The evening before our trek

Under threatening skies, a group of men and women aided Bro. 

Terry Edwards in setting up the handcarts. Terry had picked up the handcarts from Bradfordsville KY and drove them to Taylorsville Lake State Park.

We all helped unload all of the water coolers and tarps.  lBro. Graves and Bro. T.Edwards started laying out the beds of the handcarts.  Bro. T. Edwards conveniently had 2 trash cans that we turned upside down to create a work surface to put on the wheels.  The bed of the handcarts weighed about 200 lbs. each.  

Bro. T. Edwards truck and trailers were so loaded down that they were dragging as they pulled onto our spot.  You can see the wheel leaning against the picnic table.  The children who joined us, thought the water containers were alot of fun to swing around.

 One of the beds of the handcarts all alone.

 Bro. Brian Edwards and Bro. Dixon helped pull the handcarts off the trailer.

 We made piles of the wheels.  They looked pretty cool seeing the pile build of our equipment.

 They  started lining them up.  This is what they looked like after the first step.

 This was after we added side boards, front name boards, the metal loops and the canvas tops.

 Kensey Edwards trying to tie on the canvas covers.  That may have been the hardest part.

 They looked good all lined up and ready to go.

My children wanted a ride in the big wagon.

After the rides were given we still had to put on the hauling ropes.  They were so thick.  They had the hand holds already tied into them.  Once again, that was a difficult piece. But since they were necessary we all worked together and got them tied on.

We cleaned up our mess and made sure everything was in order for the next morning.  The lightning started to join the thunder and we figured it was a great time to go home.

Thanks goes out to Andy Harp, Terry Edwards, Kensey Edwards, Spencer Dixon, Kirk Graves, Brian Edwards, Maggie Edwards and the children, Hadley, Jenna, Halley, and Jacob.  They were invaluable to the whole process.  They also helped assemble the white canopy that served as much needed shade for the stake leaders.  It was our home away from home.