Wagons ho... lets go!!

So it feels like I have been reading a lot lately. Between reading the books for this trip and the research I have been doing I feel like I have become so much closer to the people that took this epic journey across the west. I really have to say that I admire those who came before and founded this state. They endured so much and didn't have so many of the luxuries of life that we enjoy every day. I just think its amazing that they set up cities and made things happen. I think its a shame that Jedediah Grant died so young in life. It would have been great to see what he could have done with his life if he had had more time. I think that we needed men like Jed and Brigham Young that were out there doing things. They were not passive in anything they did and although that approach would definitely not work today I can see how it was a needed and useful attribute to have back then. Im so stoked to actually see the sites that I have read and taught about... and to meet all of you!