It has been a week since we left from Independence, and I finally have some time to sit and write. So much has happened since last time I wrote. For a few examples: crossing the Kansas River, experiencing what it is like to be out on the trail, and not to mention a little love action going on in between Viola and Nathan's son, John. They sit out by the fire for hours, after the rest of us go to bed, and just talk. My wife thinks it is the cutest, but I have some suspicions about this boy. That isn't the only love that is going on, the entire wagon train thinks that Mrs. Conrad’s son has a little crush on my daughter. He keeps teasing her, but kind of in a loving way, and he repeatedly asks to dance with her. Nevertheless, everyone thinks
