We just got back from our annual trip to Fish Lake (
See this post). And while there, I picked up and read
this book (I Walked to Zion) which just happened to be in the cabin. It is a lovely collection of short autobiographical accounts of pioneer
children who crossed the plains. I
thoroughly enjoyed it. I loved reading the perspective of pioneer
children in their
own words. Each account is only 2-4 pages long, and thus, I could read AND FINISH an account in just a few minutes. (As explained in my previous FishLake post, reading is something I LOVE, but when I begin reading anything that takes longer than a few minutes, everything else in my life is totally neglected until I have finished reading whatever novel/book I happen to have picked up, thus I seldom allow myself to read anything that is longer than a few pages.)
And....I must say this book was quite appropro, since we traveled to Fish Lake on July 24th, Pioneer day.
P.S. when I looked at the picture of a certain pioneer girl in this book, I thought, "Wow, she looks just like Marjorie Hinckley!" Turns out it was her grandmother! How cool is that? Also, my great grandfather. Samuel Wittwer, is mentioned in the account of one pioneer girl who settled in Santa Clara.
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| Kay, Analise, Luke, Dallin, and Trent standing on "Penny Rock" overlooking FishLake. July 2014. (Dallin and Analise joined us for a couple of days from Rexburg and Provo respectively.) |
