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Tomorrow We Cross The River Journal Entry
Dear Journal,it took us a bit longer to reach the South Pass. It's been hotter than hell, and I feel like I've lost my weight in sweat. The tires are so thin and the trail is so sandy that we get almost no traction. The continental divide was a neat landmark. I hadn't known about it until the book told us. Tomorrow we'll take the Sublette-Greenwood Cutoff, which just means more desert. My kids look like death, but they put on a brave face for my wife and I. Tomorrow we cross the river, and I think we're going to stay a while.

Dear Journal, we camped outside of the green river for a while. Then we went up to ferry boat it took us $16 to get across it, which I thought was ridiculous. We saw some Shoshone Indians rounding up another train’s cattle. I feared them at the beginning but now I see that they don't mean any harm. I was really excited for the Soda Springs. I heard the water is so warm it boils. I'm positive all of us will be swimming in a
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These last few weeks have been interestingly which is saying something seeing as I stare at the same trail every day. I've caught Dale several times exerting himself on useless tasks. He keeps picking the churn up with both hands, taking it to his chest and setting it down. When I asked him why he was wasting his energy on something so useless, his face turned red and he looked back at the Susan girl. He later explained that he was trying to gain muscle to impress her. I'm still a little confused myself as to why he wouldn't just work and gain muscle the way everyone else has. Caroline has become more a friend to me than a daughter. We often talk about what life will be like once we reach Oregon. She seems excited to get back into school and find friends that aren't her dad. My wife keeps quiet still, and most the time she's taking care of the the baby or cooking. I am going to get some rest, it's been a hard few months and we still have more to

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