Prarie Grass Burn in Old Nauvoo

The city does a prarie grass burn every year to demonstrate how dangerous it is when there is a fire on the plains.  This is done right in the Old Nauvoo close to the 1840 homes!  Yikes!  When they set it on fire it only took about 3 minutes to burn an acre!  The whole city and all of the missionaries come to watch...Can you see the temple in the background?  It is quite a sight! Earlier we had a hot dog roast outside on the lawn next to where they started the fire...The whole city was invited!

We are standing next to the prarie grass right before the lit it....It was freezing that day!