The trip has finally come as the green prairie grass is shooting up from the warmed soil. We set off as soon as the grass was a good height, but were delayed when a screw came loose after a bump in the trail. A little while later and we were back on the trail going at a steady pace. Hope and little John rode on Silver for the most part, but Grace stepped on a fallen branch wrong and hurt her ankle so she replaced John on Silver. The farther we went along the more crowded it became before we had to slow down to a crawl. A helpful woman in the wagon ahead of us told us there was a raft bringing people across the Kansas River. After a very long wait, we finally reached the raft, paid our dollar fare, and one by one were shipped to the other side.
