Walk a mile (or 15) in a Pioneer's shoes!

 We decided to walk a mile to see what it would have been like for the Pioneers, who made most of the journey, we learned, walking along next to their wagons, not riding in them (too bumpy!)

We stayed in a line, like we would in a wagon train. We passed 'Fort Broberg," but did not stop to trade or buy supplies.

 We even saw a wild prairie dog!

 Here we are at our final destination.

 We timed ourselves, and it took about 40 minutes. When we got back, many students figured out that if we walked 15 miles, which is how far we traveled in our simulation, we would have been walking for 10 hours!

 We also used a map scale to figure out how long the trail is. 

 Each 100 miles was 1 centimeter, so using a ruler, we found the trail to be 2,000 miles long!

That's a LOT of walking!