Heritage Gateways

Official Sesquicentennial K-12 Education Project
sponsored by the Utah State Board of Education, the BYU-Public School Partnership and the Utah Education Network

Daniel George (Dan) Whitaker Journals

July 18, 1997

Location: East Canyon State Park, Utah - Between Henefer and Birch Springs.

Summary: Walking - and the last time in a sagebrush field.

Journal entry: DEAR PEOPLE OF THE WORLD
I WALKED THE WHOLE DAY AND EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ONLY 10 MILES THEY WERE HARD MILES BECAUSE IT WAS ALOT OF UP HILL AND HOT AND STUFF. I PUSHED A HANDCART TODAY IT WAS SARAH AND KATHY'S. SARAH IS WALKING HOME FROM HER MISSION TO THE LDS CHURCH FROM MISSOURI AND KATHY IS JUST A FRIENDS. POEPLE PASSES US OUT SOME ROLLS SANDWICHES DONUTS AND RICE KRISPIE TREATS IT WAS GREAT. I AM GOING TO GO SWIMMING WITH SOME FRIENDS IN A RESEVIOUR AND THEN THERE IS SUPPOSED TO BE A CAMP PROGRAM. WE ARE CAMPING IN A SAGEBRUSH FIELD EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A NICE FIELD NEXT DOOR. WE ARE HERE FOR TWO MORE DAYS YUCK ONLY TWO TRAVEL DAYS LEFT HURRAY WELL THIS IS DAN IN A SAGEBRUSH FIELD I HOPE FOR THE LAST TIME IN EAST CANYON RESEVIOUR