"Some must push and some must pull."

On July 15, 2008, Ash and I had the opportunity to accompany the young men and women in the Cache and Cache West Stake for a pioneer trek experience. This event took place in a God forsaken desert stricken land of desolation which is approximately 7 hours away from Logan, UT by school bus. For those of you who do not know of this ugly, sage brush, bug infested land I speak of—It can be described with a simple 3 word phrase: Middle of Wyoming. Enough said.
The purpose of the trip is to load handcarts with personal belonging and rough it in the outdoors while walking long distances. This is an attempt to re-create the fatigue, trials, aches, fun, and obstacles faced by the pioneers on their westward journey to the “Land of Zion.” The church has invested large amounts of money and service in making this experience as pleasant, spiritual, and informative as possible. There are multiple campsites with drinking water and hole in the ground johns. The trails are well maintained and handcarts are provided for your pushing and pulling pleasure. We saw a bunch of historical sites and trekked about 21 to 24 miles total.

Ash and I went as a Ma and Pa and were assigned a family of 4 girls and 4 boys. In attempts to provide some organization, each family was assigned a color. I was very excited when I was informed that our family was the hot pink family. The kids in our family were awesome. They worked hard and helped out. We couldn't of had a better family for this.

Things we liked:
- Not having to go to work for four days.
-The feelings and experiences associated with that special area.
-The large amounts of food.
-The youth that taught us much and brought out our teenager mentality.
-Sleeping in a tent (which is only fun for 3 nights a year)
-The inconsistency with the earth’s temperature which provided short periods of relief.

Things we disliked:
-14 hours in a hot school bus
-The never ending supply of sagebrush and sand.
-Ticks & Mosquitoes
-Heat (probably global warming)