On day two we crossed the continental divide 5 times as we wound through Wyoming. We drove past Independence Rock, a historic site that claims to still show wagon wheel ruts in the ground.
We encountered the beautiful Donner Lake area and stopped to check it out. It was a moving experience for me because I have been told I had ancestors there, and I thought of them huddled together that terrible winter. I took a photo of the rock chimney for the kitchen of the house where they all were.
I set out on a journey of endurance, but it is nothing compared to what many of our ancestors endured.
Chris and I decided we couldn't complain any more about sun, wind, heat or hills...
