The Hill Cumorah

 After visiting the Hill Cumorah Visitor's Center, we actually climbed the hill.  There are tiers with these asphalt roads all the way up but they are actually there to help the pageant have a level area for their performance. This is the tier just below the top.  There are 4 in all.

 I took this one just to show the footlight generators they have all the way up for the Hill Cumorah Pageant.

 The Statue of Moroni that stands at the top of the hill.

 A closer view - at the top of the hill.

 

 I think this hill is steeper than Manti's for its pageant.  It is definitely higher.  This is taken from the mid-tier.

 The walk to the statue.  That is Clyde's back

 A view from the top tier.

 This is a plaque at the base.  There is a different picture on each side, one with Joseph and Moroni, this one with the 3 witnesses and one with the 8 witnesses and the 4th is a scripture.

This trek up the to the top was wonderful.  We walked up the asphalt and then Clyde had the good idea of walking down the 'path in the woods'.  It was steep but much cooler.  The temperature was in the low 90's and the humidity was about 100% because of the rain.  As soon as we hit the bottom of the hill and were walking to the car it started raining hard.  It lightened up enough for us to get out of the car and go into Grandin's Press and then poured again.