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Click on the Registration Tab above and register for trek online!  It takes only a couple of minutes.  Then youth click on the Medical Release Form (under the registration tab) print it out, have your parents sign, and then bring the night of the Iowa City Stake Registration Fair on May 10th from 7 to 9 at the Stake Center!!  You also need to pay your ward - ask a leader how much your ward is requiring you to pay by May 10th!

Wearing Good Shoes

On the importance of wearing good shoes……….. Dan Jones was left at Devil’s Gate to take care of supplies that were left behind.  It was a constant struggle to get food and he was out chasing buffalo when this occurred…….

“I had been wearing moccasins all winter, had done a great deal of walking and had felt well and strong; but the winter had commenced to break and there was mud and wet snow to en­counter on our trip. Someone had induced me to put on a pair of heavy, stiff-soled English shoes. About sundown I gave out; got so lame that it was impossible for me to wear the shoes and travel. We had about ten miles to go yet, and no trail, as the Indian trail was much longer than to cross directly over the country, and we wished to take the short­est cut. Moreover, there was still a few inches of snow on the ground, part of the way, on the most direct route. We were bent on getting to camp that night, if possible, so determined to keep going. I was compelled to pull off my "stoggas" and go in my stocking feet. This did very well till the snow gave out, which it did as we got on to lower coun­try. My socks soon failed then, and the ground commenced to freeze hard. Traveling became slightly unpleasant to me. I put on the shoes again, but could not possibly walk; it was as though my shin bones were being broken at every step. (Some may wonder why my companion did not change his foot gear with me. The reason was he wore a number six shoe, and I could squeeze on a number ten. Will that do?) So I determined to go bare­footed.It now became really unpleasant, for the country was spotted with prickly pears (thorny cactus). When I placed my number ten foot, pressed down by my 175-pound body, on these desert ornaments, they had a piercing effect, often causing me to halt. Several times it hurt so badly that I dropped, desiring to take a seat so that I could pull the thorns out of my feet, but on striking the ground I had a sudden desire to rise, as the cactus formed the only place to sit. This was really amusing. Still, I soon had enough of this fun and commenced to figure how to avoid having any more of it. The horses dreaded the cactus, and if left to pick the road would avoid them; so we al­lowed them to go ahead. I carefully watched their tracks and followed them, getting along much better after this.

About midnight we got in, my feet a little the worse for wear; but so happy were we with our success that my feet soon got well”. -Forty Years Among the Indians   Dan Jones (rescuer) from book: Remember by Members of the Riverton Wyoming Stake 1997 pg. 115

Make sure your shoes fit and they are well broken in.