Tidbits of the Next 8 Miles

The next 8 miles were fairly blah. Ma/Stacy wanted to sing 'We Are All Enlisted' but we could only think of the first 2 lines. She even bribed Aaron with a Starburst if he could think of the the rest. She finally dug through her bucket and found her hymnal. Hallelujah! Other songs that first day included but were not limited to: The Ant's Go Marching (Michelle's Favorite), I Say A Boom Chicka Boom, Come, Come Ye Stains (oops, Saints), Book of Mormon Stories and other hymns and primary songs.


We had a few vignets(sp) along and the way. One was a mother and father with a baby. The father had fallen ill and was not going to make it. The mother asked us to take her baby to Zion for her. Our daughters stepped up quickly to take the baby - named Benjamin (we called him Benji). We took an extra shirt and made a papoose for him. We all took turns holding the baby - Sarah has Benji in this next picture.


Sometime during this leg we brought out a bag of dried mangos from Costco. Manna from heaven! (Sorry Sarah- I guess we gave you too many the first 2 days). Having extra snacks proved to be providential though. When we finally stopped that night the trek planning crew had some hot soup and rolls for us. The line was long so we decided to get our beds ready first. The McGary's and we were the last 2 families in line when the announced that they had run out of soup. How do you explain to your kids that after pulling a handcart for 12 miles they had to go to bed hungry? Bishop Grover pulled out some jerky to us stave off hunger but it was still a shock. Many of the handcart pioneers ran low on food on their way to Zion and some ran out entirely. They were rationed to 12 ounces of flour a day at one point. We could handle it for one night.

Here are some others pictures taken during these 8 miles. Again, some were candid. Kids, don't kill your pa!

















Well, Stacy finally finished Breaking Dawn, so she can add the next few posts regarding the trek. She is a much better writer than me so enjoy!