Monthly Archives: June 2014

Day 3: Ahhhhhh My whole family and I are active Mormons, so Sunday I attended church with my sister. Much of the meetings revolved around the experiences the teenagers had the week before reenacting the story of two handcart companies that got caught in a blizzard in Wyoming while trying...Read more

Day 2: Miles and Miles of Miles and Miles I woke up early, or perhaps I should say I stopped trying to sleep early. The pad I brought was pitifully inadequate and both hips were bruised. But the tent was still standing and I had gotten some kind of rest....Read more

It’s a long story, but the basics of it are that I turned 50 and Mom turned 80. Some time ago, actually. I’m 52 now and Mom is 83. Let me start over. I had always planned to experience some great adventure when I turned 50. My original plan was...Read more