I am very excited for our journey out west. I think we will see many new things that have not yet been discovered. I think the journey is going to be long and hard. I mean how are all of us going to survive? Is it going to be cold for the winter? How long is this journey west going to take? We won't be able to go and see a doctor when we get sick, I hope we have enough medicine. Are there wild animals that we will get to see that we have never encountered before? Overall I do not know if we are prepared enough for this journey. I mean we only have so much food and so much medicine. Are we going to be warm enough when the cold weather hits? Oh man now that I am thinking about it more and more I am getting very nervous for our expedition west.
Now it is about time we are to leave Independence, Missouri and everything that we know. The beginning of this journey will be the first test of what my family and myself can handle. I think the first months will be the hardest and we will learn how to live from a wagon.