All's well that ends well.

Jess must have read up on this!! And this.

Luckily we were going slow and no traffic.

That's OK!!

We had a GREAT time. Thanks so much Grandpa & Grandma!!

Day Two

Day Two of whirlwind book tour. After staying overnight in ELY, NV, we pushed on into the desert. We stopped again throughout the book, seeing where the trail went. Making our way back home, the second half of our circle trip. We visited North Knoll Spring (page 182) and Tule Valley. Cool scenery. Like you are on the moon. Alkali flats, 3 miles wide Captain Simpson said, (page 185). Everything was going fine!! Then we had some tire issues, alas, we must cut our trip a little short. That's OK.

Book Tour **Warning Lots of Hyperlinks** Get your learn on

OK, so we went on the Route for the Overland Trail book tour with Nanc & Jess. Pretty cool. We followed along in the book -page by page.

Captain James H Simpson is who we were shadowing. Throughout Jess's book, he visits each part of the trail with Simpson's diary excerpts and his own journal entries. Very, very cool. The kids had their own field journals to make notes and draw pictures. We saw lots of historical markers and plenty of wildlife. Strange, because we were in the desert. Surprisingly full of wildlife, the desert is. Anywho-- major learning weekend for homeschoolers and history buffs. And getting to see Jess in his element.

Visiting Pony Express stations, Lincoln Highway markers, Simpson Springs, Fish Springs, we saw book entries in real life. We saw where the cover art painting was taken from. We saw the ridge lines, crumbled stations, wagon trails, canyons, caves and we even saw a Golden Eagle.

Fish Springs Pony Express Marker






Imagine these guys hauling tail across the West. We could totally see it.

Boyd Station

The ceiling in Stonehouse.

Stonehouse

Page 42 about Spring Valley campsite, now known as Stonehouse.

WILD HORSES!

There they go...