June 6th-9th, 2012
I've been in Utah for almost a week now, and it's already time to travel again. My Aunt and Uncle invited me to go on a 28 mile pioneer handcart Trek with them and part of the Utah 34th Ward. The hardest trial for me on this trek was overcoming the extreme weather in Utah. Near the middle of the day, the weather was extremely dry and hot. Some days it reached temperatures of about 87 degrees. At night, however it was the complete opposite with bone-chilling 45 degree air blowing in around eight O'clock. We roughed it like the pioneers that came before us did on their journeys across America. After everyone was settled, we huddled around a fire, told some good pioneering stories, and went to bed in our warm sleeping bags.
Getting packed for the long journey ahead of us
This was the "family" I was in for the trek, the Watsons' family.
This is the Weddics' and Robbins' family
The Ibarras
The Robbins'
You'd be surprised at how a delicious array of food can cure all kinds of minor problems. I couldn't imagine eating just flour like some of the real handcart pioneers did on their march out West. Some Indians back then would run off all of the pioneers' cows and take other food supplies with them in their raids. Fortunately, we didn't see any on our journey through Northern Utah. All we had to look out for were the thousands of badger holes, and a cattle crossing every now and then. Yep, we finished our journey with full bellies, sore and aching feet, hands and backs, but, most importantly, a better understanding of the trials that the pioneers overcame on their 1,200 mile journey to Utah.
