I went to Califorina to get gold it was a gold rush like everyone said.It was going to take 6 months to get to california .It is the 5th month . We have seen the pony express come by a few times  but I havent  wrote a letter to any body . It is the 6th month  I built a log cabin and got a lot of gold but was a long trip here I would go back to missouri but it would make me really tierd and im really cool with liveing herer in california.