Martin's Cove Checklist

Martin's Cove Checklist • Make sure all registration information is handed in. This must include all medical information including insurance carrier and policy numbers. • Have identification ready for border crossing. This needs to be a passport (preferred) or birth certificate and picture I.D. • Obtain 5-gallon bucket and lid. Clearly mark your bucket and lid with your full name. • Obtain or make pioneer outfits. • Prepare physically by walking 3 -4 times a week starting with .5 mile and working up to 3 miles. Doing this will help your stamina when trekking with a handcart. • Research your own ancestors and choose one ancestor to trek for. Have information about this ancestor ready to share with your Trek family. You will also be given a pioneer from the Martin & Willie handcart company to think about as you trek. • Gather all your equipment for Trek and try packing it in your bucket. Remember your buckets must be 17 lbs. or less. • Read the article in this packet outlining the history of the Martin and Willie Companies to help give you a better understanding of what happened on the plains of Wyoming. • Read your scriptures, write in a journal, pray.