June 16- I woke up at about 5:30 and got ready. Then I arrived at the church to be taken over to our meeting spot which was about 30 to 45 minutes away. Once we were at the meeting spot called Iowa City, we found our families and handcarts. Then we started our trek. It was okay for awhile then we got to a huge dip, the dip wasn't as hard as we thought it would be, but then we came to a HUGE hill. To an ant it would have been like a mound of dirt. Im not kidding you it took us about an hour to get up that thing. Then after that we followed a trail then got lost and went 2 extra miles onto our 7 miles. Then once we got to our camp we had chili and deep fryed cornbread. You can bet I sleep good that day.
June 17-Today was the longest day on the trek and the worst day on the trek. To make it all worse the wind was wipping up the sand into your eyes. Then at Moutain Ridge we said a prayer for the lord to help us get up the hill and give us the strength to go on. It was so cool because asll of the other handcarts were stopping half way and stopping at the top of the hill but we didnt even stop once and we knew that we had been helped. Thats basicaly all for that day. Then we made camp and ate potatoe soup and then had a hoedown. Which I did not attend because there was a shortage of boys =[.
June 18- I was just like any other Trek day but then I forgot that the boys were leaving to join the mormon battalion, and that the girls had to go up on a big hill and go on the ridge of the hill to meet the guys. The girls in our handcart were beasts and we made it up the hill with out the boys help obviously. Today we had a lot of exciting things happening every step we took. And halfway to Zion there was a River that was leach infested but as you see we didnt go through it, we had a barge take us to the other side. Then finaly we made it to Zion with a 15 minute wait because they were ready for us. Our company was just to fast for them. Once we got into Zion we made camp and went to bed.
June 19- We woke up then packed up and made breakfast, then they had a few games for us to play in the center of camp. Then after lunch We made our 30-45 minute drive home. Where I had to call my mom and make sure she was picking me up, I think she forgot. Anyway then I was starving and pooped, so we went to Taco Bell got some food and went to the house. Oh my goodness, they should be done with that thing already. Then we went home and I went to bed and then showered up. I forgot how good it was like to have a shower and a toilet.