Trekkies

This post has literally taken me over two and a half weeks to finish writing.  Writer's block is horrible.

(Stole this off of Facebook.  Thank You, Angela Foley :)

Every four years in our Stake, the youth ages 14-17 get to participate in a Handcart Trek, where, for 3 days, they reenact parts of the Mormon Pioneers' trek west to Salt Lake City.  They pull handcarts for 20 miles, eat beef jerky and homemade taffy, wear bonnets, sleep outside and learn how much they appreciate indoor plumbing and mattresses.  Trek is done by kids in the church all over the country, but I am pretty sure we are the only ones who always hold our trek in December.  That's just how we roll in Florida. (Trek was December 27-29.)  There is just no other way to possibly have the kids experience being cold at night otherwise.  And no one in their right mind would go camping in the summer here, especially my father.  This was the second time that he was head Trek honcho.  He pretty much wrote the handbook on how to do Trek four years ago and realizing how awesome of a job he did, he was once again recruited by our Stake to do it again.  Of course, Brian and Kelly agreed to be Ma's and Pa's while they were here, showing us all the definition of "overachievers."  Seriously, Kelly was 4 months pregnant and on vacation.  Hey, you wanna burn a few of those vacation days walking till you get blisters and sleeping in a tent while your wet? Sure!  Jacob was also a superstar and was out there every single morning bright and early to divide up the families, give devotionals, help run the firesides, conduct testimony meeting, etc.  He is simply amazing :)  Anyway, after my family all came back from Trek and we were eating Sunday dinner together, we started making "Trek" jokes. Mostly ones that were referencing a lot of things from Star "Trek." My dad made the comment that most of the kids would not understand any of those jokes because they are way too young to know anything about that show. However, he did tell me that without a doubt, the ONE thing those kids did know inside and out was Harry Potter.  And thus, I give you this:


TOP TEN WAYS TREK WOULD BE DIFFERENT IF DUMBLEDORE WERE IN CHARGE

10. Kids are assigned to their Ma's and Pa's by the Sorting Bonnet
9.  Trail boss gets to ride his Nimbus 1847
8.  Halfway through the trek all the men have to leave to serve in Dumbledore's Army
7.  Golden Snitch for festival Quidditch game is actually a tiny liahona
6.  Youth divided into the four Trek families of Orsonclaw, Brighamdor, Heberpuff or Taylorin
5.  The pioneer children conjure as they walk and walk and walk and walk.........and walk
4.  Trail mix features Parley Pratt's Every Flavor Beans, including cow pie, logan bread and rancid cream
3.  Everyone's patronus is a seagull
2.  Jedediah Lockhart shows up at the end to walk the last 100 yards with everyone
1.  Voldemort known as "Brother He Who Must Not Be Named"