Wagon Train Analysis

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The Wrights invited us to meet our entire wagon train. We brought the family that we invited, the Conrads, and they were very graciously welcomed into our train. Come to think of this gathering it was more of a meeting than anything else. All we did was introduce ourselves and our families, then we decided on what the order was going to be for this wagon train. We agreed on having Mr. And Mrs. Conrad be the leaders because from what it looked like they had the most mobile family. Coming in second we will have the Wrights, after that we will have us on the third position. The reason we are in third position is because of my pregnant wife and we will have to travel a lot slower and more carefully. There is another family that will be in

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