It was a radical winter. Food was extremely scarce. Our manufacturers could barely get the supplies to our shop for us to sell. Now that it is over my family and I are ready for a spring. We are traveling to Oregon soon. We want to explore more frontier, more indigenous plants and animals that we have never had the chance to see until now. I expect many things from the trip and the ending result. Everyone is ready for a better life and the only way to reach it is to go soon find land and restart our lives. It will be dangerous but we are willing to take risks. I expect the trip will be slow, painful, laboriously, and dangerous. Thieves and bandits could steal our supplies and we could starve to death without anyone knowing. Even if they did know who would stop to feed six hungry people? I also fear for my family’s health for if they are weak, it could be dreadful. But our family is too excited about our new land and new land out west.
Before going on this trip we need to prepare and pack. We cannot pack too much but it is difficult to ask my family to leave things behind, Especially Kathleen. Each child would have two sets of cloths, one toy or thing to bring along, and one blanket. We felt as though we should bring a frying pan but we decided a Dutch oven would be multi use and if we do need it we can buy it on the way there. We also brought a loom fabric and a sewing kit since we cannot live on two pair of clothes.
We are on the road and soon enough we are at Fort Independence. It is long but not quite as long as this trip will be and we met many people on the way that might be in our wagon train. We were traveling for about 3 days when we encountered a young man. His Juan Hernandez and he travels alone. We found out later that we would be in the same wagon train. He has no family nor does he have a wife. We all decided to travel together until we departed but, we never did depart. The days were long and hot. Kathleen complains all the time about her sore feet so she had to ride in the wagon so she wouldn't be uncomfortable. Leaving our best friend’s home and our family we think is terrible but, we had to do it. I think everyone is a bit homesick from this experience. That is all for today I have to eat dinner now.
Hi Walter and Kathleen Sanders,it Ruby Bryant I can see you had trouble finding bushiness since you had a hard winter,but i'm glad that you moving to Oregon to find a better life. I hope are wagon train can all work together to fight the tough journey.
ReplyDeleteHi Walter and Kathleen, its Juan. That winter sure was radical, but now that we're on the trail, I believe the weather will be much better. It must be so hard to handle six children!
ReplyDeleteHey Walter, it's Dan. My family is ready for a new life too, and we can wait too get there as well! I also hope that the weather will be much better too, i am sure that it will. If there is anything a can do please feel free to ask me.
ReplyDeleteSensorially, Dr. Dan
Hi Kathleen and Walter its Nate. Yes that winter was hard but we are finally on the trail and i hope the weather will be better. I Cant believe you too have 6 children the packing and all there needs it must be hard to handle all of them.
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