. The Falls were as always beautiful, with the weather near perfect. The mist in the air from the Falls keeps the flowers, trees and plants beautiful and green. The next point of interest was to have been the highlight of the trip, the famed Mormon Pageant. The group had excel¬lent seats, (right in the middle), and a little rain was coming down. The guides told them it was quite common, but that it usually stopped before the performance began. Not this night, about half way through the Pageant, the rain came down in torrents. Before the group could get back to their bus, through the thousands of people, they were soaked to the skin. They went back to Rochester to 'dry out" and spend the night. The next morning they visited .he Angel Moroni Statue, Hill Cumorah, and the Sacred Grove. The rain of the night before had made everything beautiful. They hiked through the Joseph Smith farm, down to his father's home where Joseph lived when he received the Golden Plates, and where he took his bride to make their home. Montreal, Canada was the next city of interest. Here they spent two nights and then on to Quebec. Here they took tours, enjoyed the French atmosphere, the horses and buggies in the square, and the French lang¬uage. Montreal is 85 percent French, and Quebec is 95 per cent French. The itenrary then took them to Maine, and Connecuticut and to the historic city of Boston. Early America was brought to life and made real when they boarded "Old Iron¬sides", saw the Paul Revere Home, the old North Church, Bunker Hill and other places. They also went to Harvard, Vas- sar and Cambridge Colleges. The great city of New York was their next destination. Here they spent two days seeing the city, attending a broadway play, going to Radio City, Empire State Building and a highlight to Mrs. O'Driscoll was a three hour cruise at night around the Island of Manhattan. In Philadelphia they visited Independence Square and Hall, Liberty Bell, the Betsy Ross home, where she made the first U.S. flag, and then on to Wash¬ington D.C. where they took guided tours of the Capitol Building, and at Arlington Cem¬etery they saw the changing of the guard and saw President Kennedy's grave. They also saw the Lincoln Memorial, and the beautiful estate of George Washington, Mount Vernon on the Potomac River. They at¬tended an LDS Meeting at the Washington Ward. Then on to Lexington, Virginia, Charles¬ton, West Virginia, Indian¬apolis and then to the City of Nauvoo. In Nauvoo they had a guided tour of the Information Center, saw the remains of the Nauvoo Temple, the homes of Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, and many early Church leaders, that were being restored, they went to the Mississippi River at the point where the early Saints crossed it. They visited Carthage Jail, also the Liberty Jail at Independence. There is just a little of this jail left, and they have built a lovely Visitors Center around it. They also went to the Re-Organized Church's large Temple. It is similar in structure to the LDS Tabernacle, and will seat about 6,000. It is located in the same area that the Temple the LDS are going to build. Enroute home they went through Topeka, Kansas, saw the huge corn fields and soy bean fields, went on to Denver where the tour gave them a farewell dinner in the Cedar Room at the Albany Hotel. From here they were homeward bound for Salt Lake City. "The weather was perfect, except for the one night of rain, the people lovely, a wonderful trip*.—Jolene Price Editor's Note: Mrs. Dale Thurston has also written an account of their trip to Palmyra which will be printed in next week's issue of The News.