We quickly reach the Green River crossing. The river is 20 feet deep. We ford it. We spend 5 bucks on the ferry. We continue travelling, after resting for 5 days to regain our health. Hunting gets us another 200 pounds of food.
On $$GLORIOUS MURRICA DAY$$, Doctor Who catches typhoid. He becomes well again after seven days of rest and filling meals. We reach Soda Springs on the 19th, where we trade a spare wheel for another wagon tongue, since we've exhausted our entire supply up to this point.
We reach Fort Hall a few days later. Adam Smith hates our guts, because everything here is ungodly expensive. I mean, seriously, they must have professional fashion designers or something out here in the Old West, because one set of clothing costs 20 bucks. One box of bullets costs 4. We trade some black guy dressed like Indiana Jones 14 pounds of food for 5 bucks, in case we need more money or something. We rest for 5 days and resume our travel.
Doctor Who got bitten by a snake on the 28th. We rest for 5 days and eat fillingly to get him back into shape. Once he gets well again, we resume our travel. Destroyer got lost on the 9th of August, stalling the wagon for a day. On the 11th, a wagon tongue broke, but we fixed it with our last spare.
On the 17th of August, we get to the Snake River crossing. It's a thousand feet wide and six feet deep. Predictably, we pawn some clothes off on some unwitting Indian for his help crossing it. We make it across safely. Birdvig starts suffering from exhaustion on the 20th, and we take it slowly for a few days to help him rest. Doctor Who gets a fever on the 23rd, and we just go "screw it" and rest for a week. Birdvig is well again at the end of it, and after a few more days of rest the Doctor recovers. We reach Fort Boise on the 4th of September. Adam Smith still hates our guts, so we keep moving.
Doctor Who breaks his arm on the 10th. We rest for a few more days. A little while later, we discover that grass actually still exists, and get out of the desert. We're close!
Birdvig catches a fever on the 23rd. We rest at Grande Ronde for five days, hoping that the Doctor and Birdvig will recover. Birdvig recovers on October 1st, which is good enough for me. We keep going.
The trail divides here. Which way do you want to go?
-Head to Fort Walla Walla to buy supplies
-Take the shortcut to the Dalles River
I highly recommend we take the shortcut, since it's more entertaining (wagon rafting!) and if we don't hurry up we'll be the next Donner Party.
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