Saturday as we were enjoying a late afternoon walk in the Nauvoo Flats, we noticed a carriage being drawn by our two favorite horses here in Nauvoo.  Normally you don’t see the carriages. Instead you might encounter a wagon full of folks from all over the world with two of our beloved Teamster Missionaries at the helm. (Can you say helm with a wagon?)

Anyway, with evening approaching and as the carriage drew closer on the nearly deserted streets we noticed a familiar figure in the carriage.  It was our wonderful Bishop Casey Cluff at the reins with the ever faithful Doc and Dan hitched up. He had just provided taxi service, Nauvoo style, for his daughter and friends to a pre-prom dinner at a missionary’s home nearby and was on his way back to the stable.  How cool of a dad is that?

Bishop Cluff stopped and let me take a few photos (he knows if the Simpsons are nearby, there will be a camera involved) and then invited us for a ride in the carriage. We may have missed the prom kids but we did get to enjoy their taxi ride. Yippee!!

Coming up on The Old Post Office, John Taylor’s house in the middle and the Print Shop.  If you go straight you can see Brigham Young’s house on the left. (Our view during our quick ride around a Nauvoo block.)

The carriage is actually a four-seater. Notice the two chairs strapped to the back? With the chairs tied on the back of the carriage (the way they did it in the olden days), the four-seater became a six-seater…..makeshift forerunner to our modern-day SUV.

Bishop Cluff heads back to the stable with Doc and Dan in perfect step together. Listening to the clip-clop of Doc and Dan’s hooves and the beauty of Historic Nauvoo at that time of evening was a real thrill.

Thanks Bishop! You’re the best.

Tom and Jeanette