The+trail+73

Slide 1... It started to be the trail that ended no where. Before I knew it i was walking on the trail for many days, and days turned to weeks. We were searching for gold and right now, all i was worried about was surviving. My body is in pain, from lack of sleep, and my stomach wont stop growling, since we are now short on food. It seemed like I wouldn't make it.

Slide 2... Our animals were very tired and thirsty. My family is getting desperate and I dont want my family to be like the other families I see around us. You here kids and babies crying for food. I see little newborns being passed a long to people who their own mothers dont know, just so they can be fed. The traffic here is insane, and it seems like our traveling is a waste of time, and our hope of making it, is dropping very fast.

Slide 3... We stop by a river, to get some water and be bathed. the water here is distugsting, its brown and gross. Dieseases are being spread to people, but I have to take the chance. I need to be clean, and I need water. The animals drink as you see other drink too. We all need water, and no matter how it tastes or what it looks like, it is our only hope for survival.

Slide 4... People's wagons were breaking down and things just kept on getting worse. It was so hard to move along, when all you saw was those sick bodies on the ground, or see kids etting run over and kids who dont even know who their parents are. It was so hard to believe in yourself and your family, because i really thought i would end up like all those people out there.

Slide 5... We saw people laying on the side of the road. The wagons are evreyone's home on this trail, and when they break, its like your house breaking away while a stunami is coming. Diseases were spreadong everywhere, and you saw piles of bodies on the side of the road. People sleep on the sides of the roads, and get hungry. It feels like my family is at that breaking point. I am now running out of bacon. I am running out of energy, and i know we still have a while to go.

Slide 48754647/..... The winters were also harsh. The animals were cold and hungry, and so were the poeple. It was hard to see and hard to keep warm. I dont even think that this is worth golod anymore, its a waste of a life.

Slide 6... There was all of a sudden no more traffic. i saw a beautful place. It seemed like it came from the heavens. It was called the sleeping bear. I saw many wagons parked there, so i did as well. Inside it was beautiful and comfortable. It was a place that had everything i was missing, and right when you walk in someone nicely dressed and caring said welcome to the sleeping bear, "where you can slreep in a bed and be fed.

Slide 7... The first thing we went to was the washrooms. There were many. They hasd one in all five of the private rooms, and two big ones in the public rooms, one for males and one for females. There is no running water but there is this big pot to heat up the water in for the baths. They get the water from a beautiful clean river. That was the first thing I did when i got there.

Slide 8... The room i slept in with my family was a private room. It is5$ but it has all food included. It was so great because it was comfortable. After the baths, i went to take a nap. It was so great to sleep in something so comfortable. When you wake up, there are people there to make your bed. It is five dollars for everytnight for us, and i stayed for about 3.

slide 9... the public room was just as great. They had about 20 beds in one room. The washrooms were huge. It is the same thing, except you have other people sleeping in the same room. Its is also for a cheaper price, it is 2$ a night with out food included, but you can spend 3$ a night for all foodincluded. It was so great for all the families, because we definatley need it.

slide 10... The rooms were so comfortable and warm. There was a fireplace in everyroom. It was aq place where you talked to other families, and relaxed with your own. It was something that was so fun to be in, it was like you lived in a mansion.

slide 11... Of course, since this Inn was so great, it had everything. It was even great for the animals. There were horses and ox and buffalo. It was excellent because this aloud the animals to walk around, eat annd rest.

slide 12.... this wasnt enough either. They even had a barn for all the animals. It was nicely built and nicely planned out with food and water. They had hay for them to sleep and they had workers to clean them, and everything. It was a really great place, and it wasn't just for the people.

Slide 13... They had excellent food. There was a lot of food and it was very delicious and healthy. I got all the food included but it was a good price because everything was in the perfect porportions. I really then started thinking bout the trail then. I needed to be able to gather food for the trail. I heard that there is another Inn ahead of this one,. This means i can get a few supplies until i reach there, and then pack for the rest of the trip.

Slide 13... there was so many kids on the trail. There were kids being born and kids that were older as well. Either way, bringing kids along meant bringing more food for them and worrying about their health. It was great because there was food for the babies in bottles and foods for the kids. Instead of passing each kid from person to person, we can just feed it through a bottle with the milk they get from there two cows.

Slide 14... The kitchen was big. There are no stoves, but this was a wood stove. We cooked with the heat of the firwe and we had many great meals at that place. There were few cooks but they made a lot of food. It was always warm in there because they were always cooking if it wasn;t breakfast lunch or dinner, it would be dessert.

slide 15... The dining room was huge. There was a big long table with great potterty and plates. There was a c ertain time when you have to eat eachmeal. There were quick meals for things like on the go. It was so fun eating because there were so many poeple. There were coversations and kids playing, and it was like having a huge family.

slide 16... I thought that the best part was the bar. they had beer for the men. The thing that i didnt like was that you had to pay for the drinks but its not like it was a nececcity. it was liek a lounge are for just the grownups, mostly the men. It allowed us to relax our own way with out the kids,. There was other grownups arounds that watched the kids, if they were nice enough.

slide 17... After that i packed up my things. I got things ready for meeting at the next hotel. The great thindg is i get a frees drink at the bar when i come back to this hotel. I think thgat is really cool. I feel healthy and awake. I am no longer hungry and i now have hope tio finish.

slide 18... Then i went out to find gold. I dont know if i will find any but i know that i will be able to make it to the location thanks to this hotel. My animals are all healthy and happy as well as my family. I have already stopped at the second hotlel anfd payed a little more but i still got packed up and packed up food.

slide 200.... I look down at the ground and remember my travles. I look up at the sky and see hyope. This hotel saved my life. I was just about to stop everythjing and not take another step. I remeber seeing all of those gross things and i remeber makuing it. There is hope for everything. You can do anything you want to do, if you just believe you can make it.