Dear Journal,

I just got to California and it was a long bumpy ride because i had to deal with sickness,hunger,thirst and hot and cold temperatures, but I finally made it to California and found some gold.A lot of people came to California because of the gold rush and the land rush. I am living in a log cabin right now and it’s really nice. I have to watch out for stampedes though. There reservations here also. Oh yes the gold it was pretty hard to find,I kept digging and digging for many hours but I finally found it but I don’t know what i’m going to do with it I might sell it or keep it i don’t know yet.

Love,

Sidney