Tanner's Spring Break Adventure

Well it was Spring Break here for us and we didn't do much. Tanner did though!! Tanner was gone on the Pioneer Trek from Wednesday morning till Saturday afternoon. They left at 7:00 in the morning and drove to where they started the trek. They had breakfast. They were shown where their pile of stuff was to build their cart. Oh and also they were told there are your chickens for dinner tomorrow make sure you feed them and keep them alive till then!! They started hiking about 11:00 am and got done at about 12:30 am after hiking 20 miles. They didn't have lunch and when they arrived for the night they had 1 cup of broth and some rolls. They got up in the morning and had mush for breakfast then hiked 1 more mile and set up camp. They killed the chickens and skinned them. Then put them in the dutch ovens to cook up for a dinner of chicken stew. He said that was delicious!! They played pioneer games until evening time. The next morning they had be like the Sabbath Day so the kids got to have their hair washed and change clothes finally!! They had a relaxing day and after church services they had time to themselves to go on their own read scriptures and read a letter from home that was a surprise to them. Then the next morning they hiked a few more miles to the trucks and came home. He says he now has a new appreciation for the pioneers and he is even more grateful for his deodorant, toothpaste and shower!! He also appreciates the food we have too! I have added just a few pictures out of the thousands the Stake took to document this great experience. If you would like to see more go to http://picasaweb.google.com/staketrek2008 to get more of an idea of Tanner's fun Spring Break! Way to go Tanner!!!