Soda Springs: A Short Story

We get to Soda Springs and it really is amazing, it's kind of like a little spa for us women. There were bubbling pool, places to wash clothes that haven't been washed in a while, time to actually sit back and relax, and even the men enjoy it. They say it helped to relax and loosen their muscles. Juniper drank some of the water and said it tasted like soda, but before long, his stomach started hurting really bad. Which i’m guessing is because of all the carbonation he got out of it. After everyone was well relaxed and ready to go and in a way, start fresh, we headed out another 70 miles for Fort Hall. In about 5-6 days we ended up at Fort Hall, which is an old fur trading post, and we could get many supplies from here. Not long after we got here though, we saw our animals covered in blood, and we were itching like crazy again. …show more content…
I wish they would just be extinct already. We are heading to Three Island Crossing. We will get there in 150 miles. We meet the snake river which seems shallow enough to cross with no issues. We start across the river and about half way through we come over these huge holes under the water. None of us were expecting that and a couple people went under, but they got back up fine, after that happening everyone was very cautious on where they walked. And then we go on…...another 150 miles, until we reach Fort Boise. When we got there we found, horse corrals, housing, blacksmith shops, stores, and livestock. It had everything. We exchanged out all 4 of our mules for new, fresh