Boomer I'm with you, could have NEVER made it on one of those long cross country trips. Awhile ago I read a book called Best of Covered Wagon Women
Introduction by Kenneth L. Holmes.
It is a diary of women going cross country and is just heart wrenching
Can
you imagine having menstral cramps or a migraine? It makes me want to be a better woman for all these ladies who endured so much!
By the way.....I LOVE your writing style
I must of have skipped school that day
P.S. FYI Sturbridge is a really nice chain.