Week 4

Hey! Post results here! 

Reece went 10 miles

Week 3 results

Well sorry this post is a bit later than usual but this has been a busy week with Match day!

Anyways, this past week we went 124 miles! NIce work! That puts us at 345 miles! We are really cruising now!

Totals individually are:

Reece: 68 

Caitlin: 51.6

Rachel: 50.8

Garth: 6.5

Katrina 16

Leslie: 45.5

Steve: 20 

Ben 8.5

Ivin 28

Lucy 4

Josh 4

Brooke 37

Patrick (including previously unrecorded weeks): 20

Very nice everyone! Lets see where we are.....345 miles puts us 10 miles past Elk Mountain Wyoming!

(Correction...I realized I added the miles without all of the miles totaled and we are actually at 360 miles, but since I already wrote the rest of the post we are going with 345. Will be updated further next week.)

This is Elk Mountain Wy. When I googled it I only got pictures of the actual mountain like this

 and of course a road sign.

If the beautiful mountain and the nothing next to the interstate did not convince you to pull into Elk Mountain for the night, let me show you where you could stay! 

At the Historic Elk Mountain Hotel!

Apparently the hotel is old and Elk Mountain was an important stop for settlers traveling west. Similar idea to last weeks post. I am seeing a pattern here in Wyoming.

Elk Mountain (the mountain) was first named Medicine Butte, as an interesting tidbit.

Keep up the exercise, and maybe we will make it somewhere that will not just be a "well some covered wagons went through here a while back..."

Week 3

Hey everyone! Week three results here!

Reece ran 25.5 miles this week

Mom 5.5 miles

Dad 0....Come on Dad!!

Caitlin ran/walked 19.5

Week 2 Results

Well here we are at the end of week 2! The following are total miles for each individual:

Reece 42.5

Rachel 33.8

Leslie 32.5

Caitlin 32.1

Ivin 20

Brooke 20

Steve 16

Katrina 10.5

Garth 6.5

Lucy 4

Josh 4

We went 110.1 miles this week! Excellent work! That puts us at 221.9 miles the past two weeks! 

That puts us between Rock Springs Wyoming and Wamsutter Wyoming.

Evanston 

 Wamsutter....I love the sign, and the nothing that is around it. 

So points of interest along the way...Shortly before we arrived in Lyman Wyoming we passed Fort Bridger.

Fort Bridger in 1850

Pony Express Route, stopped in Fort Bridger where the Pony Express barn is still standing, as is a wall used by the Mormon settlersto defend themselves. 

Fort Bridger, or part of it I guess 

Fort Bridger was established in 1842 on the Green River by Jim Bridger, and was an important resupply point for the Oregon, California, and Mormon trails. The Army apparently also had an outpost here during the "Utah war"in 1858. President Buchanan sent the Army to Utah to install a new governor, replacing Brigham Young, as well as set up a military presence in 1857. Brigham Young sent raiders to burn supply trains and several other forts/citys along the way in order to slow down Johnston's army, and even set fire to Fort Bridger to keep it from the Army. The Army, slowed by the loss of supply trains and expected outposts, wintered near the fort, and Johnston's army went to Salt Lake City in the spring, leaving two companies behind to establish an official Army Post at Fort Bridger The other troops went to SLC and eventually established Camp Floyd, south of Salt Lake City. 

The members of the church in Northern Utah moved south for a time under the direction of Brigham Young to avoid becoming casualties, filling their homes with straw in order to be burned if necessary. They left behind some young men to work the fields and irrigate, etc, but buried church records as well as stone cut for the Temple and the foundation, leaving a field above the Temple to remove any suspicion. The majority of the members from northern Utah lived more south for a while, (south as in Provo, Spanish fork area I believe). When the press found out that the members were moving south, it became a story of the United States persecuting the innocent, and gained national and international attention, pressuring the US to let up. After peace talks were completed and it was decided that the army would not invade but instead set up an outpost at Camp Floyd, the members of the church moved back north. 

So, thats Fort Bridger.

End of week 2

Well it's the end of the second week! Post your results here! 

I ran 24 miles this week. 

End of week 1 results

Well thanks everyone for participating, I think this is going to be fun! Remember, distances are recorded from walking, running, etc. We will give 4 miles for an hour of physical activity if it is not able to be directly calculated in miles, assuming it is at least moderately vigorous, indifferent of age. 

Total distance: 111.87 miles

Rachel - 18.8 miles

Caitlin - 18.57 miles

Reece - 18.5 miles

Leslie- 15.5 miles

Ivin- 12 miles

Steve- 9 miles

Brooke- 5 miles

Lucy- 4 miles

Josh - 4 miles

Katrina - 3.5 miles

Garth - 3 miles

Patrick??????

111.87 miles from Salt Lake puts us....somewhere between Evanston and Lyman Wyoming. 

Miles to go to New York: About 2060

Evanston

Lyman

Points of interest passed include Parley's canyon, Park City, and the famous Henefer-Echo Wildlife Management Area. I actually don't know if it is famous, just saw it on the map. Also, if you head up by Jeremy Ranch near Park City you can see part of the trail where the pioneers came into Utah. Head up the trail, see a monument at the top, and then head down into Emmigration Canyon. It makes for a great bike ride and hike. 

Here are a few pics from the trail, in the first you can see the trail marker an where you can bike on the trail. It's pretty cool. I wonder how the pioneers would have fared if they had mountain bikes? In the second you see the view from the top looking down into emigration canyon. The trail can be followed from there as well. 

If anyone wants to join, feel free to! We are going to come up with a sweet t shirt design for participants. Plus, it's just fun! 

Week 1

Well the first week is over. Add up your miles through Saturday night and post it as a comment on this post tonight or tomorrow and tomorrow night I will update with a post showing where we are and who is in the lead. Let's see how close we are to New York! Or hopefully we made it to Park City.....

This week I ran 18.5 miles. 

Caity ran/walked 18.57 from her fit bit 

P.S. This photo is not me. It's motivational.....so be motivated!