Martin's Cove in Wyoming

This last week has been an interesting experience. On Monday at work I was told that I was being laid off. It came as a shock and I am not sure exactly what I am going to do at this moment but I have had a week to think about what I want to do. Any ideas or know of anyone that is hiring?

So amidst this unforeseen rut in the road of life, we had a remarkable week otherwise. On Friday and Saturday we took a trip to Martin's Cove in Wyoming. It is a place where Mormon Pioneers crossing the plains on their way to Utah got stranded because of an early winter snow storm in the winter of 1856. It was an incredible experience. We got a little handcart and hiked about 8 miles along the original trail. You can still see the ruts in the road where the original handcarts carved out a trail. We went into Martin's Cove, a place in between two mountains, where this handcart company stayed until they were rescued. It was a humbling experience to hear the stories of these people. Many of them froze to death while many others hardly had any food. They suffered all this because of their faith in God.

Here is a link that is great to explain the story of these amazing pioneers.

http://www.lds.org/gospellibrary/pioneer/28_Martins_Cove.html

Here we are starting out on the trail. It was a cold rainy day. We got a small glimpe of what these people might have experienced.

Here is an overlook of the Wyoming Plains and the Sweetwater River

After pulling our handcart in the rain, we got to the Sweetwater River. We rolled up our pants and crossed....it was cold. I can't imagine how these pioneers crossed the river when it was a lot higher and there was ice floating in the river.

Here is the Sweetwater river looking back over where we had just passed.