Sunday, June 15, 2008

Other Pioneer Stuff



We had a great family and everyone was fun and cooperative. Sarah even set up the Ma and Pa tent one night. The boys did the dishes without complaining. It was really fun getting to know everyone better, telling stories and playing games. One of our neighbors woke up with a puffy bottom lip and we all got a good laugh at her expense. The worse part of the whole experience was the bus ride home with no A/C and a cranky bus driver.

Pioneer Trek - Second Day


The 2nd day we got up early, cooked biscuts and gravy in the dutch ovens, loaded up and took off. After lunch we stopped at the bottom of a big hill. The guys were all called to the "Mormon Battalion" and left us. The women and girls got ready to pull the carts up the hill. We were all huffing and puffing! The guys were at the top of the hill cheering us on. That night we camped in a nice shady spot with a beautiful view.

Pioneer Trek


June 11-14 we took 70 youth and 25 adults over near Richmond, Washington. We loaded up the handcarts with our "stuff" and pulled about 4 miles for the day. It was windy and rainy and the kids complained that this was way too easy. They didn't complain the next day!